Was Ancient Israel Unique in History? The Faith Debate panelists all quickly agree that Israel is unique, so attention is turned to unpacking HOW Israel is unique, and how the Israel of old is the same/different from the Israel of now. (There is also brief attention paid to the query, “Does ‘Palestine’ exist?”). This is…… read more »
Do All “Abrahamic” Faiths Worship the Same God? The Faith Debate is dialoging about Israel, then and now. Do faith traditions that reject Christ Jesus also, by default, reject YHWH? How about asking the same question in reverse? Are there millions claiming to worship the one true God who are, in fact, in rebellion against…… read more »
Do Talmudic Jews Worship the Same God Worshiped by Christians? The Faith Debate continues a multi-part dialog about Israel, then and now. This time the focus is on the question of worship by Talmudic and/or Rabbinic Jews (and Muslims/Jehovah’s Witnesses/etc., for that mater), compared with the worship of Christians. This is the second of four…… read more »
Is It Wrong to Be Uncircumcised? The Faith Debate wraps up its forthright and yet gentlemanly dialog about circumcision with the panelists sharing whether or not they understand God to instruct the continuance of the practice or has consigned the issue to the category of what theologians like to call “adiaphora”. It boils down to…… read more »
The Purpose of Circumcision The Faith Debate is in the middle of a conversation about the biblical practice of cutting off the foreskin of all males in Israel. Is this sign now done with and of little importance? Is it replaced by something new? Or is it something that should (or even must) continue? This…… read more »
What is Circumcision? The Faith Debate examines the Old Covenant and New Covenant of the Bible, specifically focusing on the sign and seal of the promise God made to Abraham in the Hebrew Scriptures and what this means within the context of the Greek Scriptures. This is the second of five sequential radio shows recorded…… read more »