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“Harold Camping predicted that Jesus Christ would return to Earth on May 21, 2011, whereupon the saved would be taken up to heaven in the rapture, and that there would follow five months of fire, brimstone and plagues on Earth, … Continue reading →

Inerrancy is a topic that I have addressed before but Paul Little brings it up in his chapter “Is the Bible God’s Word” so we need to discuss it again [see St. John Studies November 17, 2015 for the earlier … Continue reading →

I guess I have studied words all my life. I am not so great with numbers but I have always been fascinated with words. Sometimes I hear a Christian ask another Christian “Do you take the Bible literally?” Sometimes I … Continue reading →

I just don’t believe the Bible. I think the Bible is just like any other book. It is not special.  The Bible is full of contractions; that makes it unbelievable.  God inspired so much cruelty in the Bible; how could … Continue reading →

My wife does not tell many stories about herself. She is a quiet person, who does not like drawing attention to herself. Her father made a mistake many years ago. He told me a story that I would like to … Continue reading →

Human beings are funny aren’t we? What does it take for us to believe? For the unbeliever it takes a lot I guess. Let me give you an example I used to use with my teaching in speech class. A … Continue reading →

I guess I am lucky. I don’t remember ever swooning.  I have been knocked unconscious sliding into home plate at a baseball game but that is the closest I have come to “swooning.” Doubters of Jesus Christ and His resurrection … Continue reading →

The women who went to tend to the body of Jesus after seventy-two hours were so distraught and overcome with grief that they got confused in the dim early morning hours and went to the wrong tomb—a tomb that was … Continue reading →

  The earliest and most popular way to attack the idea of Jesus’ Resurrection was to say the Disciples removed His body from the tomb. The second most popular theory is the idea that the Jewish religious leaders or the … Continue reading →

Some folks like reality crime shows on television, you know “48 Hours” or “Dateline”. My wife Susan is one of those people.  She can watch episode after episode of those shows devoted to a criminal event [usually a murder] and … Continue reading →