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…rah 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) with them" (Surah 7:157, Pickthall). That is not a minor claim. If Muhammad was…
Read article →Creation, judgement, and the coming reign of Christ
…the ruin inflicted upon the world he inhabits. The law of restrained dominion The law of Moses does not abolish human use of land and animals. Israel may farm, harvest, build, eat meat, own livestock, use working animals, and offer sacrifices. Biblical care is not based upon ani…
Read article →Regathering, national rebirth, and the spiritual renewal still to come
…hrough the declaration of the State of Israel. That event does not by itself settle every prophetic question. The modern state is not yet the cleansed, believing, peaceful Israel described at the consummation of prophecy. It does force an important question: how should we read th…
Read article →A forensic reading of Christ's Olivet Discourse
…the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other." —Matthew 24:29, 31 Few passages in prophetic Scripture generate more debate than Matthew 24. At the centre of that debate stands an apparently simple question: who are "the elect" whom Christ gathers after the Tribulation? Ma…
Read article →Isaiah, John, and the Divine Identity of Jesus Christ
…e, Israel’s deliverers can themselves be called saviours or deliverers (Nehemiah 9:27). A prophet may announce forgiveness. None of that makes an instrument the ultimate source of salvation or a competing god. Consequently, the statement “Jesus is called Saviour, therefore Jesus…
Read article →Near-death experiences, neuroscience, and the authority of Christ
…e cannot return. Not every account contains all these features. Some are confused or dreamlike. Some are frightening. Some contain imagery shaped by the person's religious and cultural world. Many people who survive a close encounter with death report nothing at all. The label ca…
Read article →How the Law reaches its goal and appointed end in Christ
…Him. One Greek word, several possible meanings The Greek word translated "end" is telos. Like its English equivalent, it can carry more than one shade of meaning. It may describe an endpoint, an outcome, an aim, or the completion towards which something moves. Paul's own usage d…
Read article →El, the Exodus, and the God Who Came from Sinai
…El Shaddai but were not acquainted with Him by the name Yahweh in the manner revealed to Moses. None of that should be concealed. Scripture does not need protection from evidence. But evidence must be distinguished from the historical story constructed from it. Archaeology has n…
Read article →Circumcision of the heart and the identity of Paul's inward Jew
…ory Paul did not invent inward circumcision to provide the Church with a new ethnic name. Moses had already commanded Israel: "Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no more stiffnecked." —Deuteronomy 10:16 The same book promises a future divine work in Israel: "…
Read article →Does John 6 teach the literal eating of Christ's body?
…thing extraordinary but does not understand it rightly. They conclude that Jesus is “that prophet that should come into the world” and intend to make Him king by force (vv. 14–15). When they find Him on the other side of the sea, Jesus exposes their motive: “Verily, verily, I say…
Read article →The LORD, Zion, and the meaning of Beulah in Isaiah 62:4–5
…ce over thee.” —Isaiah 62:4–5 Isaiah 62:4–5 brings together three parties in a remarkable prophetic picture: the LORD, Zion, and Zion’s land. The LORD delights in Zion. The land is called “Married.” Zion’s sons are said to marry her. Finally, God rejoices over Zion as a bridegroo…
Read article →Testing Islam's evidence for divine revelation
…. Islam does not merely criticise Christian revelation. It presents another book, another prophet and another account of Jesus, then demands that the earlier witness be reinterpreted wherever it disagrees. That claim must now enter the witness box. Why should anyone believe that…
Read article →Which Gospel does the Qur'an affirm?
…njeel in the singular as a revelation bestowed upon Jesus, 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…
Read article →Christianity, Islam and the verdict of the evidence
…ed 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 transmission of the Bible, the missing Islamic Injeel, the Qur’an’s m…
Read article →How Christians can think politically without surrendering conscience to a package deal
…carry them into every political judgement—including judgement of the party they are most likely to support. This is not an argument for centrism. It is not a proposal to stand halfway between two parties, split the difference on every question or treat opposing positions as mora…
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