There is a Yiddish story about a man who spent all his free time at the shtetl kretchmeh (in Yiddish, a tavern doubling as an inn; in Polish karczma or in Ukrainian корчма). His wife bitterly complained about his all too frequent absences, asking him what he does there anyway with all his spare time. […]
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Over the years, I have been asked if the messianic prophecies are so clear about the coming of Jesus, why didn’t the disciples understand His mission? This question can be dealt with in a number of ways. First, we must… Continue reading →
Five Things Biblical Scholars Wish Theologians Knew, Scot McKnight and Hans Boersma, 173pp. IVP Academic, 2021. I have always been fascinated with the intersection between theologians and biblical scholars. I have seen my share of people in both of these… Continue reading →
When I was a new Christian, I read several Christian apologetic books that stated there are over 300 Messianic prophecies that are all fulfilled in Jesus. At the time I thought this was a convincing evidential apologetic for the truth claims… Continue reading →
Introduction In the introduction of his book called The Case For The Real Jesus, author and apologist Lee Strobel says that a basic search for Jesus at Amazon.com will produce 175, 986 books on the most controversial figure in human… Continue reading →
Jesus answered, “My kingdom is not of this world. If my kingdom were of this world, my servants would have been fighting, that I might not be delivered over to the Jews. But my kingdom is not from the world.”-… Continue reading →
Introduction Over the years I have been asked why Jewish people don’t think Jesus is the Messiah. From my own experience, when I have talked to Jewish people about the possibility of Jesus being the Messiah, there is a… Continue reading →
40 Questions About Roman Catholicism by Gregg Allison, 2021, 336 pp. Being that I have been involved in campus apologetic ministry work for several years on a large college campus, I have talked to hundreds of Catholic students. Some of… Continue reading →
Most recently, I got an email from someone who had some questions about our faith. One particular question she had was the following: ‘Why have the Jews rejected Jesus?” Looking at the statistics, almost all of them have missed their… Continue reading →
Recently a friend asked me why so many Christians don’t seem to know much about the role of Messianic prophecy in the Bible. They also seemed to be unaware as to how it was utilized as the main apologetic in… Continue reading →
