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Clear searchWhich Gospel does the Qur'an affirm?
The Injeel Problem Which Gospel does the Qur'an affirm? Islam says that Allah gave Jesus the Injeel. It was a true revelation from God. It contained guidance and light. The Qur'an claims to confirm it. The People of…
Read article →The divine identity of Jesus across the Gospels
Not Just a Prophet The divine identity of Jesus across the Gospels Islam honours Jesus in ways which Christians should acknowledge accurately. The Qur'an calls Him the Messiah, describes Him as a word from God, affirms His virgin birth and attribute…
Read article →One Messiah, one gospel, and God's continuing purpose for Israel
The Unshaken Truth of God's Promises One Messiah, one gospel, and God's continuing purpose for Israel This series began with a question: has the Church permanently replaced Israel in the purpose of God? The answer cannot be reached by asking wh…
Read article →Christianity, Islam and the verdict of the evidence
…ed what Christians mean when they say that God is one. We have followed Jesus through the Gospels and asked whether He can be contained within the category of prophet. We have considered eternal love, the crucifixion, divine justice, forgiveness and assurance. We have tested the…
Read article →Two accounts of judgement, mercy, and the sinner's hope before God
…ity does not replace moral seriousness with divine indifference. Yet at the centre of the gospel stands an answer that no scale can supply: the Judge has provided a substitute, and righteousness is given to the believer through Christ. The contrast is not simply “Muslims believe…
Read article →The crucifixion in history, Scripture and the Qur'an
…nd the Qur'an Christianity and Islam cannot both be correct about the death of Jesus. The Gospel declares that Jesus was crucified under Pontius Pilate, died, was buried and rose bodily from the dead. His death is not a peripheral detail which can be removed while leaving Christi…
Read article →Sources behind Qur’anic narratives
…dates and water beside a palm tree. These are not stories found in the Torah or the four Gospels. Yet recognisable forms of them appear within the religious narrative world of late antiquity. The superficial accusation is easy: Muhammad heard old legends and copied them into the…
Read article →Israel's Messiah, Israel's Scriptures, and a gospel for the world
The New Testament Is a Very Jewish Story Israel's Messiah, Israel's Scriptures, and a gospel for the world To many Jewish people, Christianity appears thoroughly foreign. Its historic centres became Rome, Constantinople, Canterbury, Geneva, and countless cities far from Jerus…
Read article →Fulfilment in Christ, the inclusion of the Gentiles, and Israel's future mercy
…o a fruit-bearing nation, and all God's promises are yea and amen in Christ. There is one gospel and one people of God, not two parallel plans. Therefore, the promises have reached their intended fulfilment in Christ and His Church, leaving no distinct national future for Israel.…
Read article →Christ the promised Seed, Gentile inheritance, and Paul's final blessing
…keep particular promises to the nation from which Messiah came without creating a second gospel or a superior way of salvation. What is the rule in Galatians 6? At the end of the letter Paul returns to the controversy over circumcision. His opponents desire a good showing "in th…
Read article →The olive tree, the natural branches, and the limits of the metaphor
…enants and promises, how can so many Israelites reject Messiah while Gentiles receive the gospel? Has God's word failed? Has God cast away His people? Paul answers both questions with "God forbid" (Romans 9:6; 11:1). God has preserved a believing remnant within Israel, and Israel…
Read article →Unity in Christ and distinction in God's purpose
…covenants" (Romans 9:3-5). He can say there is no difference in the sinner's need and the gospel's availability (Romans 10:12), then distinguish Israel from the Gentiles throughout Romans 11. Equality answers the question, "How are people saved and what standing do believers poss…
Read article →How an openly transmitted text survived copying, criticism, and centuries of examination
…ual traditions, the same Jesus is presented: crucified, buried, risen, and Lord. The same gospel is proclaimed. The same apostolic teaching stands. Differences deserve honest study, but they have not produced competing Christianities hidden within incompatible New Testaments. A f…
Read article →Why the final seven is unfinished, future, and centred upon Israel and Jerusalem
…has abandoned Israel. Jewish people continue to be saved through faith in Christ, and the gospel goes to all nations. It means that Daniel's measured programme for Israel and Jerusalem awaits its final phase while God forms the Church from Jew and Gentile in one body. The length…
Read article →Responding to five common criticisms without defending what Scripture does not require
…ugh faith, centred in Christ. It distinguishes Israel and the Church without teaching two gospels or two redeemers. The following answers do not prove the whole system. They clear away five common criticisms so the actual biblical questions can be heard. Criticism 1: “Dispensatio…
Read article →What 'yea and Amen' in Christ means for Israel and the covenants
…(2 Corinthians 1:15-17). Paul answers by appealing beyond himself to the constancy of the gospel he preached: "But as God is true, our word toward you was not yea and nay. For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by us, even by me and Silvanus and Timotheus, w…
Read article →Matthew, the Hebrew word almah, and a sign whose meaning reaches beyond Ahaz
…English Translation of the Septuagint — project and electronic edition R. T. France, The Gospel of Matthew J. Alec Motyer, The Prophecy of Isaiah Michael J. Vlach, The Old in the New: Understanding How the New Testament Authors Quoted the Old Testament
Read article →The gathering of the elect, one taken and one left, and Paul's revealed mystery
…, one taken and one left, and Paul's revealed mystery Matthew 24 contains the most direct Gospel objection to a pretribulation rapture. Jesus describes Great Tribulation, cosmic disturbance, His coming in the clouds, and a gathering of the elect. The sequence appears plain: "Imme…
