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For more on the massive conspiracy theories surrounding the Jesuits, see my 2-part series on the topic, The Rise and Fall of the Society of Jesus. In 19th century America, when many would blame the Catholic Church for just about anything, it was perhaps inevitable that the assassination of ...
Arab leaders who had done nothing to promote Palestine’s liberation for decades and had been normalising relations with Israel were jolted into putting this process on hold for fear of infuriating their people. The Chinese and Russian regimes, which have made clear their rejection of universal hum...
Genealogies of Jesus Christ in the New Testament aim at showing his descent from David, the one in St. Luke’s Gospel going as far back as Adam, “who was the son of God.” The idea of divine origin was reflected everywhere in a wildly polytheistic form among the Gentiles. Almost ...
For Joyce, Jesus was also planning his escape from death on the cross. Accordingly, he was drugged and the Roman soldiers did not examine Jesus too closely, perhaps because they had been bribed. Neither did they stab him in the side with a spear in order to insure his death. As a resu...
Are skeptics like Ehrman right? Is belief in Jesus’s divinity simply a Christian hoax — a legend developed over time? Do we have proof to show He claimed to be God? Who did Jesus think He was? What’s in a Name? Our name is part of our identity. Remarkably, Jesus applied names ...
Jesus' self-understanding reflects his identity, his triune salvific role; this is for Lewis, the transposed reality of divine Sonship. Reason and logic are paramount here, reflected in the structure of Lewis's argument. Lewis's trilemma is not so much a proof of God's existence, but a ...
Yet during this time of struggle- at some point- the Father reveals something to the Son- he tells Jesus ‘you friend Peter- there has been a request made on his life. Satan has come to me for permission to test him- I am going to allow him to go through some very difficult stuff...
Reference to those who saw Jesus as an earthly “king,” was used as strategy to label and address certain groups critical of his leadership. In so doing, he positioned himself as a persistent leader who pardons corrupt politicians. Through this strategy, he aimed to garner public acceptance ...
Jesus seems to share this view of human faith when he says it is much smaller than a mustard seed, suggesting that his followers are filled with unbelief and agnosticism for the most part (Mtt. 17:20).22 Their faith might have a greater claim on them than all the doubts and fears ...