Paul claimed that the Hebrew Scriptures prophesied the resurrection of the Messiah on the third day. Nowhere in our Bible is such a prophecy found.
Paul claimed that the Hebrew Scriptures prophesied the resurrection of the Messiah on the third day. Nowhere in our Bible is such a prophecy found. Paul’s exact words are: “For what I received I passed…
Isaiah 53 cannot refer to Jesus because it says the servant of the Lord would not lift up his voice or cry out, yet Jesus cried out several times on the cross, once in near blasphemy (Psalm 22:1).
Isaiah 53 cannot refer to Jesus because it says the servant of the Lord would not lift up his voice or cry out, yet Jesus cried out several times on the cross, once in near…
Redaction Criticism: On the Legitimacy and Illegitimacy of a Literary Tool D. A. Carson
Redaction Criticism: On the Legitimacy and Illegitimacy of a Literary Tool D. A. Carson INTRODUCTION A British journal recently published a short series of articles under the general title “Slippery Words.”1 Contributors treated such terms…
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…
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…