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“‘Who’ is God and ‘What’ is God?”: Comparing Theism, Deism, Pantheism, and Polytheism: A Closer Look

  Note: see Edward Feser’s post called “The one God Further Objection” From my own experience I would say most discussions about God are centered around the following “isms”- that being Theism, Deism, Pantheism, and Polytheism. So let’s take a look… Continue reading →

Making room in the Bible for the Jewish people

The Bible is chock full of prophecies specifically given to the Jewish people. What happens when Gentile believers re-interpret those Jewish promises away from the Jewish people? Most Christian use of Scripture ignores its Jewish context and simply replaces it with a Gentile Christian context. This is Replacement theology, practically speaking. Even my best friends […]

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By the rivers of Woodstock

  It’s fifty years on since a half a million young Americans flowed down the Interstates to converge at Bethel in western New York State.  Smack dab in the middle of Max Yasgur’s cow pasture, the Woodstock Aquarian Festival of Music and Art morphed into a muddy stage which would showcase the counterculture generation.  Hundreds […]

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Is Jesus The Only Way?

Is Jesus the Only Way? One of the most controversial issues in religious dialogue is whether there is one way of salvation. In other words, the biblical claim that Jesus is the only possible Savior for the human race (Matthew… Continue reading →

Jesus As The Wisdom of God

Over the years I have heard the objection from my Jewish friends that Judaism does not believe that the Messiah is divine. In other words, the entire belief in Jesus’ deity is a Christian invention that developed much later in… Continue reading →

The Wild and Wonderful World of the Broad Messianic Movement

There are different groups which one will encounter today, who use the term “Messianic” in some form or fashion. What do each of these groups really stand for, in terms of their mission and theology? How challenging is it, to perhaps find a diversity of people attending your local Messianic congregation—without even realizing it?

Paul and Creation

The skeptical issue in our culture mostly enters into the religious dialogue in the following way: “In the case of God, who isn’t some physical object but a divine being, what kind of evidence should we expect to find? There… Continue reading →