Category: Biblical Commentary

  • Vain Rep­e­ti­tions” in Prayer ? Exe­ge­sis on Matthew 6:7

    Mohd Elfie Nieshaem Juferi A Chris­t­ian mis­sion­ary wrote that : Jesus said : ​“And when you pray, do not use vain rep­e­ti­tions as the hea­then do. For they think that they will be heard for their many words.” (Matt 6:7) Prove to me that you do NOT use vain rep­e­ti­tions and many words in your RITUAL of…

  • Dis­gust­ing Lan­guage : The Prob­lem of Ezekiel 23

    Dis­gust­ing Lan­guage : The Prob­lem of Ezekiel 23

    “Does the Bible use lan­guage not fit­ting for God?” This was the ques­tion that a mis­sion­ary rhetor­i­cal­ly posed to his read­ers in an amus­ing but vain attempt to ​“defend” the inap­pro­pri­ate and unnat­ur­al lan­guage of Ezekiel 23. The fun­ny thing that this author has noticed about his whole ​“defence” (and which also prompt­ed this author to write…

  • Sto­ry of Cre­ation in the Qur’an and Old Testament

    Sto­ry of Cre­ation in the Qur’an and Old Testament

    The sto­ry of Cre­ation is locat­ed in the first Book of the Old Tes­ta­ment, i.e. in the ear­ly chap­ters of Gen­e­sis. The Old Tes­ta­ment nar­ra­tive is almost like a sto­ry­book ; hence it starts off with the sto­ry of Cre­ation as the begin­ning of the sto­ry of mankind. The Qur’an gives a dif­fer­ent pre­sen­ta­tion to its idea and…

  • Bible Com­men­tary on I Kings 8:27

    Mohd Elfie Nieshaem Juferi In I Kings 8:27, we read that : But will God indeed dwell on the earth ? behold, the heav­en and heav­en of heav­ens can­not con­tain thee ; how much less this house that I have builded ? The Hebrew and the translit­er­a­tion for the verse above would be kiy ha’um­naam yeesheeb ​‘Elo­hiym ​‘al-haa’aarets hineeh hashaa­may­im uush­meey hashaa­may­im lo’…

  • The Inva­lid­i­ty of the Cru­ci­fix­ion of Jesus as an Atone­ment of Sin

    Here is a partial list of reasons for why the death of Jesus on the cross couldn't possibly have served as a valid sacrifice - any one of these would render a sacrifice as unacceptable for the purpose of expiation of sins. Given that, at the time of Jesus' death, the Second Temple was still…

  • I AM What I AM”: A Bible Commentary

    We will put our explanation regarding the main issue (I AM) in steps so that it shall be easily followed by those unfamiliar with issues involved. The focus of the paper is to examine whether the use of the word "I am" in John 8:58 has something to do with "I AM" in Exodus 3:14.…

  • Paul and The Inspi­ra­tion’ of Scripture

    In II Timothy 3:16, we read the claim of Paul: "All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness." (2 Timothy 3:16) In the above verse, we clearly see that the entire Bible is supposed to be inspired from God Almighty. However, there are few problems with the claim.