I don't think it is right to guess at motives based on the results of scientific inquiry he says. Archaeology has always been used in this society and used to point in one direction, (to prove the Bible), now I'm suggesting that perhaps it should be used to point in another direction...
Freebase. Sabellianism. In Christianity, Sabellianism, isthe nontrinitarian belief that the Heavenly Father, Resurrected Son and Holy Spirit are different modes or aspects of one monadic God, as perceived by the believer, rather than three distinct persons within the Godhead. Who started sabell...
blasphemy or other heresies. But although many condemn Catholics' treatment of Mary as straying from biblical truths, the truth is Marian devotion is firmly rooted in biblical teachings.
What was happening in the barn in Lancaster County did not represent some fringe of American Christianity, but rather what much of the faith is becoming. A shift is under way, one that scholars have been tracking for years and that has become startlingly visible with the rise of Trumpism. ...
Please don’t run screaming from the room screaming ‘blasphemy’ just yet – I’m not finished. Give me a few more lines. I recall sitting between a couple of sand dunes, surveying the wind-swept beach on one of North Carolina’s Outer Banks, watching as the breakers crashed into the...
The event is attested to by other ancient sources and established as a historical event corroborated by sources outside of Christianity. However, there is still some disagreement among historians as to the precise details. It's hard to imagine how the cross was viewed in Jesus' time since two...
We talked before about the push from the media to begin the psychological indoctrination, that saying that you disagree, is considered some form of hate speech, abusive language, you know, like telling your child “NO” has become child abuse. It started out subliminal, disguised as “Political...
I think the answer is “clearly not.” We are not told any details that would differentiate this case of lying or deception from any other case of lying, even though this case was considered lying to God (and Acts 5:3 specifically says it was lying to the Holy Spirit). If Acts 5:3...
We begin with the story of Stephen, as narrated in the Acts of the Apostles. Attention will be focused only on the characters and events as they are presented by the Lukan literary work in the form that is presently considered canonical. This is not to deny that Acts 6–7 is susceptible...
All these observed the fourteenth day of the passover according to the Gospel, deviating in no respect, but following the rule of faith. Notice that keeping thePassoveron the 14th was considered to have been part of the gospel (and, of course, that is when Jesus kept it). ...