If we deny the historicity of Adam, “then the question will never allow itself to be finally suppressed: Is not Christ in his resurrection also a ‘teaching model’…?” (6) If the historicity of the first Adam is considered irrelevant to us, why then should the historicity of the second Adam not also be irrelevant to ...
Theophilus was a Christian in the second century. We are blessed to have some of his writings with us today. Here are his comments concerning the flood and the age of the earth. Chapter 19 (Click here for online version.) Accurate Account Of The Deluge And neither does he make out that there was a ...
Jesus’ View of The Scriptures “The Pharisees also came unto him, tempting him, and saying unto him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause? And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female, ...
It seems fashionable today for a person to state that creationism is of recent origin. In fact, those who claim this often take their claim further and state that it began with E.G. White and the Seventh Day Adventists. Is this so? What does history tell us about this? Consider: We know from Moses that ...
As scholars, teachers, preachers, professors, et al discuss the Genesis creation account there are varied perspectives. An age old joke asks “What do you get when you put three Baptists in a room?” Answer: “Five opinions.” The opinions concerning Genesis chapters 1-2 (and sometimes expanding to chapter 11) are proliferating in like manner. In fact, ...
It seems that the going thing for many is to draw parallels between the Genesis Creation account and various myths from the ancient Near East. I have not read much from the ancient Near East, but what I have read seems to be more dis-similar than similar. Why the parallelism/parallelomania? Are there truly parallels to ...
GE 35:10 God says Jacob is to be called Jacob no longer; henceforth his name is Israel. GE 46:2 At a later time, God himself uses the name Jacob. Is this truly inconsistent? Not at all. The reality is that from that day forward Jacob was primarily called Israel. The issue was not that ...
Popular opinion has it that most people, even Christians- ESPECIALLY Christians- believed in a flat earth until the time of Columbus. For Columbus Day 2009 the flat earth myth is shown for what it is-MYTH. Read it here. Download it here. Popular opinion has it that most people, even Christians- ESPECIALLY Christians- believed in a ...
Below one will find an exchange between a commenter on this blog and myself. I stated to him (David) that the Bible has demonstrated itself sufficient to withstand the onslaught of criticisms directed its way.” David replied to me with the following (my remarks are in blue): “It has indeed demonstrated itself sufficient to withstand ...
The Sin of Sodomy And The Glory of God For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as ...