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. A Comparison of Talmidi values and Moderate Islamic values. 2. A Comparison of the Character and Personality of Allah and YHVH: Are they the same God? 3. A Comparison of Talmidi Values...

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...

Nowadays, there are too many people in the West who believe there are only two options: either you support the oppressed Palestinians, or you support an evil Israel; there is no middle ground allowed. This is a false binary — a form of moral laziness — and is a...

Shalom everyone, Are you someone who thinks along the lines of, “Look at the terrible things that far-right Jews are doing to non-Jews in Israel! Therefore all Israelis are wicked, Israel is evil, and should not exist!“ The conclusion does not logically follow on from...