Debate: Boshoff VS Rashid 25 January 2019
Boshoff VS Rashid 25 January 2019. Please pray for the individuals that will be attending this debate, that Holy Spirit will lead them into all truth on the narrow path that leads to life. If you want to partner with Ad Lucem in the mission to bring God's word and light and good news in debates, dialogues, training Ministers and empowering Churches to minister to Muslims and other faiths, please consider becoming a monthly sponsor [...]
The Heresy of Modalism by Vladimir Šušić
The heresy of Modalism is an ancient heresy originating in the early third century in the teachings of Noetus, Praxeas, Sabellius and their followers and associates. Modalism, also known as Sabellianism, Patripassianism, Monarchianism and in these times "Oneness Pentecostalism", teaches that there exists a unipersonal God who merely assumes 3, or more, different forms, chiefly Father, Son and the Holy Spirit. It teaches that there is no personal distinction between these 3, rather that the [...]
The ‘One GOD’ of Christ in Me International [ Christ in me Collective] (Part 4) by Pastor Rudolph Boshoff.
Source: http://www.christinme-international.com/2018/05/one-god/ (Average read: 5 Minutes). This is the fourth, instalment where I set out to show the simple inconsistencies and the poor reflection on the Scriptures from “Christ In Me International” (Pretoria, SA). From here on, I will refer to ‘Christ in Me International’ in abbreviated terms as ‘CIMI’. The availability of their article is found at the following link: ‘One God’. Let us look at their perspective and reply to it systematically. CIMI [...]
Animism and the prosperity Gospel in an African context by Pastor Rudolph Boshoff.
Christianity in Africa is growing at an exciting pace. In April 2017, David McClendon from the Pew Research Center wrote; “Christianity’s future lies in Africa. By 2060, a plurality of Christians – more than four-in-ten – will call sub-Saharan Africa home.”[1] McClendon mentions that the sole reason for this growth is because of “demographic factors, including fertility, age and migration, as well as religious switching into and out of Christianity. In sub-Saharan Africa, Christians, on [...]
The Modal Ontological Argument: Understanding and Defense by Vladimir Šušić
We as Christians have several very convincing arguments for the existence of God. Arguments such as the Kalam Cosmological Argument, the Argument from Design, Argument from the Resurrection of Christ and others are often the forefront of any debate with our atheist friends. One often highly overlooked and rarely used argument is the Modal Ontological Argument. The reason why the Modal Ontological Argument (from now referred to as the MOA) is rarely used is not [...]
The ‘One GOD’ of Christ in Me International [Christ in me Collective] (Part 3) by Pastor Rudolph Boshoff.
(Average read: 5 Minutes). This is the third installment where I set out to show the simple inconsistencies and the poor reflection on the Scriptures from “Christ In Me International” (Pretoria, SA). From here on, I will refer to ‘Christ in Me International’ in abbreviated terms as ‘CIMI’. The availability of their article is found at their site under the title: ‘One God’. Let us look at their perspective and reply to it step by [...]
A Christology of Divine entitlement by Pastor Rudolph Boshoff
(15-minute read) It did not take long in the History of the Church to question the very central place of its founder, Jesus of Nazareth in the very community He started. We see Arius (256-336 A.D.), a Bishop in Alexandria questioning the nature of Jesus when ascribing a partial 'divinity' to Him or as RowanWilliams shows that: "Arius seems to havebelieved that if the Father and the Son wereco-eternal, that proposition in some way impliedthat [...]
Can God die? A reply to Ibn Anwar by Pastor Rudolph Boshoff
Ibn Anwar: “If only the flesh experienced death, then God did not really die. Notice that the human being is both flesh and spirit therefore if he dies he does actually experience death, i.e., he being in the flesh experiences death in the flesh. But can the same be said of the hypostasis? Is the flesh god?” Reply: Hi Ibn, the way I would deal with all propositions would be to start and say a [...]
A discussion about the version of the Bible available to Muhammad by Prof. Henk G. Stoker & Paul Derengowski
ABSTRACT It is a mandate that all Muslims believe in all previous revelations given by God along with the Qur'an (Surah 2:4). Relative to discussions with Christians, Muslims are required to believe the Bible. Some Muslim apologists today contend that the Bible has been 'corrupted' or tainted through the infusion of faulty doctrines and the exclusion of valuable texts that support Islamic ideas by dubious scribes and malicious copyists. According to them there is no [...]
Original Sin in Christianity and Islam: A Christian perspective by Pastor Rudolph Boshoff
(Average: 15 minute read). A definition of Sin: Sin! The mechanism the world use to indulge itself in acts of selfishness. Scripture reminds us ‘all have sinned’[1] because ‘’each one is tempted when by his own evil desires he is lured away and enticed. Then after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin.”[2]We dabble with Sin every single day! David said, “Surely I was sinful at birth, sinful from the time my mother conceived [...]