I didn’t buy this but its a translation of Harry Potter into ancient Greek! I already have this book but it’s an essential reference work. The best of its kind. This book documents the diverse and competing Christianities in the early… Read More ›
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The historical value of John’s Gospel: ‘one of the biggest gulfs between New Testament scholarship and the ‘man in the pew’
On the question of the historical value of John’s Gospel there is probably one of the biggest gulfs between New Testament scholarship and the ‘man in the pew’. In preaching and devotional Bible study the assumption is regularly made that all… Read More ›
The inevitable personal bias in historical Jesus studies
‘Who doubts that authors who themselves have a high christology tend to write books in which the historical Jesus himself has a high christology? Or that those who are uncomfortable with Nicea and Chalcedon more often than not unearth a… Read More ›
Article ‘Trinity’ in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Professor Dale Tuggy is a philosopher who specializes in Analytic Theology, Philosophical Theology, Philosophy of Religion, and Early Modern Philosophy. He has taught in the Department of Philosophy at The State University of New York since 2000. This article was… Read More ›
‘People of no religion outnumber Christians in England and Wales’ – study
Today’s Guardian reports Proportion of population who identify as having no religion rose from 25% in 2011 to 48.5% in 2014, surveys show The number of people who say they have no religion is rapidly escalating and significantly outweighs the… Read More ›
Perennialism & Other Religions – Shaykh Hamza Yusuf
An excellent talk by Shaykh Hamza Yusuf who speaks about when Muslims start attacking other religions, the dangers it causes, and the idea of perennialism which he firmly rejects.
Today, May 22, Christians celebrate “Trinity Sunday”
As today is Trinity Sunday it seemed fitting to share an article by a Christian scholar about the Trinity. Does everyone believe in the Trinity? by Anthony Buzzard “It is exegesis of a mischievous if pious sort that would find… Read More ›
An important insight from a unitarian Christian
Mark 12:28-29 reads One of the teachers of the law came and heard them debating. Noticing that Jesus had given them a good answer, he asked him, ‘Of all the commandments, which is the most important?’ 29 ‘The most important… Read More ›
The ‘amazing, brilliant, and appealing’ story of Evangelical Christianity
In a Loonwatch interview with Reza Aslan he explains why as a Christian he found the Evangelical Gospel so amazing. As a former Evangelical I can identify with the enormous appeal it had for me too. What was that experience like… Read More ›
Reza Aslan: From Islam to Christianity back to Islam
Published on 20 May 2016 Reza Aslan: From Islam to Christianity back to Islam Recently we sat down with Muslim scholar and best selling author Reza Aslan for an in-depth interview on a wide range of issues. This is the… Read More ›
Can an incoherent doctrine of God be from God?
Three divine persons, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, are each considered God but each remains distinct from the other two. Thus, the Father is God but is not the Son or the Holy Spirit while the Son… Read More ›
10 steps towards getting less confused about the Trinity – #2 Get clear about “God”
By Dale Tuggy, originally posted on Trinities on May 19, 2016. Dale teaches philosophy and religious studies at The State University of New York. This is an extremely intelligent and balanced discussion of the various concepts of God held by Christians. … Read More ›
There are thousands of Christian denominations in the world today – sadly this can have disastrous consequences..
I was walking across a bridge one day, and I saw a man standing on the edge, about to jump. I ran over and said: “Stop. Don’t do it.” “Why shouldn’t I?” he asked. “Well, there’s so much to… Read More ›
Article on ‘Islamic Teaching on the Bible’ from The Oxford Handbook of Christology
A screen print from the chapter “The Islamic Christ,” in The Oxford Handbook of Christology, 183-98, published in 2015 by OUP. Uploaded by the author Gabriel Said Reynolds (Professor of Islamic Studies, Notre Dame, USA) onto the Academia website. Click to enlarge…. Read More ›
The Origins of Suicidal Terrorism
Bombing Without Moonlight By Sheikh Abdal Hakim Murad (Tim Winter) (This was first published in 2004) 1. Amnesia Attention deficit disorder seems to flourish under conditions of late modernity. The past becomes itself more quickly. Memories, individual as well as… Read More ›
Shaykh Abdal Hakim Murad explains why the Perennial Philosophy is false
After recent controversy surrounding the Perennialist bias of the new Study Quran it is refreshing to hear a Muslim scholar explain why this ideology is false.
Markan Christology: Blasphemy, I Am, John’s Gospel, and the Rhetoric of Parallelomania
Published on the Jesus Blog…”a weblog dedicated to historical Jesus research and New Testament studies”. An interesting piece by James Crossley, Professor of Bible, Society and Politics at St Mary’s University, Twickenham, London The Markan Christology debate continues. I will repeat… Read More ›
Jay Smith teaches Paul contradicted Jesus at Speakers Corner
Another brilliant offering from Yahya Snow exposing the duplicitous and shallow propaganda of American missionary Jay Smith. An example of New Testament teaching ignored/rejected by Jay Smith: Titus 2:9-10 Teach slaves to be subject to their masters in everything, to try… Read More ›
“In the end, My Immaculate Heart will triumph”
Holy Qur’an surah 5 verse 116 When God says, ‘Jesus, son of Mary, did you say to people, “Take me and my mother as two gods alongside God”?’ he will say, ‘May You be exalted! I would never say what… Read More ›
Who Wrote the New Testament?: The Making of the Christian Myth
“The road from Jesus to the Christian religion that finally emerged in the fourth century, with its myth of Jesus as the son of God solidly in place, is a very long and twisty path. Christianity was not born of… Read More ›
Jonathan Brown sets the record straight about his ‘error’
In a previous post I suggested that Jonathan Brown had made an error in his latest book Misquoting Muhammad. I contacted him about this and here is his reply. He admits that his statement was ‘ambiguous’ but he does not… Read More ›
Christians at the time of Papias believed the Paraclete to be a human being (a prophet) not the Holy Spirit – UPDATE!
Christians at the time of Papias believed the Paraclete to be a human being (a prophet) not the Holy Spirit: ‘Church Fathers like Papias heard of wandering prophets who drew crowds from Europe to Asia Minor, claiming to be the… Read More ›
Understanding the Qurʾan’s creative use of rhetorical strategies against orthodox Christianity and a refutation of ‘Let The Study Quran Speak! Pt. 1’ by Sam Shamoun.
(Part 1) This article, inshallah, will be the first of a series of articles that are in part a refutation of Christian polemics, and in part a discussion of recent academic articles by top experts in the field of Quranic… Read More ›
Judaism and Christianity on Sin and Atonement: Why do We Differ? Rabbi Tovia Singer Explains
The foundation of the Church stands on its core doctrine that the blood sacrifice alone expiates iniquity and reconciles man with God. In this intriguing broadcast, Rabbi Tovia Singer illustrates that the doctrine of substitutionary atonement—the notion that only the… Read More ›
Trinity, 14th Century
People of the Book, go not beyond the bounds in your religion, and say not as to God but the truth. The Messiah, Jesus son of Mary, was only the Messenger of God, and His Word that He committed to… Read More ›
Peter Hitchens: Think extremism’s a crime? You’ll change your mind when they come for YOU
An excellent article by Peter Hitchens, a traditional Christian, in today’s Mail on Sunday As an extremist, I am very worried about the planned Extremism Bill, which our Prime Minister is about to ram through Parliament. So should you be. You… Read More ›
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