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Getting to Know The Bible
Posted on June 24, 2017 at 10:50 AM |
Getting to Know the Bible
The first step in understanding Christianity should be understanding the Bible: what it is and what it is not. The New Testament was not written by people who were eyewitnesses to Jesus' life and ministry.
The only relatively reliable source of information about Jesus is the synoptic gospels (Mark, Matthew, a...
Read Full Post »Problems in the Bible
Posted on June 24, 2017 at 10:45 AM |
Problems in the Bible
Although the primary focus of Christianity is Jesus, and therefore the New Testament, Christians also rely heavily on the Old Testament as an authoritative source of information about God. Since, Christians tell us, their God is omniscient, omnipotent, infallible, and immutable, it is the very same God in both the OT and the NT. However, we...
Read Full Post »About Jesus
Posted on June 24, 2017 at 10:45 AM |
About Jesus
The synoptic gospels (Mark, Matthew, and Luke) are our only relatively reliable sources of information about who Jesus was, what he did, where he went, and what he said. Yet those three books are notoriously unreliable as historical sources (about Jesus or anything else).
What do the synoptic gospels tell us about Jesus? Christians claim Jesus was b...
Read Full Post »About Paul
Posted on June 24, 2017 at 10:45 AM |
Getting to Know Paul and John
Paul is certainly a key character in the Christian narrative. But Paul never met Jesus. He met only one of the 12 disciples and James, Jesus' brother. But that was three years after Jesus died, and he was with them for only about two weeks. Paul stated very emphatically that his beliefs did not come from any of the disciples. Paul got his information dir...
Read Full Post »Christian Conduct
Posted on June 24, 2017 at 10:45 AM |
Christian Conduct
Christians ignore Jesus on these two matters of doctrine and conduct: 1- Jesus said salvation comes through good conduct and kindness to others. Christians insist (based on Paul) that salvation comes through faith alone. 2- Jesus said that divorce is a sin, especially when it is followed by remarriage. Christians simply ignore that and continue to divorce and remarry, ju...
Read Full Post »Unsolved Mysteries
Posted on June 24, 2017 at 10:40 AM |
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The Easter Enigma
Posted on June 23, 2017 at 3:10 PM |
The Easter Enigma
What, exactly, happened after Jesus was buried in the tomb? Begin at dawn on the first day of the week and continue through Jesus' ascension. Tell us, including every detail provided in the Bible, who did what, when. Put it all together into a consistent, complete, coherent narrative of the Easter Story. It can't be done. Prove me wrong. Be the first.
Read Full Post »And Then There's This
Posted on June 22, 2017 at 10:40 AM |
And Then There's This
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