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“Scientists reveal exactly where Jesus was born - and say it probably WASN’T in Bethlehem …” https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-14209211/Scientists-reveal-Jesus-birthplace-Bethlehem.html The headline alone is nonsense but let‘s not judge the article by its title. Was Jesus born...

I see this proposed from time to time: God begets God. In fact, I saw it proposed on the forum this evening in a forum I’m not able to post in. The analogy used was this: Human begets human. (Would anyone disagree with that? I don’t.) Dog begets dog. (Would anyone disagree with that? I don’t.)...

“We have it even before we do.” It may sound like a contradiction at first glance, but it isn’t. It’s just a timing question. Primitive Christianity presents the idea that a person may have something which is promised by God before the person actually has it. What is promised by God is so...

Would you sign it? “Just as the Apostle Paul at Antioch ‘opposed him [Peter] to his face because he stood condemned’ (Gal. 2:11, CSB) for compromising the gospel of Jesus Christ by subjecting it to racial barriers, so this brief statement opposes the ideas of some contemporary leaders and...

“More than 500 Bibles have been purchased for use in Advanced Placement (AP) Government classrooms across the state of Oklahoma. The move marks the first purchase of Bibles specifically intended for use as an ‘academic and literary resource’ in U.S. public schools and is a key part of a broader...

”Every Sunday a pastor preaches one sermon, but the congregation sings three, four, five or more sermons because every hymn or song is a poetic sermon that is set to music. … Never underestimate the importance of good, solid biblical hymns.“ Good point and good advice. Members of congregations...

“If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat; if he is thirsty, given him water to drink; for you will heap coals of fire on his head, and Yahweh will reward you.” (Proverbs 25:21-22, WEB) Paul quotes the passage from Proverbs in Romans 12:20 and then goes on to say in verse 21, ”Don’t be...

When is the last time you read this passage of scripture? Some people read the Bible cover to cover and have never read it. If the translation you use is one of the following, you won’t have read it and may not even be aware of it: CJB, DLNT, ERV, GNT, NABRE, NIV, NIVUK, and TLV...

A story from my X / Twitter feed this evening. “An Arkansas Baptist Church, under fire for alleged cover-up of sexual abuse, has devised a new way to control negative publicity - forbid members from speaking anything with ‘(negative) intent’ in public. …” (Josh Shepherd, “Embattled Southern...

The subtitles are helpful but not necessary. The message is clear, in all languages. Or no language at all. Thank you for watching. You benefited from it. So, potentially, did others.

John Harper.

“DailyMail.com has heard from scientists in other fields whose life-long pursuit of empirical truth in the lab has lead them ‘to believe in God as the author of creation.’ …”...

“The opening ceremony of the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France, turned heads while prompting backlash from some faith-based viewersd.” https://www.oann.com/newsroom/olympics-opening-ceremony-features-drag-queens-mocking-biblical-last-supper-scene/ Only “some”?

“Too long have I lived among those who hate peace. I am for peace; but when I speak, they are for war.” (Psalm 120:6-7, NET) In 1869 the Russian author Leo Tolstoy had published a novel titled War and Peace. What a pity, the word order in the title. How true, though, the word order is in this...

I saw this on my Twitter / X feed this evening and thought it would be an interesting topic to discuss here. ”You see a new Bible translation, and immediately flip to some verses to see how they’vd been handled. What are those verses for you?”...

It sounds like a simple enough question. Right? “Return.” What does it mean? Is it literal or is it only symbolic? For the Christian: Following his bodily resurrection from the grave, Jesus of Nazareth himself ascended into heaven. Jesus of Nazareth himself will return from heaven to the...

“Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young.” - Henry Ford (deceased) I was encouraged as a pastor by the church ministerial recognition board to pursue continuing education. I wasn’t interested in obtaining formal advanced degrees in...

I recently had occasion to speak with a licensed psychiatrist through my work on the Kentucky Citizen Foster Care Review Board. Several psychiatric test methods were briefly discussed, one of them being the Meyers-Briggs Personality Test. I learned about this test in a biblical counseling course...

“Founded in 1975, the Women’s Ordination Conference (WOC) is a grass-roots driven movement that promotes activism, dialogue, and prayerful witness to call for women’s ordination and gender equity in the Roman Catholic Church.” This is a music video the WOC produced for the cause. The lyric...