This means Easter can happen anytime between March 22nd and April 25th. The way we calculate the date was set by the Church long ago at the Council of Nicaea in AD 325 to keep it in line with the JewishPassoverand the Bible's timeline of Jesus' resurrection. ...
teaching, and life were steeped in the Incarnation of Jesus as God’s self in flesh. He believed that a “Jesus” foundation for ministry was essential as the grounds for pastoral and theological
teaching, and life were steeped in the Incarnation of Jesus as God’s self in flesh. He believed that a “Jesus” foundation for ministry was essential as the grounds for pastoral and theological
I believe Tenney must have also mentioned that the canon was confirmed at a church council - this point stuck in my head for years and many people have echoed this belief over the years. In fact, the exact list of NT documents was confirmed at the third Synod of Carthage (397 AD), bu...
If you want to stay home with your kids, here’s encouragement and advice–plus a look at some of the blessings that come with your time in the workplace! There was never a doubt in my mind that I would be a stay-at-home mom. Oh, I prepared for a career, but once my babies ...
[Browse books by Michael Bird in the Bible Gateway Store] Why was the New Testament put together in the first place? N.T. Wright and Michael F. Bird: The New Testament canon was shaped and developed, in the first three centuries, because the leader...
However, the Bible also is full of pleas for love, compassion, mercy, charity, and serving your fellowman. It’s amazing that such a dichotomy of concepts are all included in a canon of Holy Scripture. You know up top in that first paragraph when I said that I think that I’d be ...
On one side, the problem is: 2 divided by 0. Turn the card over and you see that the answer is: 0. This was news to me. So, pending further investigation, here is the corrected rule: Except for the number 2, you cannot divide any number by zero. We have long had a rule in ...
When was the Book of Joshua in the Bible written? When was the Old Testament Book of Isaiah written? When was the Tanakh written? When was the Old Testament canonized? How did the New Testament come about? How was the New Testament written?
a Protestant environment. They therefore had to know their bible story perfectly (“the Gospels”), to be baptised: “And well, you must reply, knowing religion perfectly, the gospels, each gospel that was given, we repeated.” Indenge came back to this later in the conversation. I asked...