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Clear searchThe 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 →Fulfilment in Christ, the inclusion of the Gentiles, and Israel's future mercy
…lessing. Neither principle, by itself, establishes the permanent exclusion of Israel. The Gospels begin with Israel's covenant hope The announcement of Jesus' birth is unmistakably messianic and national: "He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lor…
Read article →Unity in Christ and distinction in God's purpose
The one new man, Abraham's seed, and Romans 11's olive tree examined to distinguish equal standing in Christ from identity of calling.
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 →The crucifixion in history, Scripture and the Qur'an
…its apparent defeat through the resurrection. The four Gospel accounts All four canonical Gospels devote substantial attention to Jesus' arrest, condemnation, crucifixion, death and burial (Matthew 26-27; Mark 14-15; Luke 22-23; John 18-19). This should be stated carefully. The f…
Read article →Testing Islam's evidence for divine revelation
…ation and the historical Jesus? The preceding articles have established the conflict: The Gospels identify Jesus within the divine identity; the Qur'an denies His divine Sonship. The crucifixion is embedded in the earliest Christian proclamation and established by historical evid…
Read article →The question reaches beyond prophecy to the faithfulness of God
…faithfulness to promises made long before Pentecost. Nor does Israel's future create two gospels. If Israel is saved, Israel will be saved through the Deliverer who comes out of Sion and turns away ungodliness from Jacob (Romans 11:26-27). National election never removes the nee…
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 →Which Gospel does the Qur'an affirm?
…esus, just as the Torah was given to Moses and the Qur'an to Muhammad. The four canonical Gospels, by contrast, are narratives about Jesus written by later authors. Paul's letters are later still and cannot simply be identified with a book given to Jesus. An informed Muslim may a…
Read article →Two accounts of judgement, mercy, and the sinner's hope before God
A fair comparison of the Islamic scales of judgement with the Christian gospel of substitution, imputed righteousness, and assurance in Christ.
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 →What Jesus promised the apostles about Israel's future
…e and united to Christ. Kingdom assignments concern service under the King, not different gospels or degrees of justification. The promise survives Israel's failure Jesus made this promise while moving towards Jerusalem, where He would be rejected and crucified. He knew Israel's…
Read article →The wicked husbandmen, the fruit-bearing nation, and what Jesus said afterwards
…adicts it. What did Jesus say after the kingdom was taken? A chronological harmony of the Gospels helps here, not because a modern arrangement carries authority, but because it places the inspired accounts alongside one another and makes their narrated sequence easier to see. Mat…
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