From these references to Phelgon’s history, we see that the gospel account of the darkness (three hours long) which fell upon the land during Christ’s crucifixion and very possibly the earthquake were well-known. Origen’s account is especially helpful because he is responding to an antagoni...
Since "Christ" was a title, and not Jesus' last name (apologies to Homer Simpson), historical references to "Christ" do not automatically signify Jesus. [...] even if Tacitus did refer to Jesus by name, it would still prove nothing more than that he may have heard it from a group ...
For instance, Upton Ewing's The Essene Christ asserts that Jesus was raised as an Essene and belonged to the sect, as did John the Baptist.(19) It is even hinted that Jesus thought of himself as the "Teacher of Righteousness."(20) Because of this background of both John and Jesus, t...
The historians of the 1st and 2nd centuries were barely aware of the Jewish messianic sect of Christianity and wrote nothing about Jesus Christ. The few mentions that exist are forgeries.
References ↑http://www.spiritrestoration.org/Church/All%20About%20Church%20Articles/Was-Jesus-Gay.htm ↑Thomas Horner, Jonathan loved David ↑Markus Zehnder, "Observations on the Relationship between David and Jonathan and the Debate on Homosexuality," Westminster Theological Journal 69.1 [2007]: ...
Authors of the Bible is a website comparing what tradition says about who wrote what books in the Bible to the theories that modern scholars now have on how certain texts were combined. Bible Questions is a long list of theological questions and references to the Bible that provide contradictor...
There is said to be a Russian encyclopaedia in current use which affirms in a brief entry that Jesus Christ was the mythological founder of Christianity, but it is virtually alone in doing so. The historian will not take its statement very seriously, since ... it offers no evidence for it...
Pro 3: Santa Claus is the manifestation of the historic St. Nicholas. Read More. Con 3: Christmas is about Jesus Christ; Santa doesn’t exist. Read More.Pro Arguments (Go to Con Arguments) Pro 1: Santa Claus exists as certainly as love and generosity exist. "Yes, Virginia, there is ...
“spirit”) to land in the inferior darkness, where it is said to have remained prisoner and now continues its existence in those who, characterized by the presence in them of this superior element, will later be conducted back to their heavenly origin by Jesus, a messenger coming from ...
a teenager in 1979, I’ve loved the sweet romance between Marty and Clark. I didn’t know it all those years ago, but that book would plant a seed in my heart that would one day grow into a desire to write stories that point readers to the hope and healing found in Jesus Christ....