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Who do you say I am? Jesus through the eyes of the Gospel of Matthew by Pastor Rudolph P. Boshoff

(2 Minute Read). Biblical Scholar Bart D. Ehrman describes the Gospel of Matthew as; “one of the most highly treasured accounts of Jesus' life among the early Christians. This may explain why it was given pride of place as the first Gospel in the New Testament canon.”[1] Central to all the Gospels is the recorded life and memories of Jesus as the coming Jewish Messiah (Matthew), the Saviour of the World (Luke), Son of God [...]

By |2021-07-29T12:28:58+02:00December 17th, 2019|Christology, Spiritual formation|0 Comments
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The Fading Isa of the Quran by Pastor Rudolph Boshoff

(15-minute read).  There are 36 references to Jesus in the Quran, compared with 69 for Abraham and 136 for Moses. The references to Jesus can be grouped under six main headings: Christ’s Birth; Christ’s Mission; Christ’s Miracles; Christ’s identity; Christ’s Prophethood; Christ’s future predictions. Because we are pressed for time, we will look at: Christ’s Virgin Birth. Christ’s exclusive sinlessness and then; Christ’s titles: Messiah/ Son of God/ Word of God. I have left the Prophethood [...]

By |2021-03-11T15:37:01+02:00October 2nd, 2019|Christology, Muslim Objections Answered|0 Comments
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How the Prophet Jesus (Isa) differentiates Yahweh and Allah by Pastor Rudolph Boshoff

The person of Jesus Christ has a very central role in both Christianity and in Islam. Houlden (2005:404) writes that in Islam Jesus is a servant (‘abd) of God, a prophet (nabi), a sign (aya), an example (mathal), a witness (shahid), and a mercy (rahma) to all humanity. Jesus is eminent (wajih) and even brought near to God (min al-muqarrabin) and seen as one of the upright (min al-salihin) and he is blessed (Mubarak). The [...]

By |2021-08-14T23:44:06+02:00July 11th, 2019|Allah, Christology, Islam|0 Comments
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Jesus the revealed Word: An Exegesis of John 1:1, 18 by Pastor Rudolph Boshoff

(3minute read) In this article, I would like to share a short synopsis on the First Chapter of John with a specific emphasis on verse 1 and 18. I believe that a concise reading of these passages will allow for us to see the clear intent of John the Beloved Disciple and his indication that Jesus was the expected fulfilled promise of the Messiah to come and the Lord ascended to His throne. John clearly [...]

By |2021-08-14T23:46:49+02:00July 11th, 2019|Christology|0 Comments
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Jesus the ascended Lord: An exegesis of Mark 14:62-64 by Pastor Rudolph Boshoff

(2 Minute read) I have selected the Gospel of Mark 14:62-64 since it is the climax of the book where we finally have Christ accounting for who He is. It is also one of the first texts in the New Testament that emphatically situates the person of Jesus Christ in a place of clear pre-eminence and Old Testament fulfillment. It reads as follows: "And Jesus said, “I am, and you shall see the Son of [...]

By |2021-08-14T23:48:12+02:00July 11th, 2019|Christology, Yahweh|0 Comments
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The One and Only Jesus Christ by Pastor Rudolph Boshoff.

10 minute read: In a recent conversation with a Muslim friend, he mentioned that Muhammad was the successor to Christ and that the Christian Scriptures clearly anticipated his arrival in the future (John 14:16 & 26). This led me to write this article just to explain very briefly to the Muslim that this is not what the Christian Scriptures teach. In fact, Jesus even mentions that anyone coming after Him that claims succession or pre-eminence [...]

By |2020-03-13T18:28:33+02:00February 21st, 2019|Christology, Islam|0 Comments
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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 [...]

By |2020-03-14T03:53:39+02:00January 7th, 2019|Christology|1 Comment
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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 [...]

By |2020-03-14T04:03:34+02:00October 25th, 2018|Christ In Me Int/Collective, Christian Cults, Christology|2 Comments
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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 [...]

By |2021-08-15T00:05:19+02:00October 10th, 2018|Christology|0 Comments
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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 [...]

By |2021-08-09T00:51:43+02:00October 10th, 2018|Christology, Islam|0 Comments
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