Josephus does not tell us that Christianity is true, and Christians do not need Josephus to tell them that Christ is risen. But Christianity makes claims about things that happened in public history under identifiable rulers, priests, and governors. For that reason, testimony from outside the church matters.
09/16/26
The student of Scripture should always have a map open next to their Bible as they read. If possible, they should also travel to Israel, not to make a pilgrimage, but to see the context of the land in which these stories took place. These are not fairy tales made up about fictional fantasy lands; these are stories about real people in real places interacting with a real God.
09/09/26
The word of assurance given to Moses at Sinai echoes through eternity on the lips of the Savior, untroubling troubled souls with the good news that there is one who walks the paths of life with you, and soon he’s coming to bring you to himself.
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03/21/17
Some days, people need a touch. Not just any touch, but something that says, "I care about you, and I love you."
03/14/17
Wisdom speaks in proverbs, parables and riddles. And the simple continue to wander right past her words of life.
01/30/17
But one key theme that kept surfacing again and again was love: Jesus loved people, the Church showed me genuine love, and above all, God’s love in Christianity is unconditional.
12/01/16
Can the chain of cause and effect extend infinitely?
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09/27/16
Professional historians frequently assert that "miracles" are not a proper subject for historical investigation.
09/15/16
The essential Christian claim is that God came to earth in Christ and died for men to take care of their problem of sin and evil.
09/14/16
It is often the case that when dealing Divine, we find ourselves befuddled. For as relatable and surprisingly vulnerable God is as the man Jesus, he seems, at times, to retain a certain aloofness, a type of distance.
08/23/16
Before long I was deeply involved in the trilogy (the reader is invariably "drawn into" the story in a unique way, and for a good reason as we shall see).
07/14/16
We treat the Scriptures as if they’re our literary property to toy with as we please.
06/16/16
We all began by hearing the truth, and then speaking the truth and believing the truth. That truth came to us on the lips of another.
05/19/16
He has wandered away into the darkness of his doubting, got lost in his grief, confused by the pains he’s suffered. It happens. Shepherds sometimes become lost sheep as well.
05/12/16
Hus was burned at the stake in his early 40s, Luther lived to a fairly ripe, old age, but why?
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