Increase Mather's sermon in 1669 has 60 citations to Revelation, claiming that it predicts what must happen before Israel is…
On American Support of Israel: A (Widely) Unknown Part of the History
Right or wrong, I made my mind up long ago, even if god is real I wouldn't want to follow…
On How Did Early Christians Make Unorthodox Texts Seem Orthodox?
I: "For Paul, why could only Jesus take that role?" B: "For paul Jesus was a pre-existent divine being who…
On Paul’s View of Resurrection
How can god/humans hold Jesus on a pedestal as a great human, from baptism and from virgin birth, born a…
On How Did Early Christians Make Unorthodox Texts Seem Orthodox?
As someone who doesn’t know the difference between ἐντὸς and ἔσωθεν, I am clearly wading into scholarly waters that are…
On Could the Gospel of Thomas Be Q? Could it Be Older Than the NT Gospels?
Hmm... upon checking that myself, apparently there aren't any writings attributed to Isocrates that state the quote you mentioned, but…
On How Paul’s Own Writings Show the Earliest Church Was Split Over “Orthodoxy” and “Heresy”
Melchizedek text of the dead sea scrolls describing a high priest Messianic angelic in nature. Similar to Hebrews yet prior…
On Jesus and the Messianic Prophecies – Did the Old Testament Point to Jesus?
I do see your point. I have studied such arguments. I like being as objective as possible. My problem is…
On Jesus and the Messianic Prophecies – Did the Old Testament Point to Jesus?
6] Since Paul never mentions the twelve when discussing leadership gatherings in Gal. 1:17-19; 2:2, 6, 9 (or anywhere else…
On Was Cephas Peter? The Rest of the Argument
Quote from the post: "Even though virtually all of our earliest witnesses attest the quotation of Psalm 2:7 “You are…
On Why Would an Editor ADD the Virgin Birth to Luke?