Answering Muslims/Islam
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Bible “Contradiction” Resolved: How Long Did Omri Reign Over Israel? The Apparent Discrepancy in 1 Kings 16
16 They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. 17 Sanctify them by the truth; Your word is truth. John 17:16-17 (BSB) At Why Jesus Apologetics, we’re tackling alleged Bible contradictions to strengthen believers’ confidence and address skeptics’ challenges. One frequently cited chronological issue is the reign of Omri, founder of Continue reading
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Bible Contradiction Resolved: How Old Was Ahaziah When He Became King? 2 Kings 8:26 vs. 2 Chronicles 22:2
16 They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. 17 Sanctify them by the truth; Your word is truth. John 17:16-17 (BSB) At Why Jesus Apologetics, we’re tackling alleged Bible contradictions to strengthen believers’ confidence and address skeptics’ challenges. A frequently cited issue is the differing age of Ahaziah at his Continue reading
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Why Matthew Wrote the Gospel of Matthew in the Third Person: A Response to Muslim Objections
Why This Post? In our previous blog post titled “Can Jesus Bear Our Sins?” we responded to a claim made by a certain lady who attempted to pit Jeremiah 31:29–30 against Romans 3:23. Her argument was weak and misleading, but it gave us an opportunity to clarify what the Scriptures actually teach. This same lady Continue reading
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Can Jesus Bear Our Sins? Refuting a Muslim Misreading of Jeremiah and Romans
But He was pierced for our transgressions; He was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon Him, and by His wounds we are healed. We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to our own way; and the Lord has laid on Him the iniquity of Continue reading
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The Truth Behind Jeremiah 8:8-Misinterpretation, Not Textual Corruption
“The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God will stand forever.” Isaiah 40:8 Critics, particularly some Muslim apologists, frequently misinterpret Jeremiah 8:8 to claim that the Bible admits its own textual corruption, citing the phrase “the lying pen of the scribes” as evidence of tampering with the Torah. However, it is Continue reading
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The Origin of the Name ‘Christian’: A Pagan Label or Mockery or Prophetic Name?
“You shall be called by a new name that the mouth of the Lord will give.”— Isaiah 62:2 (ESV) For centuries, some Christian critics and scholars have claimed that the term “Christian” was a derogatory label coined by unbelievers or pagans in Antioch to mock the followers of Jesus. This assumption is usually based on Continue reading
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God’s Omniscience and the Garden of Eden: Was God Really Searching for Adam?
“And no creature is hidden from his sight, but all are naked and exposed to the eyes of him to whom we must give account.”Hebrews 4:13 (ESV) Read Time: One of the core attributes of God in the Christian faith is His omniscience i.e. His all-knowing nature. The Bible consistently portrays God as possessing perfect Continue reading
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Bible Contradiction: Did God or Satan Incite David? Resolving 2 Samuel 24:1 vs. 1 Chronicles 21:1
14 …but each person is tempted when they are dragged away by their own evil desire and enticed. 15 Then, after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death. James 1:14–15 At Why Jesus Apologetics, we’re addressing alleged Bible contradictions to strengthen believers’ trust in Scripture’s inerrancy and Continue reading
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Debunking the “Miracle” of Colored Mountains in Qur’an 35:27: A Biblical Apologist’s Response
Read Time: Recently, one of our readers reached out to us after encountering a viral Muslim claim about the Qur’an allegedly predicting multicolored striped mountains, particularly the beautiful Zhangye Danxia landforms in China in Surah Fatir 35:27. The claim insists that Muhammad, who supposedly had no knowledge of such geological wonders, could only have spoken Continue reading
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