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How mathematics validate the New Testament

16 Mar 2025 1 minute read 2 comments Yttrandefrihet

Onomastic congruence. Say that five times in a row without slipping on your tongue if you can! It's quite a mouthful, but what is it about? So, if you've ever read the Gospels of Mark, Matthew, Luke, John, and/or the book of Acts, all found in the Ne...

Euthyphro’s False Dilemma

26 Feb 2025 1 minute read 0 comments Yttrandefrihet

"Is the pious loved by the gods because it is pious, or is it pious because it is loved by the gods?" This is what Socrates asks Euthyphro in Plato's dialogue bearing in the latter's name. Gottfried Leibniz formulated the monotheistic version as: "Is...

Why Omnipotence is not a Paradox

7 Feb 2025 1 minute read 2 comments Yttrandefrihet

Can God create a stone that is so heavy that He cannot lift it Himself? If so, can God then lift that stone? This, and similar variants, have been proposed to be a a paradox with omnipotence that would mean God cannot exist, but it's actually a misun...

7 Attitudes That Secretly Slow Down Your Growth as a Christian

27 Sep 2024 5 minute read 1 comment Vitus │Righteous Legacy

Have you ever felt like other Christians are maturing as if they are taking spiritual steroids? The secret is not some special Bible translation, Bible teacher or external circumstances. The secret to growth is the attitude of the heart. There are at...

Hell Hath No Fury

27 Jun 2024 2 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne

"Heav'n has no rage, like love to hatred turn'd,Nor hell a fury, like a woman scorn'd."The Mourning Bride   Sometimes, these articles exist for the sole purpose of getting an old idea out of my head, something I've been carrying around for years and...

NO DIVISIONS ALLOWED

21 May 2024 1 minute read 0 comments 072wxw

Good morning, all! Today's verse of the day is 1 Corinthians 1:10 I appeal to you, brothers and sisters, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree with one another in what you say and that there be no divisions among you, but that y...

What's It Mean for the Kingdom of God to Be Eternal?

9 May 2024 2 minute read 2 comments Allen Taylor

Several hundred years before Christ arrived to pronounce that His kingdom had come, a wicked king by the name of Nebuchadnezzar witnessed a miracle and declared that the Hebrew God's kingdom is eternal. It's okay if you want to take a break for a few...

Why It's Foolish to Reverse Engineer Jesus Christ As a Political Figure

25 Apr 2024 5 minute read 12 comments Allen Taylor

Older Christians with a sense of humor may remember a magazine that was published from 1971 through 2008 called The Wittenburg Door. If you're interested, the Door has recently revived itself into an online publication. You can check it out here. Of...

How Does Speculative Fiction Undermine the Bible (Or Does It)?

28 Mar 2024 4 minute read 3 comments Allen Taylor

For about a year now, I've had the pleasure and the privilege of selling my books in grocery stores throughout the Dallas Metroplex. I knew when I started that several of my books would be mismatched with the retail audience that shops at these store...

The language of ivrit ( עברית ) Genesis 47, Post #5

15 Mar 2024 2 minute read 1 comment hebrew

Welcome to my Hebrew reading & language series.   Genesis 47:20-25   source   We find ourselves in the next phase of the story where Joseph is looking out for his family but still managing Pharaoh's affairs. The peoples from all natio...