Published on 20 Apr 2016 Bart Ehrman, UNC-Chapel Hill Professor of Religious Studies, discusses his work with Fresno City College philosophy instructor, Wendell Stephenson on February 18, 2016. About an hour of discussion, mainly concerning Ehrman’s book, How Jesus Became… Read More ›
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The Qur’an reinforces a key truth found in the synoptic gospels
Observations like this one by Anthony F. Buzzard below illustrates why a scholarly approach to the gospels can be so threatening to traditional Christian faith. Matthew and Luke suggest that the ‘son of God’ came into existence at his biological conception in Mary. The Quran… Read More ›
Human beings and the vastness of space
Among the comedies of misunderstanding which can arise between people of different cultures none is more frustrating than the situation in which two people say the same thing in almost the same words and mean quite different things by what… Read More ›
Temptation of Christ: the implications for Christology
Vasily Ivanovich Surikov – Temptation of Christ ‘Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, left the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, where for forty days he was tempted by the devil. He ate nothing during those… Read More ›
Catholic Truth Society fails to answer its own question about the Trinity
The Catholic Truth Society (who are the official publishers to the Holy See in Rome) appear to offer no answer to the excellent question they ask themselves in the tweet below: How could Jesus, as God, pray to God? Read the… Read More ›
Deconstructing the Trinity
Published on 31 May 2016 Brother Hashim (Muslim) speaks with Christians about the Trinity at Speakers Corner. Hashim puts the concept of the Trinity to the test by asking some basic questions using logic and reason. It becomes apparent throughout… Read More ›
‘And to Allah belongs the sovereignty of the heavens and the earth.’
Right-wing traditionalist groups that want the UK to leave the European Union to regain “sovereignty” forget that traditionally in Britain we have put God ahead of country (even if only in theory). They have forgotten that the only sovereignty that really matters… 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 ›
An olde favourite
Perichoresis (from Greek: περιχώρησις perikhōrēsis, “rotation”) describes the relationship between each person of the triune God (Father, Son, and Holy Spirit). The term, as used in Christian theology, was first used by the Church Fathers. It is now reinvigorated among contemporary… Read More ›
‘Popular Muslim scholar Zakir Naik to speak in Qatar on Thursday’
Doha News reports Zakir Naik Islamic Research Foundation One of the world’s most influential Muslims Dr. Zakir Naik will return to Qatar this week to give a lecture titled, “Does God exist?” Naik, a popular Islamic scholar who has memorized… Read More ›
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 ›
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.
Abdal Hakim Murad – Reverse Causality
Timothy Winter (Professor of Theology at Cambridge) discusses the concept of reverse causality. This excerpt is taken from his commentary on Mevlana Rumi’s Mathnavi. Relativity: There was a young lady named Bright Whose speed was far faster than light; She… Read More ›
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 ›
The Folly of Atheism
In a mother’s womb were two babies. One asked the other: “Do you believe in life after delivery?” The other replied, “Why, of course. There has to be something after delivery. Maybe we are here to prepare ourselves for what… Read More ›
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