Archive for January, 2012
The Quran: The Divine Quality Control Over Previous Scriptures
If you saw my debate with Rev Dr Steve Latham you will recall that during my opening presentation I quoted the following passage from the Quran: And unto thee O Prophet have We vouchsafed this divine writ, setting forth the truth, confirming the truth of whatever there still remains of earlier revelations and determining what is true therein. Judge, then, between [...]
What I Wrote From My Heart – Malcolm X
Never have I witnessed such sincere hospitality and overwhelming spirit of true brotherhood as is practiced by people of all colors and races here in this ancient Holy Land, the home of Abraham, Muhammad and all the other Prophets of the Holy Scriptures. For the past week, I have been utterly speechless and spellbound by [...]
The Christology of the Synoptic Gospels: some introductory comments
by Paul Williams On a first reading of the gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke, it is tempting to take these stories at face value: here are ancient texts that tell us what Jesus said and did. Their reliability and facticity is assumed without question. And this reading of the gospels has been ubiquitous in [...]
‘Jesus is Lord’
by JDG Dunn The history of this confession of Jesus as Lord in earliest Christianity largely revolves round the question, How significant is the application of this title to Jesus? What role or status does this confession attribute to Jesus or recognise as belonging to Jesus?…The problem is that ‘lord’ can denote a whole range [...]
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