All Bible: New Testament articles – Page 23
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Unbelievable ? - Preterist, Dispensational and Liberal views of The return of Jesus.
Matthew Chapter 24’s “Olivet Discourse” records Jesus saying that his followers will see him “coming on the clouds of the sky with great glory” and that “this generation will not pass away until all these things have happened.”
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Unbelievable ? - What picture of God does the Bible paint?
Andrew Wilson is an author and church leader. His book “GodStories” describes the Bible as “the gospel of God”. He says the story is told in multiple ways of sins forgiven, shame removed, beauty restored, and meaning reinstated.
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Unbelievable ? - Bauckham on the Gospels - Pt 2
Continuing on from their discussion last week, believing and non-believing New Testament historians Richard Bauckham and James Crossley discuss whether the testimony of eyewitnesses in the Gospels is trustworthy.
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Unbelievable ? - Richard Bauckham on the Gospels - pt 1
“Jesus and the Eyewitnesses” has been heralded as a paradigm shift in the way the authorship of the Gospels should be seen.
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Unbelievable ? - Scriptural reasoning
Scriptural Reasoning is an organisation committed to honest interfaith dialogue that promotes “better quality disagreement”. Its founder Muhammad Al-Hussaini explains how they hope to bring greater understanding of the scriptures of the three Abrahamic religions.
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Unbelievable ?Before Nicea - what is the truth about Early Christianity?
What did the first Christians believe about Jesus? Muslim Abdul Haq, the author of “Before Nicea” claims that key doctrines of Christianity were formulated through later councils of the church. He says that there is no good evidence that early Christians believed in Jesus’ divinity or even his crucifixion.
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Ubelievable? Was Jesus the Jewish Messiah?
Jesus was a Jew. Christianity owes its birth to Judaism. But did Jesus represent the fulfilment of Jewish Messianic hopes and prophecy?
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Unbelievable? - Did Jesus Rise from the dead? An atheist perspective
Steven Carr has a prolific presence on the internet as an atheist blogger and debater. He contends that the early Christians did not believe in Jesus’ resurrection and that the Biblical views of resurrection are contradictory.
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Unbelievable? Did Jesus rise from the dead? A Muslim perpective
Did Jesus rise from the dead? What if he never actually died on the cross?
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Unbelievable? “Challenging Atheist Myths” Part 2
Are atheists guilty of misunderstanding morality and the Bible?
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Unbelievable? “How did Christianity begin?” Part 2
Justin is joined for the seond time by New Testament scholars Michael F Bird And James G Crossley. Their book “How Did Christianity begin? A believer and non-believer examine the evidence” gives rival accounts of the cause of Christianity and its beliefs.
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Unbelievable? “Misquoting Jesus” Ehrman & Williams
Bart Ehrman is the US author of the bestselling book “Misquoting Jesus” (In the UK “Whose word is it?”). He calls into question the authority of the New Testament as scribal changes over time have changed the documents.
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Unbelievable? Does Islam oppress women?
Many Islamic women wear veils or even full coverings. What does the Koran teach about women? Are they oppressed in Islam? What about the Biblical treatment of women? Christian Evangelist Jay Smith and Mohamed Ali of the Islam channel debate.
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Unbelievable? Christianity on Trial - Part 1
Ed Turner is a lawyer from Liverpool who contacted the programme saying he wants to put Christianity and the Bible on Trial. In this programme he presents his case against trusting the scriptural accounts. Andy Bannister in defence believes that the Bible is a historically valid document. Continued next week…
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Unbelievable? Todd Bentley and the Lakeland ‘revival’
Justin is joined again by Charismatic Christian Gerald Coates, “Cessationist” Christian Mark Johnston and agnostic skeptic Stephen Pilcher. They discuss the healing revival occuring in Lakeland Florida under the ministry of Todd Bentley and claims of the miraculous.
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Unbelievable? The gift of tongues - faith or fake?
The first of two shows dealing with Charismatic gifts of the Spirit. Gerald Coates is church leader of the pioneer network of Charismatic chuches, speaking in tongues is a daily reality for him. Mark Johnston is “Cessationist” minister in London he says the Gift of tongues passed away with the close of scripture. Stephen Pilcher is an agnostic skeptic who says that its all in the mind… A fascinating discussion.
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Unbelievable? Proof for the resurrection
Canadian apologist Tony Costa says there are 5 key reasons that lock together to prove the resurrection of Jesus. He debates sceptic Ken Humphreys.
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Unbelievable? Did Jesus prophecy the Bahai faith?
In his book “Letter to the Christians” Jeremy Fox, argues that Baha’u’llah the founder of the Baha’i faith is the second coming of Jesus Christ, as prophesied in the New Testament. Robin Thomson of South Asian Concern argues against this interpretation of scripture.
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The Passion - Evidence for the resurrection - Part 1
Justin Brierley hears from New Testament Scholar Andy Bannister. He explains why we can trust the accounts of Easter written in the Gospels.
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Unbelievable? Can we trust the Gospels?
Norman Hansen is an atheist. He says the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John are mythology passed off as fact. But Christian scholar Andy Bannister says that we have all the evidence we need to trust them.