GOT HOPE? Christianity Delivers
Modern Jews often say that Jesus was not the fulfillment of their expectations. They expect a conquering king who will restore Israel’s sovereignty. But are these modern ideas in alignment with all Jews’ expectations in ancient times? Who were the Jews expecting to be their Messiah around the time of Jesus’ arrival? Daniel (9:24-27) prophesied …
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How Tolkien's Christian worldview influenced his literary works: Lord of the Rings and beyondJ.R.R. Tolkien was a literary genius whose "Lord of the Rings" has captivated millions since its publication in the past century. In this post, we'll peruse through numerous embedded Christian symbols of which you may or may not have been aware. Harry …
If you've been on social media to share the Christian good news, you've likely encountered people who claim we have little or no ancient evidence in support of the New Testament. To the contrary, we have an abundance of ancient Christian and non-Christian sources in support of Jesus' social environment, peers, life, ministry, crucifixion, resurrection, …
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When Jesus appeared, He fulfilled multiple Jewish prophecies that pointed to His timing (Daniel 9), lineage through David (2nd Samuel 7; Psalm 132:11; Isaiah 11:1, Jeremiah 23:5); birthplace in Bethlehem (Micah 5:2), birth through the seed of a virgin (Genesis 3:15; Isaiah 7:14); humble and righteous King (Zechariah, 9:9). He would make an appearance in …
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Over the past few hundred years, the move to "secular rational modernism" has supplanted "traditional religious" views in many parts of the West. Atheists sometimes think Christianity will one day be toppled and atheists of the past century such as Lenin, Stalin, Pol Pot, and Mao Tse Tung certainly gave that effort their best shot. …
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For centuries, Catholics and Protestants have taken varying positions on the Mother Mary’s role, her perpetual virginity, her sinless nature, and her assumption into heaven. Many Catholics revere Mother Mary as a perpetual and blessed virgin who was immaculately conceived and assumed in spirit and body into heaven. Some Protestants believe she lived a more …
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Today's liberal scholar revisionists have proposed that the book of Isaiah, which had been historically solely attributed to the prophet Isaiah, son of Amoz (by Jesus, Paul, Luke, Josephus, Ben Sira, Matthew, and more), was written over centuries by various unnamed people in the Assyrian, Babylon, Persian, or even Greek empires. These claims stem mainly …
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The Lord Himself Will Give You a Sign “Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel [God with us].” (Isaiah 7:14) “All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet: ‘Behold, the virgin shall …
Around the time of the Assyrian exile of the Hebrews in the 8th century B.C., the prophet Isaiah wrote some very specific prophecies that described the way King Cyrus would permit the Jews to return to their land from the Babylonian exile in the 6th century B.C. The divine implications of such prophecies are as …
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In a prior blog, I shared a quote from a critical scholar called Ulrich Berges on the book of Isaiah that made clear the faulty premise upon which the Deutero Isaiah theories are based, which is that fulfilled prophecies aren't possible. Access that blog here: https://christian-apologist.com/2021/10/25/evidence-of-a-dogmatic-anti-theistic-originator-of-the-deutero-isaiah-theory/?preview_id=3205&preview_nonce=4c93ae6e04&preview=true&_thumbnail_id=3165 This blog continues this discussion with several rebuttals to …
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