Nearly all Christians believe Jesus was and is God. That is what the institutional church has always taught. Christians professedly rely strongly on the Bible for this belief. Yet there is not a single Bible verse which states unequivocally, “Jesus… Read More ›
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Paul Williams and Lord Rowan Williams: Who Is Jesus In the Eyes of Muslims and Christians?
This is an important discussion because it shows you what can happen when you look beyond low-level internet Christian Islamophobes – a clear-minded dialogue with one of the most prominent Christians in the world today. There are a great number… Read More ›
My debate with a hapless Christian translated into Malay alhamdulillah
Brother Paul Williams berdebat dengan seorang Missionari Kristian mengenai bukti Triniti di dalam Bible.
Lydia rightly smells a rat, but is patronizingly dismissed by Dr Mike Licona
Did Jesus go around Galilee and Judaea saying things like “before Abraham was born, I AM?” Did he say “I am the way, and the truth, and the life”? And what about all the other exulted I AM claims made… Read More ›
The Final Words of Jesus by David Wood
Special Guest Speaker, David Wood helps us understand the final words of Jesus in the New Testament. If the video does not show, please click here to view. The New American Bible states on this passage (as provided by Br…. Read More ›
Eyewitnesses and the Gospels
QUESTION One of the major points of your work (if I understand correctly) is that the contents of the New Testament are at a vast remove in time, place, and source from any eyewitness account of Jesus’ life. But when… Read More ›
Zacchaeus: A Story of How to Get Saved
Dr Peter Enns is an American biblical scholar and theologian. Here he tells the Bible story of Zacchaeus and how he was saved. I notice how different this gospel message of salvation is from the gospel Paul preached. Muslims would… Read More ›
Jesus replies to the question “what good deed must I do to have eternal life?”
Someone came to Jesus with this question: “Teacher, what good deed must I do to have eternal life?” 17 “Why ask me about what is good?” Jesus replied. “There is only One who is good. But to answer your question—if you want to receive… Read More ›
Luke and Matthew know nothing of Jesus’ pre-existence or his divine incarnation. In fact both gospels suggest the son of God was *created* in the womb of Mary.
Here are quotations from three eminent Christian scholars – all personally believers in the Trinity – but honest enough to put the facts of the gospels before dogma. They are agreed that the gospels of Luke and Matthew know nothing… Read More ›
‘When Billy Graham, Mother Teresa, and C.S. Lewis Say Muslims Are Saved, I Listen.’
by Paul Martin July 12, 2017 Can Muslims know God? Can atheists? Jews? Are only “born again” Christians part of the Body of Christ? Recently on Facebook, I got into this not so cozy little conversation on these questions. My… Read More ›
Christian readings of the Hebrew Bible are Eisegesis, which they pronounce ‘I See Jesus’.
The classic example of eisegesis is found in the gospel of Paul in his letter 1 Corinthians 15: Yet there is certainly absolutely NOTHING about a suffering and dying Messiah in the Jewish Bible (Paul’s Scriptures). It is an innovation… Read More ›
Evidence that Jesus didn’t teach the same gospel that Paul later taught
Interesting. Bart = Professor Bart Ehrman, American NT scholar.
The egregious sin at the heart of Christian worship
In a tweet today Dr Michael Bird innocently lets slip a truth about Christian worship I have often discussed in conversations with Christians, namely that they worship a man, a created being. Christians usually (and illogically) deny they do this… Read More ›
Was Jesus Egalitarian?
Professor Amy-Jill Levine (a prominent NT scholar) gives her thoughts on Jesus and women, beginning with one question, “Was Jesus egalitarian?”
The Virgin Mary in Mark, Matthew and Luke.
In a recent video Mary the Mother of WHO??? I briefly discussed how Mark and Luke offered radically different portrayals of the Mother of Jesus: the former has Mary as an unbeliever, the latter shows Mary as the first and… Read More ›
The gospel truth about Jesus
Filmed yesterday at Speakers Corner. Christian evangelist Richard concedes that the gospel of John does not give us the historical words of Jesus, but is in fact a highly interpreted account created by John. This is the consensus view of… Read More ›
Can God Sleep? A Brief Dyophysite Exploration of Christology, Neurobiology and Somnology
[Nota Bene: I hope (time permitting and God willing) to do a series of entries for this blog on the subject of the plausibility of Christian doctrine in light of “natural revelation” (i.e. what can be inferred from observing creation)…. Read More ›
Dante & Salvation
Jason Thomas starts with the idea of the Holy Ghost in Islam and Paul Williams compares Dante’s Divine Comedy with the early Church understanding of hell/purgatory and then contrasts this with the Islamic variant!
The Real God of American Christians?
By their fruit you will recognize them. – Matthew 7:16. Take a look at a typical American Evangelical’s Facebook profile, what do you see? You’re sure to find pictures of Trump, the American flag, some anti-Muslim memes, Bible quotes and… Read More ›
Looking again at 1 Corinthians 15:27-28
Have a look at this verse as we read it in two popular Christian translations of the Bible: As Omer remarked earlier on this blog: “It boggles the mind how someone can think that God and Jesus are the same… Read More ›
The God of Jesus
This video helps showcase the apostolic belief in the human Jesus and his God.
Jesus Supported the Death Penalty
Anyone who curses their father or mother is to be put to death. [Exodus 21:17] According to Rev Steven Anderson, Jesus is backing up the commandment in Exodus 21 in Matthew 15:4: For God said: ‘Honor your father and mother’ and… Read More ›