The book of Isaiah is often called the 5th Gospel, and for good reason: Isaiah reveals more about the coming Messiah than any of the other major prophets, including details on His arrival, signs of His appearance, His birth, deity, death, the general resurrection, the conversion of the gentile nations to worship the true God, and much more! The second half is available for paid subscribers to JaysAnalysis.com.
Several emails with good questions arrived this week, so I wanted to take the opportunity to answer with my perspective. First, I deal with why the New Testament is reliable in terms of basic textual issues. Second, I deal with the theology of the NT and the Book of Isaiah as it relates to the many powerful predictions of the coming of the Messiah. In the second half, I cover the Nietzschean criticism of master/slave morality, and the response to atheism – proof for the existence of God.
Tenor James Johnston's "Comfort ye" recording was aninspiration to me, but we're still not going to hear it."I see the church as a field hospital after battle. It is useless to ask a seriously injured person if he has high cholesterol and about the level of his blood sugars. You have to heal the wounds. Then we can talk about everything else.
