The Temple, The Ka’aba, and The Christ by John Gilchrist.
There are three great monotheistic religions in the world, namely Judaism, Christianity and Islam. Each of these not only recognises the existence of one sovereign God who rules the universe but has sources and roots common to the other two. All three admit that human history began when God created Adam and Eve and continue to agree on the immediate course of this history after the creation. The initial temptation and fall of Adam and [...]
Interfaith dialogue on ”The nature of Christ” between Dr. Shuaib Sayyed and Pastor Rudolph Boshoff
Join us on Monday, 15 August 2015 for an interfaith dialogue on ''The nature of Christ'' between Dr. Shuaib Sayyed and Pastor Rudolph Boshoff at 6pm at Rhema Bible College, Randburg, Johannesburg.
The Witness motif prevalent in the textual understanding of Christ’s actual identity by Pastor Rudolph Boshoff.
The earliest understanding of the witness motif prevalent in a New Testament context seems to focus frequently on the actual content of the Witness (Dodd) or the validity of the Eyewitness testimony (Bauckham). With current questions in Christology that seems to ask about the earliest understanding of Christ’s own self-identity, I want to suggest in this short article that the ignored ingredient, when weighing the witness motif, is necessary to come to a full disclosed understanding [...]
A Critique of “Jesus & the Injeel” by John Fontain by Pastor Rudolph Boshoff.
John Fontain has written a little booklet scrutinizing various themes and making large claims concerning the Bible, Jesus, and the Christian understanding of the Gospel. I do not endeavor to look at everything Mr. Fontain mentioned in this evaluation. I have tried to keep it short and precise, assessing his claims from a Biblical Christian and Scholarly understanding. About the cover: Just an interesting observation about the cover of this little booklet. The quality of [...]
Origins and Sources of the Gospel of Barnabas by John Gilchrist
INTRODUCTION Although the Gospel of Barnabas has in recent years been distributed fairly widely throughout the Muslim world in many languages, most Muslims have not as yet seen a copy of this book. Nevertheless the knowledge of its existence is fairly widespread in the Muslim community. Since 1973 the English translation of the Gospel of Barnabas by Lonsdale and Laura Ragg has been reprinted in large numbers by the Begum Aisha Bawany Wakf in Pakistan [...]
Ode to the unknown God: Reflection on the Allah of Islam by Pastor Rudolph Boshoff.
It was Theologian A.W. Tozer, in his book "The Knowledge of the Holy" that stated “What comes to into our minds when we think about God is the most important thing about us. The history of mankind will probably show that no people has ever risen above its religion, a man’s spiritual history will positively demonstrate that no religion has ever been greater than its idea of God. Worship is pure or base as the [...]
Evaluating the “Baur/Ehrman” hypothesis on “Diverse Christianities” and its effects on “underdog” Gnosticism by Pastor Rudolph Boshoff.
Dr. Bart D. Ehrman, Professor of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill dirges about early Christianity being “non-monolithic”. He writes; “Arguably the most significant breakthrough in the modern understanding of early Christianity is the realization that, contrary to what had earlier been thought, this religion was exceptionally diverse. The older, traditional view (which prevailed till the mid-twentieth century) was that Christianity was basically monolithic, that there was one dominant form [...]
Explicit Christology in “The Epistle of Ignatius to the Ephesians” written 105-115 A.D by Pastor Rudolph Boshoff
When we read one of the Earliest Christian letters Ignatius of Antioch wrote to the Church at Ephesus we see that quite a few Doctrines were firmly established. Equally interesting is to see how these Early Church Fathers affirmed that the Scriptures of Old and the Pauline text affirmed the Orthodox teaching within the Early Church. Here is what you will find when you read the Epistle of Ignatius to the Ephesians. Ignatius affirmed: Ignatius affirmed: [...]
A Vindication of Divine Paradox by Pastor Rudolph Boshoff
Since the beginning of time, man had a deep-seated restlessness that would express itself in the apparent need to partially comprehend Someone beyond themselves. In their articulation, words like “otherness” and “beyondness” come to mind when trying to explain ideas about God. Biblically, there is no doubt that God is wholly beyond us, and equally other than us. Numerous individual souls prolong their search through giving no attention to their inherent desire or simply because [...]
Was Mohammad a true prophet of God? Does the Bible Predict Mohammad? by Vladimir Susic
Part 1: Is Mohammad a true prophet of God? While our Muslim friends would certainly answer "Yes",we as Christians, are to "test the spirits" (1 John 4:1) and not to take any theological claim,or any claim in general without evidence. Even tho we know historically that much of what we know about Mohammad's life are latter opinions from eight and ninth century,contained in the "Hadith",transmited by "Isnad",or,chains of narration,non written chains of narration that is,one [...]