1 day ago by Aaron D. Taylor

By Aaron D. Taylor The term evangelical Christian and I share a love/hate relationship. On the one hand, I believe in the good news of Jesus’ death and resurrection and desire to share the implications of this news with others. The problem is that for most people in America, the term evangelical Chr ...

Deep Thoughts - aarondtaylor.blogspot.com · Rank: 132,034 · 27 references

1 day ago by The Wise Fool

' Background We will be following the Gospel of John in this study. In John, prior to this study, Jesus got tangled up in His own metaphorical language while explaining that He was the Bread of Life. He went on to explain that Salvation is by God's invitation only, which caused many disciples to sto ...

The Wise Fool - ponderingtruth.blogspot.com · 1 reference

2 days ago by Brian Auten

Who wrote the Gospels? Are there good reasons to attribute their authorship to Matthew, Mark, Luke and John? In this talk, Dr. Timothy McGrew lays out the case for the traditional authorship of the Gospels, while countering Bart Ehrman's claims that the Gospels are forgeries. This is one hour of con ...

Apologetics 315 - apologetics315.com · Rank: 5,278 · 26 references

2 days ago by Holly Steadman, My Man's Rib

"For this reason Christ is the mediator of a new covenant, that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance --now that He has died as a ransom to set them free from the sins committed under the 1st covenant.” Hebrews 9:15 "For this reason Christ is the mediator of the new coven ...

My Man's Rib - mymansrib.org

2 days ago by Steve Wiggins

Whatever happened to evil? There was a time—when I was being reared in a conservative, evangelical, Republican household—that certain kinds of behavior were considered evil. And not all of them took place in the bedroom. Some of the most blatant acts of evil included using others for your own advant ...

Sects and Violence in the ... - sawiggins.wordpress.com · Rank: 104,286 · 38 references

3 days ago by EricW

There's something happening here What it is ain't exactly clear - "For What It's Worth" (Buffalo Springfield) It began with me asking on Facebook: So, where was Mary Magdalene standing during Jesus' crucifixion?because I had been reading this: Matthew 27:55 Now many women were also there, watching f ...

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3 days ago by Charles

James Dunn has uses two interesting metaphors for Jesus’ view of the Law. Dunn asks, “Did he [Jesus] use the law to penetrate to what was of primary importance in the relationship between God and his people? Did he think of the law more as an icon than an idol – a window through which one could look ...

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4 days ago by Brian Auten

Who wrote the Gospels? Are there good reasons to attribute their authorship to Matthew, Mark, Luke and John? In this talk, Dr. Timothy McGrew lays out the case for the traditional authorship of the Gospels, while countering Bart Ehrman's claims that the Gospels are forgeries. This is one hour of con ...

Apologetics 315 - apologetics315.com · Rank: 5,278 · 26 references

5 days ago by Brian Auten

Synoptic Gospels, Synoptic Problem: The Synoptic Gospels are Matthew, Mark and Luke, which reflect many similarities to each other, in contrast to John's Gospel, which provides a quite different (albeit complementary) picture of Jesus. The synoptic problem centers around the literary relation and in ...

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5 days ago by Susan

I finally heard the answer to a question I've been wondering about for over forty years. In Mark 1, there was that demon crabbing about Jesus being the Holy One of Israel and about not wanting to have anything to do with Jesus. Jesus told him to shut up. Then later in the chapter, after Jesus had be ...

Susan's Pendulum - hymn-addict.blogspot.com · 35 references