Theology
What Is Truth in Recent Claims about Christian Origins?
Sightings 4/13/06 — Margaret M. Mitchell Before noon last Friday, April 7, we were presented with a trinity of mass media stories about ancient Christianity: a “lost gospel” of Judas appeared on the front page of the New York Times; a British court decided Dan Brown did not plagiarize from Baigent and Leigh’s Holy Blood, […]
The Passion of Christ from a Medical Point of View
(!) The Passion of Christ from a Medical Point of View C. Truman Davis, M.D., M.S. Mesa, Arizona In this paper, I shall discuss some of the physical aspects of the passion, or suffering, of Jesus Christ. We shall follow Him from Gethsemane, through His trial, His scourging, His path along the Via Dolorosa, to […]
Hell and Universalism
Certainly hell exists. But I can argue that it is not eternal with the following questions: 1. Do you believe that God shows favoritism? (If you answered no, then you cannot be a Calvinist) 2. Do you believe that God gets frustrated by our freewill and is weak and worthy of our pity? (If you […]
Anglicans Prepare for Easter
Anglicans Prepare for Easter Holy Wednesday 2006 Churches around the Anglican World will be filled with people this week as the days of Holy Week and Easter are observed. Some call Holy Week “the week that changed the world”. Rich pageantry, stark simplicity and solemn rites mark the journey of the faithful with Christ through […]
Gospel of Judas gives new view of Jesus’ betrayer
Friday, April 7, 2006. 8:00am (AEST) ‘Gospel of Judas’ gives new view of Jesus’ betrayer Judas Iscariot, vilified as Christ’s betrayer, acted at Jesus’ request in turning him over to the authorities who crucified him, according to a 1,700-year-old copy of the “Gospel of Judas”. In an alternative view to traditional Christian teaching, the Judas […]
Incarnation
“God may thunder His commands from Mount Sinai and men may fear, yet remain at heart exactly as they were before. But let a man once see his God down in the arena as a Man, — suffering, tempted, sweating, and agonized, finally dying a criminal’s death — and he is a hard man indeed […]
Jesus could have walked on ice
(This is in the category ‘What’ll they think of next?) Jesus could have walked on ice, says Florida State Researcher April 4, 2006 A large, somewhat rare piece of floating ice in the Sea of Galilee may explain one of the signature events in Christian theology, according to a report from Florida State University. Doron […]
The Truth Shall Make You Odd
The Truth Shall Make You Odd Mike Yaconelli What characterizes Christianity in the modern world is its odd-ness. Christianity is home for people who are out of step, unfashionable, unconventional and counter-cultural. As Peter says, “strangers and aliens.” I pastor the slowest growing church in America. We started twelve years ago with 90 members and […]
Determinism and Free-will
The story is told of a man who went to a weekend philosophy conference on free will versus determinism. At the end of the weekend those who participated were asked to indicate their conclusion on the subject matter by dividing into two groups – those who believed in free will and those who believed in […]
Truth
“You shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you … odd.” Alan and Eleanor Kreider
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