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Category Archives: Jesus Christ
The Number of the Beast and Wild Claims
A friend recently posted a video that makes claims concerning the “number of the beast” in Revelation 13:18 (it can be viewed HERE) . I found the following graphic posted on Facebook of Walid’s claims about the symbols/words written in … Continue reading
Posted in Apocalypse, Codex Sinaiticus, Greek, Jesus Christ, Number of the Beast, Revelation
Tagged Biblical Interpretation, Mark of the Beast
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Who Was Joseph's Father?
I was asked today about the seeming disparity between the genealogy of Matthew and Luke, both of whom provide a different father’s name for Joseph the (supposed) father of Jesus: Jacob (Matthew 1.16) and Heli (Luke 3.23). There are two … Continue reading
Posted in Genealogies, Jesus Christ, Luke, Matthew
Tagged difficulty, discrepancy, genealogy, Jesus, Joseph, Justin Martyr., Mary
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I Can Almost See Jesus
I recently bought the blue-ray edition of Ben-Hur (1959) and we had a family movie night last night enjoying it. One thing, however, kept coming up. Cambria (8) kept commenting how badly she wanted to see Jesus’ face. If you … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Film, Jesus Christ, Theology
Tagged baby Jesus, Ben Hur, Christ Jesus, Jesus, Judah ben Hur, Lew Wallace, Oblique, story of Jesus
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The Life of a Flower
Yesterday, my eight year old daughter (Cambria) was commenting on the amazing bouquet of flowers beautifully displayed on our table. She got after one of the other kids for knocking some of the babies breath off telling them, “Don’t kill … Continue reading
Posted in Jesus Christ, John
Tagged babies breath, bouquet of flowers, daughter cambria, Flowers, Jesus, Life, plants
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The Mark of the Beast Revealed!
We live in a time where there is extreme fascination with things found in the book of the Revelation (though this has really always been the case). You know…that book at the end of your Bible with all of those … Continue reading
Posted in eschatology, Jesus Christ, mark of the beast, Revelation, worship
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Forever Listening to the Spirit
I recently read something by Lesslie Newbigin (that great missionary statesman of the twentieth century) that struck a chord with me. He wrote the following concerning the Jerusalem congregation’s recognition of the validity of the Gentile mission that Peter had … Continue reading
Why I'm Done With The Christian Life
Perhaps you may be wondering why I would say that I’m done with the Christian life (which is following suit after Dietrich Bonhoeffer who states as much in the final pages of his “Cost of Discipleship”). I’m a pastor after … Continue reading
Jesus and the Old Testament
There was a wonderful and concise blog post over on the Desiring God Blog that I rather enjoyed (you can read it here). It’s about the fact that there was never anyone who knew the Old Testament (or Hebrew Bible) … Continue reading
Posted in Jesus Christ, Old Testament
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