The previous article Gospel Truth? – 2 featured excerpts from the Introduction of the book FORGED by Bart D. Ehrman. For further information of our readers, the Table of Contents of the book include: A World of Deceptions and Forgeries Forgeries in the Name of Peter Forgeries in the Name of Paul Alternatives to […]
Read moreNo comment, will just let the book speak for itself through excerpts that should make you think of getting a copy of the book for yourself. It is downloadable from amazon.com on a kindle, or kindle app on your computer device.—NSB@S6K ———————————————————— FORGED by Bart D. Ehrman Subtitle: Writing in the Name […]
Read morePontius Pilate: Then you are a king. Jesus: It’s you that say I am. I look for truth, and find that I get damned. Pontius Pilate: And what is ‘truth’? Is truth unchanging law? We both have truths. Are mine the same as yours? If that dialogue sounds a bit off from what you […]
Read moreThis is a book written by Robert M. Price, published in 2011, downloadable as ebook from amazon.com. About the author: Robert M. Price (Selma, NC), professor of scriptural studies at the Johnnie Colemon Theological Seminary, is the editor (with Jeffery Jay Lowder) of The Empty Tomb: Jesus Beyond the Grave and the Journal […]
Read more[This book is the 3rd book by Charles Freeman that we are recommending for background reading on the beginnings of Christianity. It is available in ebook form and is downloadable on the kindle app from amazon.com. Here are some 3 reviews that give you an idea of what to expect.] Book Description Publication Date: February 5, […]
Read more[First posted in 2012; we hope to pick up this series and continue it even if we have enough posts in this website that explain our position on the claims of the best and most famous apologists for the religion we once were part of, whose apologetics we never questioned before. Our DISCOURSE category is […]
Read moreDr. Bill Bright, former president and founder of Campus Crusade for Christ International wrote the FOREWORD to Josh McDowell’s Evidence for Christianity: Historical Evidences for the Christian Faith. Excerpts: Is Christianity credible? Is there an intellectual basis for faith in Jesus Christ as the Son of God? Scholars throughout the centuries, as […]
Read moreCoupled with Mark 7:19 and Matthew 15 plus sweeping declarations in the Pauline epistles that New Testament believers in Jesus are under “grace” and not the “law”, this “prooftext” supposedly beefs up the argument that the Biblical diet prescribed in Leviticus 11 was done away with. Checking the literary context of these verses, Chapter […]
Read moreWhat about Matthew 15: 1-20, does it not reinforce Jesus’ declaration in Mark 7:19? vs 1-2 Then Pharisees and scribes came to Jesus from Jerusalem and said, “Why do your disciples break the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands when they eat.” Matthew’s account is similar to Mark’s […]
Read more[First posted 2012; reposted for review during the Christian lenten season. Whenever we can’t do better than the writer of any article, we do the next best thing: feature the whole writing, or present excerpts from it. One of our highly recommended books on Christian history is Charles Freeman’s A New History […]
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