Archive for the '-Christology' Category
Saturday, January 28th, 2012
(Image via Wikipedia) It has become culturally fashionable to make the claim that “Jesus never said he was God.” Lots of folks would like to claim Jesus as their own but his divinity gets in the way. The Muslims claim Jesus was a great prophet to the Jews but far less than even their [...]
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Wednesday, November 9th, 2011
Richard Dawkins: "Jesus Would Have Been An Atheist If He Had Known What We Know Today" This is probably the most offensive thing he has ever said. As usual he is implying here that any person with any kind of intelligence today is an atheist. So obviously it follows, from Dawkins’ perspective, that any smart [...]
Filed under: -Atheism, -Christology, -Jesus, -Religion & Culture
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Saturday, April 24th, 2010
Image via Wikipedia One of the earliest and most essential teachings of Christianity is that Jesus of Nazareth was crucified, dead, and buried under Pontius Pilate and rose from the dead on the third day. It is hard to conceive of any form of Christianity surviving the first century without the Resurrection of Jesus. Messianic [...]
Filed under: -Christology, -The Resurrection, Islam and Christianity
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Wednesday, April 21st, 2010
Image by Glen’s Pics via Flickr From Operation513-Apologetics Blog: “When Jesus died, did both of his Natures die?” Q&A with Dr. William Lane Craig Question: My question is one I have never been able to get a clear answer on. When Jesus died on the cross, did God die? That being, did the essence of [...]
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Monday, December 14th, 2009
(Image by SweetCapture via Flickr) There really could be dueling Jesuses in the future—Isa-Almasih (Jesus Messiah in the Quran) of Islam verses Jesus Christ of Christianity. First of all the birth of Jesus is portrayed in similar ways by both religions but the results are quite different. Both teach that Mary was a virgin and [...]
Filed under: -Christology, -Eschatology, Islam and Christianity
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Tuesday, December 30th, 2008
:”A Mormon-Evangelical Debate” by Robert L.Millet and Gerald R. McDermott (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Pub.-Brazos Press, 2007, 238 pages) A continuation of the Evangelical/Mormon dialogue started with the book “How Wide The Divide” by Craig Blomberg and Stephen Robinson and continued in “Bridging The Divide” by Robert L Millet and Gregory C.V. Johnson. Dr. Robert [...]
Filed under: -Christology, -Doctrine of God, -Evangelical Christianity, -The Trinity, Apologetics, Bible Issues, Book Reviews, Mormonism, Theology
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Tuesday, February 5th, 2008
Here is an excellent series of articles on the Muslim understanding of Jesus, known as “Isa-Almasih” in the Quran, compared with Christian teaching about Jesus Christ. It was written by Ekaputra Tupamahu and posted on his blog. Ekaputra currently teaches theology at Satyabhakti Advanced School of Theology (STT Satyabhakti), Indonesia. He concludes and identifies [...]
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