Category Archives: People

ehrman on the letters of paul

Posted on June 29, 2014 by christopher fisher

Ehrman gives an excellent summary of Paul’s letters in the book Peter, Paul, and Mary Magdalene: In his letter to the Romans Paul has to defend himself against charges leveled by other, trusted Christian authorities that he preached a gospel … Continue reading →

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ehrman on dispensationalism

Posted on June 28, 2014 by christopher fisher

Although Bart Ehrman does not use the term “Acts 9 Dispensationalist”, he makes very simlar points in the book Peter, Paul, and Mary Magdalene: As I’ve intimated, Paul’s own writings show that not everyone agreed with this view of the … Continue reading →

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the context of john 3:16

Posted on May 14, 2014 by christopher fisher

John 3:16 is the most famous verse in the Bible. It is simple and beautiful: 16 For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting … Continue reading →

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the status of homer in the ancient world

Posted on May 3, 2014 by christopher fisher

Homer wrote the Odyssey and the Iliad between 750 and 650 BC. Around 570 BC, Xenophanes introduced the notion that the Greek gods were false. Instead, the real god was without body: Clement of Alexandria Miscellanies 5. 109: Xenophanes of … Continue reading →

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the jews believed in inherited salvation

Posted on March 30, 2014 by christopher fisher

In the time of Jesus, there was a prominent belief among the Jews that they would be “saved” expressly because they were Jewish. The Jews “inherited” salvation through Abraham. The New Testament has a running theme of countering this belief. … Continue reading →

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the apocalypse of adam

Posted on March 28, 2014 by christopher fisher

The Apocalypse of Adam is an early gnostic apocalyptic document. There is no specific Christian themes, as opposed to Judaism. This may be, in fact, Jewish Gnosticism. The text is dated early, during the rise of Christianity and contains a … Continue reading →

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the worst failed Biblical prophecy

Posted on March 25, 2014 by christopher fisher

The scene is the turn of the first century AD. Israel is under the rule of the Roman Empire. Certain Jews are confident that God will soon save them and restore a righteous kingdom (Luk 1:71). Angels are seen prophesying … Continue reading →

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Jesus – lower than the angels

Posted on March 19, 2014 by christopher fisher

Heb 2:9 But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels, for the suffering of death crowned with glory and honor, that He, by the grace of God, might taste death for everyone. In Hebrews, Jesus … Continue reading →

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Jesus and godhead

Posted on February 28, 2014 by christopher fisher

Norman Geisler has a specific book entitled “Creating God in the Image of Man”. In this book, Geisler criticizes Open Theists for not accepting the negative attributes (Simple, perfect, eternal (in the timeless sense), omnipresent, omnipotent, omniscient, immutable, impeccable, ineffable, … Continue reading →

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when Jesus marginalized the poor

Posted on February 27, 2014 by christopher fisher

In the book of Mark, there is a scene in which a sinful woman (as a side note, this is probably NOT a prostitute but a Jewish woman who did not keep the symbolic law), pours over a year’s worth … Continue reading →

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