By Jonathan McLatchie Rabbi Tovia Singer is an orthodox Jewish rabbi and the founder and director of Outreach Judaism. He is widely known for his counter-missionary polemics and his criticism of the New Testament presentation of Jesus as the Hebrew Messiah (see his...
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Why Apologists Need a Scout Mindset: Lessons to be Learned from Julia Galef
By Jonathan McLatchie Have you ever wondered why some people are able to think about the world clearer, forming more balanced and nuanced views about controversial topics, than others? Have you ever pondered what thinking patterns are most conducive to good reasoning...
Can a Christian Lose Their Salvation? An Analysis of the Warning Passages in Hebrews
A significant point of contention in regard to the book of Hebrews is whether a genuine believer can lose their salvation, or whether falling away from the faith merely evidences the fact that one had never truly come to share in Christ. At the center of this...
Doubting Your Faith? Look No Further Than This New Free Resource
Are you a Christian who is struggling with doubts about your faith? A non-Christian seeker who has sincere questions about the Christian faith? Or have you recently lost your faith and want to explore whether your reasons for loss-of-faith were really rational? Have...
Una cuestión de días: interpretando el primer capítulo del Génesis
He estado publicando una serie de artículos sobre la mejor manera de interpretar los primeros capítulos del Génesis y sobre cómo la ciencia puede iluminar los textos bíblicos y guiar nuestra hermenéutica. En este artículo, exploraré el texto del primer capítulo de las...
Extrabiblical Evidence for the Veracity of the Gospel History
In a previous article, I reviewed several arguments that are typically raised in support of the historicity of Jesus but, upon closer inspection, turn out to be of extremely limited evidential value. In this article, I will discuss an approach to arguing from...
Sí, Bart Ehrman, Jesús es Yahvé
Bart Ehrman es profesor de estudios religiosos en la UNC-Chapel Hill de Carolina del Norte. Es muy conocido por sus libros de gran éxito de ventas que critican los principios fundamentales del cristianismo evangélico y, en particular, la fiabilidad de las fuentes del...
What Are Students Learning At Yale? A Review of Dale Martin’s Introductory Lecture on the New Testament
Dale Martin is a scholar of the New Testament, formerly a professor at Yale University until his retirement in 2018. Prior to his appointment at Yale, Martin was a faculty member at Rhodes College and Duke University. Yale University generously uploads many lecture...
The Historicity of the Feeding of the Five Thousand: An Appraisal of the Evidence
It is one of the most iconic incidents in Jesus’ life. We are all familiar with the famous story of Jesus miraculously feeding the five thousand from five loaves and two fish, with no fewer than twelve basketfuls of leftovers. The story is recounted by all four gospel...
A Reply to Bart Ehrman’s Defense of Jesus, Interrupted on the MythVision Podcast
Nearly a year ago, I published a series of three articles in which I reviewed sections of Bart Ehrman’s book Jesus, Interrupted: Revealing the Hidden Contradictions in the Bible (And Why We Don’t Know About Them). If you have not read those articles already, you can...
A Matter of Days: Interpreting the First Chapter of Genesis
I have been publishing a series of articles addressing how one might best approach interpreting the early chapters of Genesis, and how science might illuminate Biblical texts and guide our hermeneutics. In this article, I will explore the text of the first chapter of...
The Evidential Value of 1 Corinthians 15:3-8 to the Case for the Resurrection
A popular argument that is wielded by Christian apologists, at both the scholarly and popular level, is based on 1 Corinthians 15:3-8, taken by many contemporary scholars to represent an ancient creedal tradition that goes back to within only a couple of years of...
Grappling with Divine Hiddenness: Why Does God Not Make His Existence More Obvious?
One of the most challenging objections to the existence of God is the problem of divine hiddenness. Closely related to the problem of evil, the problem of divine hiddenness asks “Where is God?”; “Why doesn’t God make His existence more obvious?”; “Why does God leave...
Messianic Convergence in the Gospels: A New Way to Frame the Argument from Old Testament Fulfilment
Anyone who has spent considerable time studying the gospels can tell that they are literally saturated with Old Testament fulfilment and allusions. Indeed, the early church used two primary lines of argument to establish the Messianic credentials of Jesus of Nazareth...
Ijaz Ahmad Continues To Misrepresent Me
A few days ago, I posted a response to a review of my recent debate with Dr. Shabir Ally on the doctrine of the Trinity vs. Tawhid, written by Muslim blogger Ijaz Ahmad. Not long after my article appeared, so did Ijaz's response. I noted previously that Ijaz appears...
A Response to Ijaz Ahmad’s Review of My Debate With Shabir Ally
Ijaz Ahmad is a Muslim blogger with whom I have had some level of interaction. He runs a website called "Calling Christians." It is unfortunate that Ijaz has developed a peculiar habit of mishearing, or misreading, things that I say and write. It was no different in...
On Shariah-Governed Enclaves in France: A Clarifying Note
Over the past week, I have been contacted concerning a comment I made in passing, in a recent lecture I delivered on Islam, concerning so-called no-go zones in France, governed by gang-imposed Sharia law. This was not an area of particular interest to me, and so I had...
Shabir Ally vs. Jonathan McLatchie (Tawhid vs. Trinity): Watch the Debate Live Online This Sunday
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ay-1WOtrCBs On Sunday 16th of August, at 5:15pm GMT (that’s 12:15pm Eastern Time; 11:15am Central Time; 9:15am Pacific Standard Time), I am going to be engaging in a public debate with Islamic scholar Dr. Shabir Ally in London, England,...