Much To Talk About- 40

#1. Who Is Responsible? -- http://www.christianpost.com/news/a-letter-i-gave-to-couples-who-wanted-me-to-perform-their-wedding-ceremony-118643/ This may be a touchy subject but I feel it needs to be discussed because some people are under erroneous ideas about who is responsible for the act of marriage. I realize that many people may disagree with me on this and that is fine. There was a time …

Challenging Statements

Evolutionists make a lot of statements in their justification of their rejecting the Bible. The following statements are taken from Anarchy Evolution in a World Without God by Greg Graffin & Steve Olsen #1. I've often encountered authorities who rarely stray from worn-out dogma and overbearing expectations for allegiance (pg. 2) The 'worn-out dogmas' is …

Archaeological Discovery

This has just hit the news http://news.yahoo.com/dozens-mummies-unearthed-egypts-valley-kings-213022444.html Here is a better link: http://www.livescience.com/45186-mummies-unearthed-egypts-valley-of-the-kings.html Archaeologists have discovered the final resting place of at least 50 royal Egyptians — including princes, princesses and infants — while excavating a trashed tomb at the Valley of the Kings. Hieratic inscriptions (a cursive form of hieroglyphs) revealed that most of …

Two Quotes

#1. Science and Faith-- http://dododreams.blogspot.kr/2014/04/klinghoffers-designer.html Now, it is true that, within the scientific community, there are more atheists and fewer "traditional" believers than in the population at large. But whose fault is that when the "traditional" believers drill into their children's heads that to accept the power of science to know the workings of the …

A News Roundup

#1-- The Jesus Wife Fragment http://ntweblog.blogspot.kr/2014/04/illustrating-forgery-of-jesus-wifes.html http://ntweblog.blogspot.kr/2014/04/jesus-wife-and-her-ugly-sister.html http://ntweblog.blogspot.kr/2014/04/smithsonian-to-air-its-documentary-on.html http://ntweblog.blogspot.kr/2014/04/more-doubts-surface-on-jesus-wife.html http://ntweblog.blogspot.kr/2014/04/karen-king-is-interviewed-about-jesus.html http://ntweblog.blogspot.kr/2014/04/jesus-wife-fragment-latest-leo-depuydt.html #2-- Archaeology http://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/ancient-cultures/ancient-israel/the-tomb-of-queen-helena-of-adiabene/?mqsc=E3771816&utm_source=WhatCountsEmail&utm_medium=BHD+Week%20in%20Review%20Newsletter&utm_campaign=E4B426 http://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/news/ancient-chisel-unearthed-at-western-wall/ http://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/news/elite-canaanite-burial-discovered-in-the-jezreel-valley/ http://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/news/canaanite-fortress-discovered-in-the-city-of-david/ http://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/news/byzantine-monastery-with-vibrant-mosaics-discovered-in-the-northern-negev/ http://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/news/going-paleo/ #3-- Digs, Conferences and Tours http://www.biblearchaeology.org/page/Join-us-in-our-search-for-Joshuas-Ai.aspx http://www.biblearchaeology.org/outreach/event.aspx?id=162 http://www.biblearchaeology.org/outreach/event.aspx?id=13 http://jamestabor.com/2014/04/23/simcha-jacobovici-featured-at-71st-anniversary-meeting-of-united-israel/ http://digs.bib-arch.org/ http://www.biblearchaeology.org/outreach/event.aspx?id=202 http://digs.bib-arch.org/scholarships/ Application Instructions for 2014 Dig Scholarships To apply, simply send a letter to BAS dig scholarships, 4710 41st St., NW, Washington, DC 20016, or …

The Korean Tragedy-3

I know tragedies happen all over the world and this one is not the first nor will it be the last but as a teacher of Korean students, this one affects me deeply. I am not discounting the Nigerian school tragedy at all and feel almost the same about that as I do this one …

Much To Talk About-39

#1. The Jesus Wife Fragment...Again-- http://alinsuciu.com/2014/04/24/christian-askeland-finds-the-smoking-gun/ This fragment is hitting the news again and that link argues against the validity of the fragment. Here is another link to more details of the story http://news.yahoo.com/gospel-jesuss-wife-doubts-raised-ancient-text-154116530.html Here are the keys to this issue: 1. Even if it is not a forgery this fragment does not shed any …

Moral Codes

This topic could be a third part in the When people want to disobey series but it also can stand on its own. When people do not want to follow God's rules they will attack anything and everything that they think relates to God and his way. The post at the following link provides a …

When People Want To Disobey-2

This is part 2 of a two-part series and this article will focus on the post made over at Formerly Fundie: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/formerlyfundie/how-to-completely-misuse-the-bible-in-5-easy-steps/ When people want to disobey  they use words like On that same note however, with the Bible being so difficult to understand, it is also easy to completely misuse it. Such a misuse, …

When People Want To Disobey- 1

This will be a two-part series on the reasoning people use when they want to disobey God. The first part will deal with those who accuse believers of making the Bible an idol and the source for this post comes from the following link: http://www.bryanbibb.com/archive/2014/04/18/gods-we-have-made/ I enjoyed Herring’s discussion of the shrine of Micah in …