Why Jesus Is Better Than the Old Covenant
Posted onAt this point in history Christian evangelism to the Jewish people is something of a minefield. Because Christian-identifying gentiles have so often oppressed Jews, any […]
Category: Christology
Fighting Injustice, Condemning Violence: Jesus’ Gospel of Social Justice and Restoration
Posted on(the previous title for this post was “What Does Easter Sunday Have To Do With Social Liberation?” This material is also included in my book […]
The New Testament’s Relationship to the Old Testament (with discussion of typology, the relationship between law and grace, and theonomy)
Posted onOne of the perennial difficulties in Christian theology is the relationship of the Old Testament to the New. Perhaps the strongest proponent for discontinuity between […]
Interview with Dr. Bill Ury – Social Trinitarianism
Posted onNew podcast is up. Click here to listen. This podcast features an interview with Dr. Bill Ury. Dr. Ury received his doctorate from Drew Univeristy […]
The Early Church’s Attempts to Understand the Relationship Between the Human and Divine Natures of Christ
Posted onWe have a tendency in modern times to think of what one believes as not particularly important. However, this tendency doesn’t always serve […]
Begging the Question – A Review of Bart Ehrman’s How Jesus Became God
Posted onConsisting roughly of 50% good scholarship and 50% question begging, Ehrman’s How Jesus Became God is a great popular level look into how liberal scholars deal […]
Responding to popular Muslim arguments against the divinity of Jesus in the New Testament
Posted onThere’s an interesting article that was brought to my attention by a Muslim friend. He asked that I respond to its claims. The article exists […]
Making God’s Name Known – A Response to Jehovah’s Witnesses’ Claims About the Name of God
Posted onIn the September 15, 1994 issue of Watchtower magazine (the teaching magazine of the Jehovah’s Witness organization) we read: “Of all international religions which is […]
Jehovah’s Witnesses and the Deity of Jesus
Posted onThe Jehovah’s Witness religion is a cult of Christianity (meaning it appears to be Christian but contradicts central Christian teachings) whose leaders, The Watchtower Bible […]
The Lord’s Supper, Passover, and Redemption
Posted onThe topic of the Lord’s supper has been a controversial one. Roman Catholics, Eastern Orthodox, and even some protestants have understood celebrations of the Lord’s […]