The following is a guest post by author Andrew Livingston. Let me start with a confession: I sometimes have trouble telling what counts as a cliché and what doesn’t. I think I’m hardly alone in this. The internet age… Read More ›
Christianity
Is Part of the New Testament Lost?
Most believers in the tenacity of the New Testament would tell you the answer is absolutely “no”, but there is reason to disagree once one takes a look at the manuscript evidence. Today we’ll be taking a look at Mark… Read More ›
Jonathan McLatchie Can’t Be Certain About the Crucifixion and Ressurrection
Yesterday brought with it an interesting disagreement between several Christian speakers, namely Jonathan McLatchie, Jeff Durbin and Sye Ten Bruggencate. Two days ago, Jonathan called into the Atheist Experience to argue for the truth of Christianity, only to once again… Read More ›
Response to DontConvert2Islam – Does Islam Affirm the Bible?
An informative response on the misuse of a specific hadith: and God knows best.
Indianapolis church puts holy family in ‘ICE detention’
Christ Church Cathedral put up the display at their lawn on Monument Circle overnight. It shows statues of Mary, Joseph and Jesus in a cage. “On our lawn tonight we placed The Holy Family…in #ICE detention,” the church wrote on… Read More ›
Sam Shamoun on DontCovert2Islam
Sam Shamoun has recently come out against Neil Littlejohn, formerly known as Isma’eel Abu Adam (read more on his history of changing religions ever few years)read more on his history of changing religions ever few years). Neil has claimed to… Read More ›
What if Jesus said, “I am not God!”
In the New Testament there is at least one passage in which I believe Jesus explicitly claims not to be God, that is of course Mark 10:18: “Why do you call me good?” Jesus answered. “No one is good—except God… Read More ›
1st Century Markan Fragment?
In 2012, during a debate with Dr. Bart Ehrman, Dr. Daniel Wallace proclaimed that there had been a discovery of a 1st century fragment of the Gospel attributed to Mark. Textual critics have been waiting for over 5 years to… Read More ›
The Historicity of the New Testament – Dr. Robert Price & Br. Ijaz Ahmad
A quick half an hour conversation between Dr. Robert M. Price and myself on the Historicity of the New Testament, this includes social formation, mythmaking, ipssisima vox, NTTC, and more! Facebook Mirror: Click Here and God knows best.
Quick Response to Keith Thompson/ Exegetical Apologetics
Last month I did a quick Facebook live video on the topic of, “An Introduction to the New Testament“. I recently came across a video trying to respond to me, it’s roughly 45 minutes long and includes insults and lewd… Read More ›
James White: Sam Shamoun Ignorant About Bible And CBGM
An interesting video to say the least, though I do think it is unfair to expect someone of Sam’s background to understand the Science of Textual Criticism at any competent level.
Biblical Misknowledge by DCCI?
DCCI – Defend Christ, Critique Islam is a Christian missionary group that engages in interfaith debates primarily with Muslims (if its name wasn’t a giveaway in the first place!). One of the more notable trends seems to be a lack… Read More ›
Bible Passages on a Quranic Manuscript?
Given the discovery of the palimpsest text that is now up for auction at Christie’s, it should be pointed out that one of the primary reasons we do not find much manuscripts like this is because Muslims aren’t allowed to… Read More ›
Dr. Bart Ehrman on the Qur’an in 2018
Br. Sabbagh recently had the opportunity to sit with Dr. Ehrman, have a meal and a quick interview, in this brief clip he speaks on the Qur’an and as to why he cannot accept Christianity and the New Testament. YouTube… Read More ›
Introduction to the New Testament (Part 1) with Br. Ijaz Ahmad
I recently did a quick 15 minute introduction to the New Testament that seems to have benefited quite a few folks, here’s the video: and God knows best!
James White’s Book on the Trinity Contains “Spin”?
Dr. Dale Tuggy and Corby Amos discuss the Trinitarin spin in Dr. White’s book, “The Forgotten Trinity”: Video by Br. Yahya Snow.
Thanks Ladies
An interesting Easter scenario, but faithful to the New Testament and early Christianity nonetheless…
The Easter Paradox
As it is Easter, I thought I’d just do a quick write up on why the Christian onto-theological model of God does not find much mileage in Islam. One of the classic go-to arguments by our Christian brothers and sisters… Read More ›
How Many Verses Say God is Three?
Popular Muslim apologist, Br. Aqil Onque (otherwise known as Radush Shubuhaat) asks a very simple question. You can find the post here, publicly on Facebook. What do you think?
Prophet & Messiahs in the Community Rule: A Preliminary Investigation into Immediate and Wider Questions
Br. Usman Sheikh has continued to publish some very brilliant academic papers from his time at Heythrop College at the University of London. Here is the abstract for his latest publication: This study will consider a popular text appearing in… Read More ›
Top 1% in Authors and Published Papers on Academia.edu
On March 19th, 2018 I published a little known paper I had written the same day on Academia.edu: Today I was informed by those reading my paper, that not only was the paper in the Top 1% of read papers… Read More ›
Luke 23:34a – “Considerable Theological Ramifications”
We are often told that there are no variants in the New Testament that affect core Christian beliefs, yet for some odd reason, we keep coming across scholastic literature by conservative textual critics who continue to prove the opposite, time… Read More ›
God: The Exalted One or the Humiliated One
An excellent clip from one of Br. Aqil’s debates: and God knows best.
Paul’s View of the Law in Romans 7: An Engagement with E. P. Sanders
Br. Usman Sheikh has recently published a fantastic research paper on Paul’s view of the law in Romans 7, he analyses Paul’s attitude towards the law with respect to his soteriological outlook while contrasting these views with that of E.P… Read More ›
The Criterion of Embarrassment and the Women of Luke
The Criterion of Embarrassment is an oft-used historical tool by those who seek to authenticate and validate the New Testament Gospels insofar as they are understood as historical literature. However, a thoughtful review of this historical tool in light of… Read More ›
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