Christianity is the way, the truth and the life
When I was in the twenties many years ago, I came across a person I’ll call “Jimmy” who had a 9-to-5 type of job. Jimmy told me once that when he got home from work, he had so much energy balled up inside of him that he had to either hit the gym or hit …
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Different versions of the English Bible refer to the time reference in varying ways. In the NIV, more specific time references are given than in other versions, which refer to the third, sixth, or ninth hours. Jewish people didn’t have watches as we do, so they divided 12-hour days into 4 “hours” or quadrants and …
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“The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart.” – Helen Keller In Matthew 11:25, Jesus praised and thanked God for revealing the truth to the little ones while hiding it from some of the wise and learned. What seems obvious …
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What’s in a name? When Colton Burpo had a near death experience as a small boy,[1] he encountered a sister he had never met in heaven. She said their mother had miscarried her and she didn’t have a name. When Colton told his parents, they were shocked. They had never mentioned the miscarriage to Colton …
Some have made claims the gospel of John was authored by another minor apostle or someone other than John, the son of Zebedee and brother of James. John often accompanied Peter and was considered one of the more prominent apostles (with Peter and James, his brother), having been chosen just after Jesus chose his first …
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The Gospel of Matthew The intention of this blog is to provide evidence in support of the authors of two Gospels: Matthew and Mark. Internal evidence in the book of Matthew supports the claim the author is Matthew the tax collector, Jesus’ apostle. All three Synoptic Gospels feature the event in which Jesus called Matthew …
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Isaiah foretold the virgin birth:[1] “Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel.” Immanuel means God is with us. He further foretold the birth of Jesus:[2] “For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on …
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We have extrabiblical hostile sources that support Jesus’ ministry, crucifixion, and claims of His resurrection. Jesus’ existence was supported by Tacitus (56 – 117),[1] Josephus (37 – 100), Pliny the Younger (61 – 113), Mara Bar-Serapion (70 - ?), Suetonius (75 – 160 ), Thallus (5 – 60), as recorded by Africanus, Phlegon (80 – …
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The four Gospels detail the women’s discovery of Jesus’ empty tomb in slightly different ways, which to some are difficult to reconcile. The intention of this blog is to offer one possible reconciliation. There may be more. Mark “When the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices so that …
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“So God created mankind in His own image, in the image of God He created them; male and female He created them.” - Genesis 1:27 As the Western world moves further away from the Christian Church towards agnosticism, atheism, and secular humanism, the intrinsic value of all individuals as equally endowed by their Creator is …
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