(Image- Princeton) Just before Easter, James Tabor and Simcha Jacobovici made all sorts of sensational claims about their discovery of a new ‘Patio’ tomb at Talpiot. These are the same guys who brought us the supposed ‘Jesus Family Tomb’ a couple of years ago. They produced a book and a documentary all about their new [...]

(P52 Fragment via Wikipedia) From the Christian Post: Dallas Theological Seminary professor Daniel B. Wallace has said that newly discovered fragments from the Gospel of Mark could be the oldest New Testament artifacts ever found and date from the first century A.D., or during the time of eyewitnesses of Jesus’ resurrection. … Wallace explained that [...]

                                          (Image via Wikipedia) Over the years I have had dozens of folks tell me that the miraculous gifts of the Holy Spirit ceased (called Cessationism) with the close of the Apostolic age and with the writing of the last book of the New Testament. Many times the same Christians will quote 1Corinthians 13:8-10 as [...]

                             (Image via Wikipedia) It has become culturally fashionable to make the claim that “Jesus never said he was God.” Lots of folks would like to claim Jesus as their own but his divinity gets in the way. The Muslims claim Jesus was a great prophet to the Jews but far less than even their [...]

              (Image by jakebouma via Flickr) In the Gospels we see Jesus born in Bethlehem and visiting in the Temple at 12 but the next time we see him he is being baptized by John the Baptist and begins his ministry at 30 years of age. What did Jesus do for the 18 years in [...]

                                                (Image via Wikipedia) Anyone who has attempted to read some of the early New Testament Greek manuscripts can appreciate the difficulties inherent in the task. Here’s a short but excellent article by Dr. Ben Witherington on 2 major problems presented by the early texts:  “Nomina Sacra in Early Christian Manuscripts” Here’s the two: 1) [...]

Everywhere you turn lately supposed experts are trying to tell us that the Bible doesn’t really have anything to say against homosexual marriage. In February,  Dr. Jennifer Wright Knust wrote the latest example of this genre in an op-ed for CNN Belief Blog entitled:  “The Bible’s surprisingly mixed messages on sexuality,” Here is Dr. Robert [...]

Here’s a quick summary of the Biblical basis for the Trinity by Ken Samples: The Trinity’s Biblical Basis Ken provides six simple statements that quickly show how this doctrine is derived from the Bible. He also links a detailed source with more than 1,000 biblical references for the doctrine of the Trinity.            *Top

(Image via Wikipedia) This is a continuation of the previous post which addressed the idea that Jesus was merely a myth that was borrowed from other ancient religions:  -Is Jesus a Myth? Another popular misconception is that the only references to Jesus are contained in the New Testament. Here’s a link an article listing early [...]

Is Jesus a myth? No. The idea seems rather preposterous to most Christians with a living breathing relationship with the Son of God. But it sure has become popular in pop culture to say that he is. Here’s an article by Mary Jo Sharp that addresses the theory that Jesus was merely a myth that [...]