This article explores the distinctions between being a believer, a disciple, and a child of God. We’ll delve into the varying levels of engagement and commitment each term embodies, providing insights into how these roles shape one’s spiritual journey and personal growth within their faith.

Contrasting modern interpretations of salvation, which often intertwine works and faith, the Hebrew Scriptures emphasize salvation as solely dependent on faith. This distinction underscores a more genuine reliance on one’s faith, rather than works, as the path to salvation.

The Calvinist doctrine of Penal Substitutionary Atonement teaches that God, consumed by wrath, hated, and anger toward humanity, had to torture and abuse Christ in order to spare us: R.C. Sproul, a famous reformed (Calvinist) theologian, said: We always say the Cliché, ‘God Hates the sin, but he loves the …

The wrath of God can be allegorically likened to a loving father who sternly warns his child against touching a hot stove. The father’s prohibition is not borne out of anger or hatred but rather out of love and a desire to protect the child from harm. Yet, if the …

Once, I found myself seated in the pews of a Baptist church, absorbed in a sermon from the pastor who undertook the formidable task of elucidating the Book of Revelation. With words that carried an undercurrent of dread, he depicted apocalyptic visions of monstrous beasts about to rise up from …

One can study theology – that is, about God and of God – just as a science enthusiast learns about nature or the stars – in a way that leaves him awestruck. Theology can be pursued just like a lover ardently investigates and learns everything possible about their beloved partner.

The Jewish people could never relate to the idea that mankind is entirely separated from God’s love, as promoted by preachers like Paul Washer and in pamphlets like the “4 Spiritual Laws,” because it contradicts the Hebrew Scriptures.

The Golden Rule, “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you” (Matthew 7:12), is a principle found in various forms across different cultures and religious traditions. In light of this, what makes Jesus’s teach about love so radical?

The doctrine of the divinity of Christ and the concept of the Trinity are perhaps the most challenging Christian beliefs for Jews to accept. While Christianity posits that Jesus is the divine Son of God and a part of the Holy Trinity – consisting of the Father, Son, and Holy …

In the Talmud’s tractate Gittin 56b-57a, another account referencing Jesus describes him enduring eternal punishment in hell, submerged in boiling excrement (yes, poop). This punishment is presented as retribution for his alleged misdeeds and for supposedly leading the people of Israel away from God and towards idolatry.