A common objection to Christianity is that there's supposedly a fundamental conflict between the biblical and scientific stories of the origin and development of the universe, the Earth, life, and so on and so forth. John Walton, ((John Walton has a Ph.D. in Hebrew and Cognate Studies from the Hebrew Union College–Jewish Institute of Religion, Cincinnati, … [Read more...]
Christ: Perfect Divine, Perfect Human
In Tertullian's (c. 160 – c. 225 AD) De carne Christi, we read “Was not God really crucified? And, been really crucified, did He not really die? And, having indeed really died, did He not really rise again?” How is this possible? We seldom ponder in depth the splendid and scandalous oxymoron of a born, died and risen God when we proclaim that Jesus died for us. Early Christians … [Read more...]
5 Things To Remember When Interpreting the Bible
Today’s post comes from my friend Lee Boryczewski. I cannot tell you how necessary his words are for us Christians to remember, simply from the fact that I have been guilty of reading my own views into the scriptures and have witnessed all Christians doing so at some point or another. It is our natural proclivity to do so but we must caution ourselves against doing doing … [Read more...]