torah
Explorations of the Torah’s teachings, historical context, and theological foundations.
The Trinity in Genesis 3:5 and 22 Paid Members Public
More Evidence for God’s Uni-Plurality from the Hebrew Scriptures In this post I am going to provide further proofs from the Old Testament that the prophets knew and spoke of the one true God existing as a plurality of divine Persons, as opposed to being a uni-personal monad. My
Does the Quran confirm the Bible and the Canonical Gospels? Paid Members Public
One will find specific Muslim scholars and/or apologists arguing that the Muslim scripture never mentions either the Bible or the Canonical Gospels. Rather, what the Quran confirms is the original Torah given to Moses and the Gospel sent down upon Jesus, not the Old or New Testaments in the
The Need for the Shedding of Blood to make Atonement Paid Members Public
In this article I will be responding to the claim made by some that Leviticus 5:11, “But if he cannot afford two turtledoves or two young pigeons, then he shall bring, as his offering for the sin which he has committed, a tenth of an ephah of fine flour
For Whom Did the OT High Priest Make Atonement? Pt. 2 Paid Members Public
We continue with our discussion: For Whom Did the OT High Priest Make Atonement? Pt. 1. Israel Alone or the Whole World? The second point to note is that the OT high priest didn’t make atonement only for Israel, but actually offered sacrifices for the salvation of the whole
Animal Sacrifices and the Atoning Death of Christ in the Book of Acts Pt. 2 Paid Members Public
Having established that Luke-Acts emphatically teach that salvation comes from trusting in the Lord Jesus Christ /2017/04/11/animal-sacrifices-and-the-atoning-death-of-christ-in-the-book-of-acts-pt-1/, and not by the Law and/or the sacrificial system prescribed by Moses, we can now address the verses in question. Here they are one more time: “Then on the
A Contradiction Regarding the Mode of Jesus’ death? Only in the Warped Mind of a Dawagandist! Paid Members Public
This will be a short response to the following desperate polemics https://bloggingtheology.net/2017/03/09/contradictions-in-new-testament-was-jesus-hanged-or-crucified/. A Muhammadan dawagandist claims that there is a contradiction in the inspired Christian Scriptures since certain verses in the Gospels employ the Greek term stauroo to highlight the fact that the Lord
Allah- The Ever Forgetful and Deceitful One! Paid Members Public
I had posted some replies to a Muhammadan named Ibn Issam in the comments section to a guest post on Paul Williams’ blog concerning the misuse of Numbers 23:19 by Muhammadan polemicists to undermine the Incarnation https://bloggingtheology.net/2016/09/22/god-is-not-a-human-being-or-a-mortal/, which Williams conveniently deleted. I have
THE BIBLE AND THE QUR'AN:EFFECTS OF CRITICISM AND SIMILARITIES IN THEIR DEVELOPMENT Paid Members Public
SECTION THREE THE BIBLE AND THE QUR'AN: EFFECTS OF CRITICISM AND SIMILARITIES IN THEIR DEVELOPMENT CHAPTER II NEW TESTAMENT FORM CRITICISM --- ITS EFFECT ON THE GOSPEL AND THE QUR'AN "Form criticism", which also originated in Germany, is an attempt to analyze the Gospel