Luke 1:30-35 (NRSV) 30 The angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. 31 And now, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you will name him Jesus…. Read More ›
Christology
Vatican scandal deepens..
The Vatican has announced that the book pictured below will be discontinued at the request of Benedict XVI, after hugely controversial claims that is was co-authored by the mysterious theologian and Son of God, Jesus of Nazareth. source
Other Jewish miracle-working Sons of God
Jesus was not the only one thought to be a miracle-working son of God, even within Judaism in his own day. His two most famous peers were probably Honi the “circle-drawer” and Hanina ben Dosa, both of whom are known… Read More ›
Did Jesus Think He was God?
Prof. Dale Martin says it’s unlikely that Jesus taught his followers that he was divine since after his death, different disciples had quite different ideas about whether or not Jesus was divine. Even if they believed he was divine, they… Read More ›
Christologists should believe in the Father’s kenosis, not the Son’s.
So said Shaykh Abdal Hakim Murad. Think about it.
Mark’s embarrassing verse about Jesus that Matthew felt he had to change
The prestigious Oxford Bible Commentary on the Gospels (published by Oxford University Press) is clear that the author of Matthew’s gospel deliberately changed the words of Jesus in the earlier gospel of Mark because they were “embarrassing” to him. Why were… Read More ›
