The category mainly addresses issues and questions often raised by skeptics and liberals.
When reading commentaries or books addressing social issues confronting Christianity and the church, one often encounters discussions about the historical contexts of biblical passages. This information is occasionally referred to…
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WHAT IS A “BACKSTORY” AND IS IT HELPFUL FOR UNDERSTANDING THE BIBLE?
Consequently, it should not be surprising that the Holy Spirit inspired Peter to write an epistle warning believers about the future arrival of these malicious counterfeits.
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SECOND PETER AND JUDE: THEIR RELATIONSHIP AND RELEVANCE
Recently my wife and I began watching the “Star Wars” episodes in their proper chronological order. The last episode we watched contained the showdown between Obi Wan and Anakin Skywalker…
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The World according to Psalm 1
Wolves are a beloved figure these days. For some they symbolize freedom, strength, and the beauty of America’s untamed past. That’s because few of us have ever been attacked by…
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WHY CHURCHES BECOME WOLF SANCTUARIES
OOccasionally while researching the historicity of the Old Testament you will come across scholars who argue that “Judaism” did not arise until the Jews returned from the Babylonian exile. The…
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WHY LITERACY IS WHAT SETS “JUDAISM” APART FROM ANCIENT PAGAN RELIGIONS
A Reasonable Theory about the Composition Date for the Book of ActsThe book of Acts is essential to understanding the birth and early growth of the first-century church, and for…
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WHEN WAS THE BOOK OF ACTS WRITTEN?
Skeptics often enjoy comparing the canonical Gospels in an attempt to make a lot of noise about what they perceived as errors, inaccuracies, and inconsistencies contained in them. And as…
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HISTORICAL OBJECTIVITY AND THE INCARNATION OF GOD
In the past I have had students who think it is at best questionable to believe that material now found in the Old Testament reflects the original instructions that Moses…
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THE BIBLE AND THE PHONE GAME: DON’T LET IT MAKE A MONKEY OUT OF YOU!
This past summer I had to get rid of an uninvited resident in our home, which was a 3 1/2 foot snake. It had lived with us for 3 or…
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THE BIBLE, THE “CULTURAL MANDATE,” AND LIBERAL CREEP
We recently bought a used car and it has been a problem ever since. It wasn’t the car that we originally wanted to buy, however. When we got to the…
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THE BIBLE AND THE EMERGING CHURCH: The Christian Version of Bait and Switch!