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.…
MATTHEW 24:34—Did Jesus err by affirming that the signs of the end time would be fulfilled in His era? PROBLEM: Jesus spoke of signs and wonders regarding His second coming. But Jesus said “this generation”…
MATTHEW 23:34–35—Did Jesus make a mistake in referring to Zechariah the son of Jehoiada rather than to Zechariah the son of Berechiah? [button color=”red” size=”big” link=”https://www.facebook.com/difa3iat” target=”blank” ]إضغط هنا[/button] PROBLEM: Jesus said to the scribes…
MATTHEW 22:39—Does Jesus want us to love ourself first or others? PROBLEM: Jesus says in Matthew that we are to love our neighbor as ourselves. But, if we love ourselves first, before we love…
MATTHEW 16:18—Is Peter the rock on which the church is built? PROBLEM: Roman Catholics use this passage to support their belief in the primacy of Peter, that is, that he is the rock on which…
MATTHEW 4:14–16—Why does Matthew incorrectly quote Isaiah? PROBLEM: Matthew does not seem to quote Isaiah 9:1–2 accurately. Rather, he seems to have changed it. SOLUTION: It is not necessary to quote a passage verbatim to…
Isaiah 53 contains the words of the repentant kings of the nations rather than the words of the Jewish people. This is not possible. The servant of the Lord in Isaiah 53 was smitten for…
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.” This past week I was doing some outreach on a major college campus. When it came time to…
