Isaiah 53 cannot refer to Jesus because it says no one was interested in the servant of the Lord
Isaiah 53 cannot refer to Jesus because it says no one was interested in the servant of the Lord or attracted to him, yet the New Testament records that large crowds followed Jesus. Actually, the…
The New Testament Use of the Old Testament: Text Form and Authority Moisés Silva
The New Testament Use of the Old Testament: Text Form and Authority Moisés Silva Most Christians, I suspect, have at some point or another in their spiritual pilgrimage been seriously disturbed by the statement “Such-and-such…
On the Form, Function, and Authority of the New Testament Letters Richard N. Longenecker
On the Form, Function, and Authority of the New Testament Letters Richard N. Longenecker Of the twenty-seven New Testament writings, twenty-one are letters. The four Gospels, of course, are not letters; neither are the…
Unity and Diversity in the New Testament: The Possibility of Systematic Theology D. A. Carson
Unity and Diversity in the New Testament: The Possibility of Systematic Theology D. A. Carson STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM One might well ask, in the contemporary climate of academic theology, why a student whose prime…
If Jesus is the Jewish Messiah, why don’t more Jews believe in him? | Brown, M. L
If Jesus is the Jewish Messiah, why don’t more Jews believe in him? Actually, there are tens of thousands of Jews who have believed and do believe in him. The problem is that most Jews…
How Can One God Be Three?
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…
Handling an Objection: “I love the moral teachings of Jesus but I don’t think He is divine.”
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…
Using Inference to the Best Explantion: What Caused the Birth of Christology?
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…