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Is Jesus advocating pacifism and denouncing capital punishment in this passage? MATTHEW 26:52

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…

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Does Jesus want us to love ourself first or others? MATTHEW 22:39

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…

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Did Jesus heal the blind man coming into or going out of Jericho? MATTHEW 20:29–34 (cf. Mark 10:46–52; Luke 18:35–43)

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…

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How can we explain Matthew’s apparent misquotation of Micah 5:2? MATTHEW 2:6

MATTHEW 2:6—How can we explain Matthew’s apparent misquotation of Micah 5:2? PROBLEM: Matthew 2:6 quotes Micah 5:2. However, the words Matthew uses are different than those used by Micah. SOLUTION: Although Matthew seems…

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Isaiah 53 does not say the servant will rise from the dead.

Isaiah 53 does not say the servant will rise from the dead. If, as we have demonstrated, Isaiah 53 speaks of the servant’s death, then it must be accepted that the text speaks…

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Isaiah 53 does not actually say the servant would die.

Isaiah 53 does not actually say the servant would die. This objection actually contradicts two of the previous objections (specifically, 4.10 and 4.12), both of which understand that according to Isaiah 53, the…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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