Ockham’s razor, also called the “Law of Parsimony” (parsimony means “sparing”) Is named for a 14th century English theologian and philosopher named William of Ockham. There are many variations of…
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Richard Bauckham…in his book Jesus and the Eyewitnesses. Writes: “The gospels were written within living memory of the events they recount. Mark’s gospel was written well within the lifetime of…
Everyone trusts someone. We all have various authorities that speak to our lives at different levels…but everyone has a final authority. When you are convinced something is true or not…
Edgar Whisenant, was a former NASA engineer who published two books that declared the rapture, would occur in 1988. Rapture is an idea, that Christians will be secretly snatched up…
1 Thess 3 SCRIPTURE 3 So when we could stand it no longer, we thought it best to be left by ourselves in Athens. 2 We sent Timothy, who is…
Over the past few years my grandmother has developed dementia and it has progressively worsened – A few years ago, when my grandparents were both living in their home, she…
Nothing has gone wrong in the Thessalonian church. It’s not perfect, but there are no significant problems there. So, why write them a letter To say, well done, keep going…because……
I don’t know anyone who doesn’t feel like they should be doing more…or that they could be doing better than they are…at least part of the time. For many, they…
The most famous passage in Luke’s gospel is: 2 In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world…And everyone went…
I had another group question from the 4 & 5 Next Class: You may not remember the last group question but it was “How can Jesus be fully God and…
All across the country children in schools and in homes are doing the same exercise this time of year: filling out a Christmas wish list – They are sitting down…
In 1850 PT Barnum approached one of the world’s most popular singers, Sweden’s Jenny Lind to do a tour of the US. It earned her, in today’s equivalent, over 10…