Simon Peter answered, “You are the [Messiah], the Son of the living God.” Matthew 16:16 NIV The Son – Perhaps the single distinguishing doctrine of Christianity is the Trinity. No other monotheistic religion embraces this claim, i.e. that God exists as three persons in one being. In fact, until the fourth century, those who claimed…
On the recent trip to Israel, Bob Gorelik, Skip Moen, Moshe Kempinski, Jeremy Gimpel and Yoav Bruck all provided insights into Jewish thought, the Jewish way of life and connections to the Hebrew Bible, the New Testament and Christianity. Among these audio downloads are discussions concerning the afterlife, the Trinity, halachah, rabbinic background to the New…
And the LORD will be king over all the earth. On that day the LORD will be one and his name one. Zechariah 14:9 ESV That day – Can here be any doubt about which day is “that day”? It is the day when waters will flow from Jerusalem toward the East and toward the…
Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Matthew 28:19 ESV In the name of – A few weeks ago we looked at the textual evidence for the trinitarian formula found in this verse (see May 30). What…
Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Matthew 28:19 ESV In the name of – In his book, Epidemic: Examining the Infected Roots of Judaism and Christianity, Russ Houck suggests that the phrase “baptizing them in the…
“Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit,” Matthew 28:19 NASB In the name of – eis to onoma tou says that Greek text of Matthew. Significantly, neither Mark, Luke, John or Acts repeats this command. While the other…
The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. Mark 1:1 NASB Son of God – Jewish orthodox rabbi Daniel Boyarin (yes, the Daniel Boyarin) wrote The Jewish Gospels, just published this year. In it he makes the claim that the gospels are thoroughly Jewish, including the idea of a divine Messiah…
Here are pictures of my college chapel, the dining hall of Trinity where I ate many meals, books in the Old Library and, last, yours truly, taken in the same spot where I once stood with doctoral robes.
