Jesus is The First and the Last
21 Aug 2023
In Revelation, John meets an extraordinary figure in a vision. It is Jesus in heaven.
21 Aug 2023
Were ancient Jews illiterate?
05 Aug 2023
A common accusation against the Bible has to do with literacy. It is assumed that people in biblical times were illiterate. That they were just dumb peasants and fishermen who could not read or write. Is this true?
The Gospels are Greco-Roman historical biographies
28 Jul 2023
Are the gospels and Acts comparable to Suetonius’ Lives of the Caesars, Tacitus’ Agricola, Plutarch’s Cato Minor, Lucian’s Demonax, and Philostratus’ Apollonius of Tyana? Here is what the experts say:
Is God lying in these scriptures?
19 Jul 2023
Numbers 23:19 says “God is not human, that he should lie”, Hebrews 6:18 says “it is impossible for God to lie” and Titus 1:2 says “God, who does not lie”. It seems pretty clear that God is not a liar. But there are some scriptures that seem to question this assumption. We’ll look at some examples of places where it may look like God is lying, but let’s examine them closer.
God is a fire - An example of eisegesis
11 Jul 2023
Eisegesis (/ˌaɪsɪˈdʒiːsɪs/) is the process of interpreting text in such a way as to introduce one’s own presuppositions, agendas or biases. It is commonly referred to as “reading into the text”. The opposite of this is exegesis, which is to read and interpret a text based on its internal context, without our external biases.