Read article →What the Father's love for the Son reveals about God
…e belongs to who He is. But John is not offering an abstract definition detached from the gospel. He immediately explains what divine love looks like: "In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live…
Read article →Why Israel's failure cannot make the word of God fail
…upon Christ's completed work, His resurrection, His intercession, and the promises of the gospel. We should not pretend that every covenant operates in precisely the same way. What they share is the character of the Promiser. Sarah received strength to conceive "because she judge…
Read article →Conditional blessing, irrevocable promise, and fulfilment in Christ
…tion explains why Israel remains "beloved for the fathers' sakes" even while opposing the gospel (Romans 11:28). Then comes the covenantal verdict: "For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance." —Romans 11:29 God has not abandoned Israel. He has disciplined the nation…
Read article →A history of interpretation, polemic, and forgotten tension
…it to separate Israel's Creator and Messiah from the Father and Christ proclaimed in the gospel. Tertullian rightly defended the unity of the Testaments and the identity of Israel's God as the Father of Jesus, but did so by transferring Judaea's promised restoration to Christ an…
Read article →Signs, expectancy, and the event the Church is told to await
…should not be overstated. Jesus foretold the manner of Peter's death (John 21:18-19). The gospel was to go to the nations. Paul knew at certain moments that he had ministry still to complete. These facts created temporary personal or redemptive-historical expectations. They do no…
Read article →Testing Islam's evidence for divine revelation
…show that every claim in the book corresponds to reality. The apostles did not ground the gospel merely upon the fact that it moved them. They proclaimed events: "For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the…
Read article →The question reaches beyond prophecy to the faithfulness of God
…often it. Many of Israel's leaders opposed Jesus; Jerusalem came under judgement; and the gospel went with astonishing fruit to the Gentiles. Yet Paul would not allow Israel's unbelief to become proof that God had discarded Israel: "I say then, Hath God cast away his people? God…
Read article →What God's faithfulness to Israel means for everyone who trusts His promises
…le test Suppose that, in some future age, a third body of people appeared. They heard the gospel through the Church, were incorporated into new-covenant blessing, and began as a small minority among Christians. Over time they greatly outnumbered us. Their theologians then announc…
Read article →Why the Trinity is not polytheism—and why Christians confess one God
…a drama performed for human observers. The Son shares the divine identity John opens his Gospel by distinguishing the Word from God and identifying the Word as God: “the Word was with God, and the Word was God” (John 1:1). He then says the Word “was made flesh” (John 1:14). Thom…
Read article →The Messiah cut off before the Temple fell
…ent does not attach the title to Him incidentally. His identity as the Christ governs the Gospel testimony. Peter confesses: “Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God” (Matthew 16:16). Jesus then begins to teach His disciples that He must go to Jerusalem, suffer, be killed…
Read article →Regathering, national rebirth, and the spiritual renewal still to come
…tored spiritually. Paul describes Israel in the present age as being, with respect to the gospel, "enemies for your sakes," but with respect to election, "beloved for the fathers' sakes" (Romans 11:28). Both statements must be allowed to stand. The Jewish people are not reconcile…
Read article →What Jesus promised the apostles about Israel's future
…lies a different setting here: the Son of man sits upon the throne of His glory. The same Gospel later uses almost identical language: "When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory." —Matthew 25:31 T…
Read article →What mercy, holiness and the cross reveal about God
…ive; redemptive love brings the rebel home without denying the evil of his rebellion. The gospel moves from providence to propitiation. The God who gives rain to His enemies gives His Son for their reconciliation. Paul expresses the movement through a deliberate sequence: "For wh…
Read article →Four popular claims tested in context
…d in context The Qur'an says that the coming of Muhammad was written in the Torah and the Gospel possessed by Jews and Christians: "Those who follow the messenger, the Prophet who can neither read nor write, whom they will find described in the Torah and the Gospel (which are) wi…
Read article →The wicked husbandmen, the fruit-bearing nation, and what Jesus said afterwards
…ce. Believers presently possess its spiritual blessings, submit to its King, proclaim its gospel, and bear responsibility as His people. Nothing in a future restoration of Israel diminishes the Church's present inheritance. Yet stewardship is not ownership, and present participat…
Read article →Election within Abraham's family, the believing remnant, and the future of the nation
…covenants and produced Messiah according to the flesh. Yet many of them had rejected the gospel. That creates the controlling problem: if the promises pertain to Israel, has Israel's unbelief caused the word of God to fail? Paul answers: "Not as though the word of God hath taken…
Read article →Defining the position before testing it
…sing is promised? The alternative must meet an equally serious test. It must preserve one gospel, the full equality of believers in Christ, and the Church's real participation in covenant blessing. A dispensational label cannot substitute for exegesis. The view which best explain…
Read article →A forensic reading of Christ's Olivet Discourse
…identified. Clue six: the proclamation concerns the coming kingdom Jesus says: "And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come." —Matthew 24:14 It is unnecessary to argue here for two different means…
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