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Clear searchEitan Bar · Biblical and historical polemic · 2019
…istians often answer without sufficient knowledge of their Jewish setting. His command of Hebrew, familiarity with Israeli life, and experience discussing Yeshua with Jewish people bring valuable context to questions about messianic prophecy, the New Testament, and rabbinic inter…
View recommendation →Christianity, Islam and the verdict of the evidence
…n high priest, who is set on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens” (Hebrews 8:1). The evidence has been heard. We have examined what Christians mean when they say that God is one. We have followed Jesus through the Gospels and asked whether He can be contain…
Read article →Four popular claims tested in context
Was Muhammad Foretold in the Bible? Four popular claims tested 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 messe…
Read article →The peace Christ gives in a troubled world
…raw what it once supplied. Christ promises: "I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee." —Hebrews 13:5 Not as the world gives, gives He unto us. Peace does not mean a life without trouble Later that same evening Jesus told His disciples: "In the world ye shall have tribulation: b…
Read article →Constantine, Arius, the Trinity, the biblical canon—and the myths that refuse to die
…d into deity. Paganism defeated biblical Christianity. The emperor chose the books of the Bible. Reincarnation was removed. Sunday worship was imposed. The bishops settled everything by imperial command—and perhaps discussed rosary beads or beards while they were there. These sto…
Read article →Responding to five common criticisms without defending what Scripture does not require
…e all, tested against Scripture. At its centre, dispensationalism is a way of reading the Bible that gives sustained weight to grammatical and historical context, progressive revelation, the distinct identities named in the text, and the unconditional promises God made to Israel.…
Read article →The covenant son and the sacrifice that points to Christ
…n the brothers. God blessed both. The second and third questions do require a choice. The Bible answers both explicitly: Isaac. The Qur'an honours both Isaac and Ishmael, but its sacrifice narrative does not name the son. Ishmael's identity must be inferred from the sequence and…
Read article →Christ the promised Seed, Gentile inheritance, and Paul's final blessing
…seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ." —Galatians 3:16 The Hebrew and Greek words translated seed can function as collective nouns, referring to many descendants while remaining grammatically singular. Paul plainly knows this because he will call th…
Read article →Why the final seven is unfinished, future, and centred upon Israel and Jerusalem
…al invented to make a prophetic chart work. That criticism begins at the wrong end of the Bible. The case does not start by counting backwards from Revelation. It starts with a measured programme in Daniel concerning Israel and Jerusalem. Jesus takes Daniel's abomination of desol…
Read article →History, heresy, and the temptation of private Christianity
…ul Christian seeks an increasingly mature understanding of that publicly revealed gospel. Hebrews rebukes believers who still need milk. Paul speaks wisdom among the mature. The Lord opened the disciples' understanding of the Scriptures. None of this creates a spiritual species w…
Read article →Why the Trinity is not polytheism—and why Christians confess one God
…eing who eternally exists as three distinct Persons. Christianity begins with one God The Bible's starting point is uncompromising monotheism: "Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD." —Deuteronomy 6:4 God says through Isaiah, “I am the LORD, and there is none else, there i…
Read article →The Messiah cut off before the Temple fell
…Daniel is not named in the Qur’an. No surviving Dead Sea Scroll contains Daniel 9:26. The Hebrew word translated “Messiah” can describe more than one kind of anointed person, and responsible Jewish interpreters have proposed alternatives to Jesus. Those qualifications matter. The…
Read article →Regathering, national rebirth, and the spiritual renewal still to come
…ary. A people dispersed for centuries retained a national and religious identity, revived Hebrew as a language of daily public life, returned from numerous countries, and re-established sovereignty in the land from which its ancestors had been exiled. The careful claim is not tha…
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