When our family survived a 7.8 magnitude earthquake on July 16, 1990, we were thankful to God for sparing every member of our extended clan. While we were in the process of reconstituting some semblance of normalcy in our lives and homes and workplaces, the peace restored to our collective lives was shattered 3 weeks […]
Read moreImage from www.stlucasucc.org [UPDATE 2017: This monthly “aid” for searchers has been replaced first by “Yo Searchers! Need Help?” Then to use a word closer to our cultural Filipino/Tagalog word for strangers, we resorted to “Hoy” shortened to “Oy!” And it became — “Oy Searchers! Need Help?” for every month of every year. The original intention was […]
Read more[This is a resurrected post, one of the earliest ones we published when we started this website. The exchange began when our messianic teacher wrote VAN the following email on the occasion of VAN’s birthday, April 16, 2011. Edited for post.] Shalom [VAN], Now that you’ve turned ____ . . . I expect more wisdom […]
Read more[Bart D. Ehrman chairs the Department of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. he is an authority on the history of the New Testament, the early church, and the life of Jesus. He has taped several highly popular lecture series for the Teaching Company and is the author of Lost Christianities: […]
Read more[NSB@S6K: This is another book purchased by a collector of old books from estate sales; I’ve never met him but he has lent me to date about 10 books on Israel/Jews which are about half a century old; you can tell from the yellowish pages and the old style book covers and the copyright date—read […]
Read moreThe 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 more[Actually the title of this post should be: “Atheist/Benmara” since they are the discussants here. This is a question raised by DN whose letters started this open-discussion series; the answer to this question has been provided by Benmara of hearoyisrael.net. Anyone else interested is invited to join this discussion, please fill up the REPLY box […]
Read more[Actually the title of this post should be: “Atheist/Benmara” since they are the discussants here. This is a question raised by DN whose letters started this open-discussion series; the answer to this question has been provided by Benmara of hearoyisrael.net. Anyone else interested is invited to join this discussion, please fill up the REPLY box […]
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