Controversy over Islam is increasing both within American religion and among American political candidates. On the one hand, a Wheaton College professor was recently disciplined for suggesting that Christians and Muslims really worship the same God. This action has sparked a robust dispute among evangelicals. On the other hand, some office seekers have demanded a… Continue Reading
This essay was originally published on August 26, 2005. Yahweh is a jealous God. He insists that we worship Him alone. He is not willing to be one god among many, not even if He is the most important among many. To worship any other God is to reject Him as God. The Lord is… Continue Reading
How important is it that we worship God and him alone? Deuteronomy 13:6-11 is one of those passages that jars our modern sensibilities as a stark reminder that God will not be trifled with: [6] “If your brother, the son of your mother, or your son or your daughter or the wife you embrace or… Continue Reading
by Kevin Bauder Radical Monotheism, Part One: The Most Fundamental Doctrine Radical Monotheism Part Two One True God Radical Monotheism, Part Three: What Is Worship? Radical Monotheism, Part Four: The Prevalence of Polytheism Radical Monotheism, Part Five: The Problem with Polytheism Radical Monotheism, Part Six: The Hapless Henotheist Continue Reading
The doctrinal core of all biblical religion—the most fundamental of all fundamentals—is the shema (Deut. 6.4-9). It affirms the existence of one and only one true and living God, Yahweh. Since any object of worship becomes a god, to say that there is only one true God is to say that only one being is… Continue Reading