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In the book, The Case for the Resurrection of Jesus , Dr. Gary R. Habermas and Dr. Michael R. Licona, present the Minimal Facts Argument for Jesus's resurrection. The "Minimal Facts Argument" only uses facts that are accepted by almost all New Testament scholars, even skeptical ones. For people who prefer lectures, Dr. Habermas also teaches an excellent course on the resurrection at Online Christian Courses. He details the minimal facts like this: 1. Jesus died by Roman crucifixion. Some of the skeptical scholars who accepted this: Bart Ehrman, John Dominic Crossan, and Marcus Borg. 2. Jesus primarily taught about the Kingdom of God and how to get there. 3. The disciples had experiences after the crucifixion that they believed were appearances of the resurrected Jesus. 4. Saul of Tarsus, an unbeliever who persecuted the early church, had an experience on the road to Damascus that he believed was an appearance of the risen Jesus. 5. James, the brother of Jesus, was a skept...

It is hard for me to believe that there are Christians who support abortion and protest the end of Roe v. Wade. They must be biblically illiterate or they would know the Bible defends the life of the unborn. (Exodus 21:22-23.) It seems that many people deliberately deceive themselves about abortion. They don't believe the unborn baby has a soul, but Luke 1:41-44 argues against that. They also want to believe the baby does not feel pain, but there are ultrasounds of babies flinching and trying to move away from pain. If the baby can feel pain, the baby can feel fear as well. When testifying before congress, Dr. Levatino described the process of aborting a 22 week-old baby. The baby is the length of your hand plus a couple of inches. The baby has been kicking for several weeks. The mother has been sedated and is unconscious so that she feels no pain or fear. However, the baby is not as lucky. The doctor inserts a 14-inch suction catheter. When a woman is 12-weeks preg...

In the 1980s, archaeologist Adam Zertal uncovered an altar from the time of Joshua. However, because of the dominance of the Minimalist camp in archaeology, which will not allow any finds that validate the Bible, it was never admitted that the site could possibly be an altar. And because Minimalists do not even believe that Joshua or Moses existed, it certainly couldn't be the altar that Joshua built at the command of Moses in Joshua 8:30-31. However, the discovery of a small lead tablet in December 2019 at the same site has now become a small lead bullet in the forehead of secular archaeologists. (And the Minimalist camp of archaeology in general.) Researchers used a Tomographic scan to reveal the lettering on the small lead tablet. That text has now been deciphered, and it affirms that Mount Ebal is in fact the mountain of "curses" that the Bible said it was all along.  Score one for the Bible.  Again. The amulet reads:     Cursed, cursed, cursed – cursed by t...

Photo by Tima Miroshnichenko from Pexels Matthew 10:23 is one of those verses that once disturbed me, and I know it disturbs others. At first glance, it makes Jesus look like a false prophet. Was He saying He would return in the rapture or the second coming while His disciples were still alive and had not even finished preaching in Judea and Samaria? Here is the verse, " When they persecute you in this city, flee to another. For assuredly, I say to you, you will not have gone through the cities of Israel before the Son of Man comes ." What did Jesus mean in that verse? At its simplest, it could mean He would overtake them on the road before they finished their preaching. However, the phrase, "before the Son of Man comes," hints at a bigger meaning than "I'll catch up with you later." There have been a lot of different views from commentators, and I have included Matthew Poole's Commentary on this verse below, but I personally believe we have...