MATTHEW 20:1ff—Are rewards the same for all, or do they differ in degree? PROBLEM: Jesus told a parable of His kingdom in which each servant got the same pay even though each had worked a…
MATTHEW 5:14—Are believers the light of the world, or is Jesus? PROBLEM: In this passage, Jesus said to His disciples, “You are the light of the world.” However, in John 9:5, Jesus declared, “I am…
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 to have…
MATTHEW 2:2—Why does the Bible commend the Magi for following the star, when it condemns astrology? PROBLEM: The Bible condemns the use of astrology (see Lev. 19:26; Deut. 18:10; Isa. 8:19), yet God blessed the…
Nowhere in the Hebrew Bible are we told that we must “believe in the Messiah.” This is hardly an accurate statement, and it is not even in harmony with Jewish tradition. Believing in God, his…
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? 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…
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…
