by Caleb | Sep 18, 2018 | Big Questions, The New Testament
How did the early Christians come to believe that gentiles did not need to be circumcised? For us today it seems obvious but in those times they believed that the Law was given by God and it was a clear requirement of the law. We still believe that. Circumcision,...
by Caleb | May 11, 2017 | Notes, The New Testament, Uncategorized
Romans 1 The gospel reveals the covenant justice of God. God has come to put the world to rights. The good news is about God’s Son, and power is released when Jesus, the Crucified One, Israel’s Messiah, raised from the dead is proclaimed Lord of the World....
by Caleb | Jan 25, 2014 | The New Testament
In a recent debate in Bradford (Mar 2012) between a Muslim and a Christian over the question of who Jesus was, the Muslim speaker simply read through a list of ‘contradictions’ in the Bible, mainly from the gospels, with no analysis – and then said...
by Caleb | Jan 17, 2014 | The New Testament
These are a few preliminary thoughts for an essay I will shortly write. Q. John’s portrayal of Jesus is so different to that in the Synoptics that some scholars have no confidence in its historicity. Discuss. Differences in accounts do not imply that one source...
by Caleb | Dec 19, 2013 | The New Testament
I am involved with quite a bit of debate with Muslims in the Bradford area which I really enjoy. One accusation that is frequently asserted is that Jesus did not claim to be God. Now the most explicit answer would be to redirect the reader to John 8:58 “Before...
