Do the gospel accounts not tell us how Jesus parents treated him?
08 Mar 2023Joseph took care of and protected his family
Is faith believing something without evidence?
28 Feb 2023Believing something without evidence is not faith but gullibility.
Are there two sets of Ten Commandments?
19 Feb 2023
In Exodus 20:2-17 and Deuteronomy 5:6-21 are listed the classical Ten Commandments that most people know about. But in Exodus 34:10-26 is a list of ten or so seemingly random commands, Exodus 34:28 indicates that these are also referred to as the Ten Commandments. So what gives? Are these two different versions of the Ten Commandments?
Evidence for an early gospel - Simon of Cyrene
11 Feb 2023
One piece of evidence for an early dating of the Gospels are found in all of the synoptic gospels, Simon of Cyrene. When Jesus is being led to his execution, Simon is forced to help him carry his cross.
When jehovah appears physically
03 Feb 2023Throughout the Old Testament, Jehovah appears physically and visually to his servants. The concept of Jehovah as a God that is both beyond our world yet at the same time decidedly present in it was well known to ancient Jews. These following scriptures show examples of when Jehovah appears visually or physically to his people in a human form.