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Michael Heiser on Monotheism

Michael S. Heiser recently passed away from pancreatic cancer https://www.youtube.com/live/ZDxU7PV1tKI. He was known for his work explicating a Divine Council in Scripture. He also argued that ancient Isrealites were not precisely monotheists in a mo...

concept of god, heiser, michael, inclusivism, judaism, monotheism, worship

Christianity as Fire Insurance

Dr. Craig, I enjoy reading your works; you present a rational case for theism, and it's the best I've heard. Despite being a theist from a Jewish-Christian interfaith family background, I have difficulty believing the case of salvation offered by the ...

christian theism, judaism, salvation

Jesus’ God

Hi, I'm a Muslim. I've one question about Jesus. When you call someone/believe in someone as (your God), you imply something by that (i.e. there’re necessary consequences of that belief theologically). For example, when you call Jesus (my God),...

claims of christ, jesus christ, jewish beliefs in the resurrection, judaism, post-mortem appearances, resurrection

Why Christianity rather than Judaism or Islam?

Hello Dr. Craig, I have always wondered about your claim that Christianity is the only true religion (based on historical evidence as you say). But how can you be so sure when Islamic and Jewish scholars claim the same claim? As a former atheist and now an a...

concept of god, evidence, historical, historical jesus, islam, judaism

Reject Jesus for Judaism?

Dear Dr. Craig, On Jan 5th I made a statement that I was not going to allow doubt in regards to Jesus into my life, Jesus appears to be the best choice and that’s what I’m going with and I’ll reevaluate at the end of the year. Well, a few da...

historical reliability of scripture, isaiah 53, jesus christ, jewish objections, judaism, old testament

What Was Herod Thinking?

Dear Dr. Craig, In his debate with you and, on pp. 175 & 211 in his book "Jesus is Dead," Dr. Robert Price argues that the notion of resurrections are likely not all that unexpected in 2nd Temple Judaism and/or totally absent from the 1st century Jewish w...

jewish beliefs in the resurrection, judaism, post-mortem appearances, resurrection, resurrection of jesus

A Rabbi Looks at the Kalam Argument

apologetics, cosmology, judaism, kalam cosmological argument

Jewish Beliefs About God Video

Dr. Craig explains how Jewish beliefs about God play a vital contextual role in understanding the New Testament, and The Bible as a whole, from an historical scholar's point of view. In this video, Dr. Craig recommends material to counter the false Pagan ...

judaism, pagan myths, trinity

A Jewish Man Considers Jesus

Dear Dr. Craig:I am considering becoming a Christian.I was raised in a Jewish family. In fact, both of my parents were survivors of the Holocaust and they both died when I was quite young.My father was very religious, and I remember him and his wisdom with gre...

christology, church, historical jesus, judaism, old testament

Ancient Israelite Polytheism?

One of my atheist friend recently sent me this question and information that I need help with: Ancient Israel started out as a Polytheistic nation that latter ‘evolved’ into a Monotheistic Religion and that they blended their bibles (religious lo...

divine attributes, ethics, judaism, monotheism, old testament