Category Archives: Jesus

Jesus asks God to change

Posted on January 21, 2014 by christopher fisher

Luk 22:41 And He was withdrawn from them about a stone’s throw, and He knelt down and prayed, Luk 22:42 saying, “Father, if it is Your will, take this cup away from Me; nevertheless not My will, but Yours, be … Continue reading →

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the historicity of the resurrection

Posted on January 8, 2014 by christopher fisher

From NT Wright’s Surprised by Hope. After talking about various alternative secular theories about Jesus, he writes: [W]e must at least note that the main alternative accounts, the revisionist proposals, lack explanatory power… But at this moment in the argument … Continue reading →

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Jesus had short hair

Posted on December 29, 2013 by christopher fisher

In almost every depiction of Jesus, he is seen as some sort of Fabio model with flowing long hair. But James Caviezel probably should have kept his short haircut if he wanted to better portray Jesus. Not only was a … Continue reading →

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liberal Jesus meme

Posted on December 29, 2013 by christopher fisher

My wife tipped me off that the leftist were publishing a meme that falsely characterizes Jesus. People like to recreate Jesus in their own ideology. For example, if people support homosexuality and they like Jesus, then they will look for … Continue reading →

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Jesus did not preach circumcision

Posted on December 29, 2013 by christopher fisher

Circumcision in the Bible is the process of removing the foreskin in order to follow God’s symbolic ordinances. God at one time almost killed the Hebrew patriarch, Moses, because Moses did not circumcise his son. Interestingly enough, the New Testament … Continue reading →

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the real Christmas story

Posted on December 25, 2013 by christopher fisher

Everyone knows the story of the birth of Jesus: Joseph and Mary traveled to Bethlehem, they checked all the hotels but all rooms were sold out, they then came across kindly strangers who offered to allow them to stay in … Continue reading →

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precursors to the gospel of Jesus

Posted on December 21, 2013 by christopher fisher

Mat 1:21 And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins. Before Jesus preached his “gospel of the Kingdom”, two gospel accounts (Matthew and Luke) give … Continue reading →

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eating twice a day is gluttony

Posted on October 19, 2013 by christopher fisher

In Athenaeus’ Banquet of the Learned, he quotes Plato talking about his visit to Italy. Now Athenaeus lived around 200AD and Plato lived around 400BC, but both authors seem to think of multiple daily meals as exuberance. Here is Plato … Continue reading →

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a gnostic Jesus

Posted on October 14, 2013 by christopher fisher

The Gospel of Thomas was discovered in the Nag Hammadi library, a collection of gnostic texts discovered in 1945. Most scholars date the original Gospel of Thomas to the middle of the second century. One of the most interesting facets … Continue reading →

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Jesus was not a fatalist

Posted on September 30, 2013 by christopher fisher

The Pharisees in the time of Jesus were fatalists (see Josephus on this). Fatalism seems to be the default human belief. We find it as far back as Job. Job’s friends try to explain to him that things just do … Continue reading →

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