Speculation as to the time of Jesus’ birth dates back to the 3rd century, when Hyppolytus (ca. 170-236) claimed that Jesus was born on December 25. The earliest mention of some sort of observance on that date is in the Philoclian Calendar, representing Roman practice, of the year 336. Later, John Chrysostom favored the same [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Jesus’
Tough Questions: Was Jesus really born on December 25th?
Posted in Tough Questions, tagged Answer, Born, Christmas, December 25, Jesus, Question on December 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
For Fun and Prophet
Posted in Modern Faith, tagged bible, Christ, Christian, God, Jesus, Prophecy, prophet, Religeon on June 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A reader asked if there were prophets in today’s church, if so what roles do they play in the church, and finally how can we tell if the person is a true prophet of God. Those are some pretty hefty questions and important ones; so let’s take a look at what we know.
Are there [...]
Believing in Baptism
Posted in Leading Others, Modern Faith, The Bible, Tough Questions, tagged Baptism, belief, bible, Christ, Christianity, Faith, Infant, Jesus, Lake, Pool, River on June 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I had a reader email in and ask a few questions about baptism; what is it, what is the difference between sprinkle/pour and immersion baptisms, infant baptisms, and is any of it biblical?
Let me start at the beginning and cover what baptism is and what it is not. A Christian baptism is an act we [...]
Tolle Me a Story: A Review of ‘A New Earth’ Chapter 3
Posted in New Earth Fraud, tagged A New Earth, belief, bible, Christ, Christianity, Eckhart, Faith, Jesus, Matthew, Oprah, religion, Tolle, Winfrey on June 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Core of Ego
Open Review
In this chapter, Tolle wants to expand on his theories that the ego is holding us back from being truly great beings of truth and pureness. In that statement alone, I can agree. Holding on to resentment and grievances, as Tolle suggests, can corrupt your life and change it forever and [...]
Prince Caspian not so Princely
Posted in Modern Faith, tagged Aslan, Christianity, Cronicles of Narnia, Jesus, Movies, Narnia, Prince Caspian, Review on May 19, 2008 | 1 Comment »
My wife and I, movie buffs that we are, couldn’t help but to go see Prince Caspian this weekend. We knew it started every 30 to 45 minutes so we were in no rush to get there and had a nice lunch before heading to the movie. We go to the theater 10 minutes before [...]
Gnostic?
Posted in Apologetics 101, The Bible, Tough Questions, tagged Faith, Jesus, bible, religion, Christian, Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, gospels, belief, God, Gospel of Mary, Gnostic, Nag Hammadi, orthodox on May 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday, we spoke about the Gospel of Mary, a Gnostic Gospel that was found in the town of Nag Hammadi with a large collection of early Gnostic writings. This place then became known as the Nag Hammadi Library. In both that post of the Gospel of Mary and the couple of sentences above, I have [...]
Tolle Me a Story: A Review of ‘A New Earth’ Chapter 2
Posted in New Earth Fraud, tagged bible, Christ, Christianity, Chrsitian, church, Earth, Eckhart, fraud, Jesus, New, Oprah, religion, Tolle, Winfrey on May 14, 2008 | 6 Comments »
Well, I finished my reading and my review a day early even though I struggled all week to get through chapter 2 of A New Earth. It was not because Tolle had tried to render the Christian faith useless again, but his views on the inner and outer being and the ego just struck me [...]
What is the Gospel of Mary?
Posted in Apologetics 101, The Bible, tagged Faith, Jesus, church, bible, apologetics, religion, Christianity, God, Da Vinci Code, Dan Brown, Gospel, Mary, Magdalene, Gospel of Mary, Chrsit, Gnostic, Angels & Demons on May 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
As anyone who pokes around the site knows, I do love the Da Vinci Code as a fictional piece; excellent thriller. I had a hard time putting it down even though I did not agree with it on a religious level. And as a side tangent, I am REALLY looking forward to the prequel of [...]
Dear Oprah,
Posted in Gospel According to Oprah, tagged A New Earth, belief, Christ, Earth, Eckhart, Faith, God, Jesus, Oprah, religion, Spirit, Tolle, Winfrey on May 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
One thing that I enjoy doing in the back end of my blog is reviewing the stats page. It shows you all sorts of interesting information about your blog. Not only does it give you the number of visitors, but it also shows how people got to the site, any links to the site [...]
Chuck Norris give Oprah & Tolle a (verbal) beating
Posted in Modern Faith, New Earth Fraud, tagged bible, Christ, Christianity, Chuck Norris, Eckhart Tolle, Faith, Jesus, New Earth, Oprah Winfrey, religion on May 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I am not a huge Chuck Norris fan, seen a few of his movies and some of Texas Walker Ranger(since a buddy was in a couple of episodes) and the Chuck Norris internet jokes are so old I could cry, but I have to say he has my attention now. Way to go Chuck!
