Theological Debate Series Archives

Found In Translation

I have been involved in a long and profitable conversation with some old friends who have left the Christian faith and are now living a “Torah-observant”* lifestyle. The reason I’ve been engaging with this religious movement, which I call Torahism, is that it is a dangerous heresy for current believers in Christ and a malicious stumbling […]

R. L. Solberg 6 years agoJanuary 4, 2020

Apologetics Faith Hebrew Roots Theology

Jerusalem Council: The End of Torahism?

“We are required to keep the Torah!” Is this a controversial statement? Certainly not if it’s made by a Jew to other Jews. But when you hear that same phrase uttered by former Christians who have now embraced Torahism and they are preaching it to current Christians, it then becomes very alarming. According to Torahism, […]

R. L. Solberg 6 years agoSeptember 24, 2021

Apologetics Faith Hebrew Roots Philosophy Theology

Zach & The Law (Pt. 2)

Welcome to part two of my critique of the video “Moral Laws & The Covenant” by Zach Bauer. Bauer is a charming fellow who preaches a new belief system called Torahism which holds that Christians are supposed to return to keeping the Torah of the Old Testament because we are believed to still be under […]

R. L. Solberg 6 years agoDecember 3, 2021

Apologetics Faith Hebrew Roots Philosophy Theology

Zach & The Law (Pt. 1)

In my ongoing mission to learn what Torahism is all about and test it against Scripture, I’ve had another Zach Bauer video shared with me. In this video, our winsome host is answering a question he received from a viewer about Jesus’ fulfillment of the covenant and the notion that the moralistic laws are still […]

R. L. Solberg 6 years agoDecember 3, 2021

Apologetics Hebrew Roots Philosophy Theology

Is the Torah Binding on Christians?

Many Torahists claim that we Christians have been duped by an anti-semitic, Roman / Gentile corruption of the Christian theology. And out of what seems to be genuine love and sincerity, they are urging us to return to Torah. This idea immediately struck me at a gut level as wrong and possibly even heretical, but […]

R. L. Solberg 6 years agoSeptember 24, 2021

Apologetics Faith Hebrew Roots Philosophy Theology

The Rise of Torahism

During a recent theological discussion, a friend asked me to watch a video by a man named Zachary Bauer who was defending a new faith movement in which Christians are “discovering Torah.” This is a movement that, from what I have gathered so far, believes that we need to return to living under the Abrahamic […]

R. L. Solberg 6 years agoSeptember 24, 2021

Apologetics Theology

From The Inside Out

“We have quite removed from men’s minds what that pestilent fellow Paul used to teach about food and other unessentials—namely, that the human without scruples should always give in to the human with scruples.” —The Senior Demon Screwtape in C. S. Lewis’ The Screwtape Letters. For many Torahists, the issue of unclean food carries quite […]

R. L. Solberg 6 years agoJanuary 25, 2022

Apologetics Culture Theology

A Berean Approach

A very lively theological debate with a friend over the appropriateness of Christians displaying Christmas trees has led me to write a couple recent blog articles. (Here and here. ) This is the third installment of articles inspired by this ongoing conversation. A series of articles inspired by actual theological debates and discussions that I […]

R. L. Solberg 6 years ago

Culture Faith Theology

Is Christmas a Pagan Holiday?

To most Christians, Christmas is a sacred religious holiday. But in modern times it’s become more of a cultural and commercial phenomenon. The Christmas we celebrate in the West today—opening gifts, decorating trees, singing carols, putting up stockings, roasting chestnuts, Santa, and all the rest—has often been criticized by the Christian community for becoming too […]

R. L. Solberg 6 years ago

Apologetics Hebrew Roots Theology

Under The Law?

A friend of mine recently posted something on social media that, at first glance, struck me as heretical. He and his wife are old friends who have renounced Christianity as a “Roman religion” and have begun to practice Torah. We’ve recently interacted on whether or not we are required to keep the Mosaic Law from […]

R. L. Solberg 6 years agoSeptember 24, 2021