Ahhh... the Jesus Seminar... Did you know that some of the "scholars" that support/present this book have no background in Ancient Hebrew,...
You might want to look up "synoptic." Matthew, Mark, and Luke are called synoptic because they present summaries of the life of Christ. John, on...
In the same chapter, "If you have seen me, you have seen the Father. How say you then 'Show us the Father'?" Oh yeah... when the scribes and...
While I agree with what TrippinBTM has said, I wanted to add that Pilate had already dealt with several uprisings. Barabbas was an...
Laws are set up to protect both people AND their endeavors. Societies, governments, businesses, these are all endeavors undertaken by people....
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No, he is saving us from equitable punishment for our offenses. He is saving us not from Himself, but from justice. He paid the price so that...
Unfortunately, the Christian church is not completely unified. However, as a very general rule, most Evangelical Protestant churches that I am...
Stupid database crash... I had a response written for you and poof the db crashed when I attempted to post it. Oh well. Let me try again....
We see an eye-for-an-eye scheme as savage and uncivilized, true. We still try to be equitable though. So now, instead of losing an hand for...
Ah. Okay. Well, it looks like we can leave the karma discussion for another day. In a Christian worldview, karma (if it actually exists) is under...
Which is funny, I think. We assume that constants such as nuclear decay rates have always been what they are now. This is unverifiable....
Because foreknowledge does not imply a causal force. My clock says 6:48. I know that in five minutes it will be (roughly) 6:53. Did I *cause*...
I don't know. Perhaps it has nothing to do with the matter. Whether we are the center of an infinite universe, or in the BFE section of the...
Correct. He was punished not for "wasting his seed" but for refusing to carry on his brother's name. He, in effect, was killing that whole line...
And if a good person suffers for no reason? What about Christ? Most people would at least agree that even if He was not perfect, that He was a...
It should be pointed out that one has no control over gender. It is genetic at a fundamentally basic level. Disqualifying someone simply based on...
I am not sure either. I think that when it is all said and done, it is not the act per se, but the thoughts and intents of our hearts that...
Well... they are classifications. But they are classifications of real divisions that occur in scripture. It is more of a recognition of...
Sure thing. There are three types of laws in the Old Testament. Moral laws, cultural laws, and ceremonial laws. As Christians, we believe that all...
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