This article is a follow-on from my previous article, ‘Did Yeshua think of himself as the messiah?’ One of the most common assumptions in Paullist Christian theology, is that when Yeshua referred to himself as “the Son of Man”, he was openly and irrefutably claiming...

I wanted an impartial answer to the question of whether Yeshua thought of himself as the messiah, based on the scriptural evidence, rather than whether his followers thought of him as a messiah (a crucial difference). I asked ChatGPT to look at all the biblical...

In Yahwist theology, political authority is never absolute. Power belongs ultimately to YHVH alone, and all human rule is provisional, accountable, and morally constrained (Deut 10:17; Ps 146:3). Any political system that concentrates unchecked power, suppresses moral...

This is purely a reference article which links up to other articles. It lists all biblical verses in the Miqra where prophets criticised civil rulers. Examples from Yeshua’s teachings starts about halfway down. Here is a carefully curated list of biblical examples...

Shalom everyone, Too often nowadays, so-called religious people put their political beliefs above their allegiance to God; their political ideology is far more important to them than their religious faith. Such people are effectively demoting God, and declaring that...

This is the first in a set of three articles on comparing Islam to Talmidaism: 1. The main differences between Moderate Islam and Talmidaism 2. The main differences between Extremist Islamism and Talmidaism 3. Is the Personality and Character of Allah the same as that...

Background If, as we believe, Yeshua was a genuine, fully human Jewish prophet, called by God, and that he was a real person who really existed, what biographical details in the synoptic gospels are safe to assume are from its genuine, earliest layer, and which can we...

Question to ChatGPT: In Mark 1:9-11, a dove appears and a heavenly voice speaks. According to scholarly consensus, in Mark’s understanding of what he himself wrote, did John the Baptist or anyone else present see the dove, or hear the voice? I felt this question was...

For an examination of why there is no contemporary historical evidence of Yeshua, see this article here. Background The documentary ‘Caesar’s Messiah’ centres on the claims of Joseph Atwell that the Flavian dynasty of Caesars invented Jesus, wrote the gospels, and...

Shalom everyone, Some people believe that because Scripture speaks of an “end of days,” there is no point in working for peace or justice in the present age. According to this view, deadly wars and worldwide destruction are inevitable, even divinely intended, and...