Category: New Testament
The Doctrine of God
This was a 2300 word essay on one of the toughest subjects in philosophy and theology – the doctrine of God. Michael Palmer, author of the exceptional undergraduate philosophy textbook, “... Read More
Anti-Semitism and the Gospel of John
One of the commonest criticisms levelled at the gospel of John is that it is “anti-Semitic”. This view derives from John’s repeated use of the denominator “The Jews” th... Read MoreThe Hour of Glorification
How and why does John depict the death of Jesus as “His hour of Glorification”? The Gospel of John offers a radically mature presentation of Jesus when compared to the dramatic and often e... Read MoreWhat is Distinctive in the Christian View of God?
It is well known that there are three great monotheistic religions – Christianity, Islam and Judaism. One stream of thought wants to unify these conceptions as different expressions of the sam... Read More
The Resurrection in the Christian Faith
There is no doctrine within the Christian religion that provokes such intellectual ridicule as the Resurrection and it was one of the first to be “reinterpreted” in the post-Darwinian rati... Read More
The Hebrew Scriptures in the Book of Revelation
John, the writer of the Apocalypse (traditionally thought of as the Apostle John, this is hotly contested in liberal scholarship but seems well supported by the Johannine theology of the book and its ... Read More