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Defenses of the identity, deity, teachings, and works of Jesus using Scripture and historical evidence.
How Reliable were the Early Church’s Oral Traditions? Paid Members Public
Gregory Boyd November 3, 2021 How reliable were the early church’s oral traditions? In terms of assessing the reliability of the Gospels, this is an extremely important question. First century Jewish culture was what scholars today would call an “orally dominated culture.” While a certain percentage of people could
MARY AS QUEEN MOTHER Paid Members Public
A BIBLICAL CASE FOR MARIAN VENERATION According to the Hebrew Bible, the mother of the Israelite king was given the status of queen mother. In other words, the [O]ld [T]estament shows that it wasn’t the wife of the king that was the queen but rather his mother:
THE JW BIBLE AFFIRMS: JESUS’ REIGN IS ETERNAL Paid Members Public
In this post I will employ the 2013 revised edition of the New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition) to show that Christ’s possesses an indestructible kingdom which can never be supplanted or replaced. The Hebrew Bible attests that God made an irrevocable covenant with David where
ISLAM TESTIFIES THAT THE BAPTIST WORSHIPED JESUS! Paid Members Public
According to the Holy Bible, John the Baptist was Jesus’ forerunner sent to prepare for his appearance to Israel: “John replied in the words of Isaiah the prophet, ‘I am the voice of one calling in the wilderness, “Make straight the way for the Lord.”… I baptize with water,’ John
JW BIBLE PROVES JESUS IS JEHOVAH WHO SAVES Paid Members Public
All scriptural citations taken from the 2013 revision of the New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition). The inspired Scriptures are clear that no human being can ransom another individual, let alone a multitude of human souls: “None of them can ever redeem a brother Or give to
JOHN MACARTHUR ON JESUS’ KNOWLEDGE OF THE DAY AND HOUR Paid Members Public
In this short post I am going to quote reformed Calvinist and pastor John MacArthur’s explanation of the incarnate Son’s ignorance of the day and hour of God’s judgment which was to befall Jerusalem and her inhabitants. Here are the relevant texts: “But of that day and
Where Bart and I Agree Paid Members Public
I am republishing Jimmy Akin’s post found here: Where Bart and I Agree . Despite his reputation as a Gospel skeptic, Bart Ehrman holds that the Gospels do contain accurate information about Jesus, his life, and his teachings. Speaking as a secular historian, Ehrman does not hold that any historical
The Enrollment of Jesus’ Birth Paid Members Public
I am republishing Jimmy Akin’s post found here: The Enrollment of Jesus’ Birth. The Gospel of Luke describes the timing of Jesus’ birth as follows (Luke 2:1-6): 1 In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be enrolled. 2 This was