أرشيف الوسم : after

المداخل المتاحة للدفاعيات – فتح الباب للإيمان – أليستر ماكجراث (الدفاعيات المجردة) يمكن تشبيه الدفاعيات بإزاحة الستار حتى يتمكن الناس من رؤية لمحة لما يختبئ وراءها، أو يرفع ماسة مقابل النور فتتلألأ وجوهها وتبرق عند سقوط أشعة الشمس عليها. فالدفاعيات تهتم بتأسيس مداخل للإيمان، سواءً تخيلنا هذه المداخل فتح أبواب، …

سلام و نعمة رب المجد موضوعنا اليوم هو من ضمن سلسة الموثوقية للعهد القديم و سنتلكم عن توافق احدى البرديات المصرية القديمة مع ما جاء في سفر الخروج Ipuwer Papyrus اوThe Admonitions of Ipuwer تم اكتشاف هذه البردية في مصر في القرن 19 و هي حاليا محفوظة في متحف Leiden …

MATTHEW 28:9—To whom did Christ appear first, the women or His disciples? PROBLEM: Both Matthew and Mark list women as the first ones to see the resurrected Christ. Mark says, “He appeared first to Mary Magdalene” (16:9). But Paul lists Peter (Cephas) as the first one to see Christ after …

MATTHEW 26:52—Is Jesus advocating pacifism and denouncing capital punishment in this passage? PROBLEM: When the soldiers came to arrest Jesus, Peter took out his sword and cut off the ear of the high priest’s servant. Jesus told Peter to put back the sword because those who take up the sword …

MATTHEW 24:29—Did Christ come to earth immediately following the Tribulation or sometime later? PROBLEM: In Matthew, Jesus represents His coming as “immediately after” (24:29) the Great Tribulation. But Luke seems to separate it by the “times of the Gentiles” (Luke 21:24, 27). SOLUTION: The interval referred to by Luke is …

MATTHEW 21:12–19 (cf. Mark 11:12–14, 20–24)—When was the fig tree cursed by Jesus, before or after the temple was cleansed? PROBLEM: Matthew places the cursing of the fig tree after the cleansing of the temple. But Mark places the cursing before the temple was cleansed. But, it cannot be both. …

MATTHEW 20:29–34 (cf. Mark 10:46–52; Luke 18:35–43)—Did Jesus heal the blind man coming into or going out of Jericho? PROBLEM: According to Luke, a blind man was healed as Jesus entered the city of Jericho (18:35), but Matthew and Mark declare that the healing took place as Jesus left the …

How Can One God Be Three? Speaking through the prophet Isaiah, God said, “My thoughts are not your thoughts, / Nor are your ways My ways … / For as the heavens are higher than the earth, / So are My ways higher than your ways, / And My thoughts …

Were Adam and Eve saved? When God clothed them with animal skins after the Fall, did He also teach them about blood sacrifice and the atonement? Was Adam a high priest for his family?     The first people to be forgiven of their sin were undoubtedly Adam and Eve. …

In the Garden of Eden, the serpent told Eve that if she and Adam ate of the forbidden fruit, they would be “as gods” (Gen. 3:5 KJV). Then in Genesis 3:22 God says, “Behold, the man has become like one of us” (NASB). Does “gods” and “us” imply the existence …

  “101 ‘Cleared-Up’ Contradictions In The Bible” By: Jay Smith, Alex Chowdhry, Toby Jepson, James Schaeffer and edited by Craig Winn “The first to present his case seems right, till another comes forward and questions him.” (Proverbs 18:17)   The Charge of Contradiction Muslims talk often about the many contradictions in …

Handling an Objection: “I love the moral teachings of Jesus but I don’t think He is divine.”   This past week I was doing some outreach on a major college campus. When it came time to talk about the identity of Jesus, I heard two similar responses. Granted, I have heard …

Using Inference to the Best Explantion: What Caused the Birth of Christology?   Anyone who studies historical method is familiar with what is called historical causation. Historians seek out the causes of a certain events. As historian Paul Barnett says, “The birth of Christianity and the birth of Christology are inseparable …