True is, all we have is an educated guess at when the four gospels were written. None of the manuscripts that have ever been found have “March 13, 0043” on them or any other date that can be placed as when they were written. That opens up a lot of debate as to when [...]
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The Bible: When Were the Gospels Written?
Posted in The Bible, tagged Answers, belief, bible, Care, Christian, disciples, Faith, God, gospels, Jesus, Jew, Key, Leading, Love, religion, Truth, When on January 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Apologetics 101: The Empty Tomb – Why not make it better?
Posted in Apologetics 101, tagged Answers, belief, bible, Christian, disciples, Empty Tomb, Faith, God, Jesus, religion, Truth on January 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The set up goes like this:
Jesus was beaten, crucified, stabbed in the side, and pronounced dead. They carried him to a rich man’s tomb, placed him in there, and rolled a big bolder over the opening. Now they placed armed guards outside the tomb. Well our leader is dead now what do we do? Well, [...]
Apologetics 101: Lunatic, Liar, Legend, or Lord?
Posted in Apologetics 101, tagged bible, Christ, Christian, disciples, Faith, God, Legend, Liar, Lord, Lunatic, religion on January 9, 2008 | 13 Comments »
Today we will explore a very basic principle of apologetics: Lunatic Liar, or Lord. I like to add Legend to the list, for it to fits within this theory. This looks at the possibilities of Jesus’ story of being God’s son here in human form.
Lunatic
Theory: In this example, Jesus is just a crazy person that [...]
Apologetics 101: Why believe in the 12 apostles and their account of Jesus Christ?
Posted in Apologetics 101, tagged apostles, bible, Christian, disciples, Faith, Jesus, martyrs, religion on January 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The 12 apostles were around Jesus for most of the day, every day. That would make them pretty reliable witnesses to how Jesus acted and the fact that he did accomplish what the gospels state that he did. They traveled with him, ate with him, stayed with him, and watched him almost 24 hours [...]
