Tag Archives: Jesus

My First Bible Memory Verse

Posted on August 4, 2010 by me

I recall rehearsing for my first Christmas pageant, though I don’t recall the pageant itself.  I don’t have any idea how old I was, but I was possibly three or four. All of us in my Sunday school class had … Continue reading →

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Historical evidence for the Bethlehem census story

Posted on December 3, 2009 by me

Weekend Fisher writes today concerning some historical evidence for the story – often written off as mere myth – that Jesus was born in Bethlehem as a result of a census.   Apparently, as no Roman documents exist from that period, … Continue reading →

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Did Jesus repudiate Old Testament violence?

Posted on July 23, 2009 by me

I tend to like Greg Boyd, even if his “open” theology puts him in many people’s “heretic” column.  I have given away numerous copies of his Letters From a Skeptic (with a cautionary note about one reference to his “open” … Continue reading →

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How to find God (… but I didn’t know he was lost?)

Posted on June 8, 2009 by me

Following up on my last two posts which dealt with finding a place from which to properly discover and discuss who the God of Christianity really is, here is an exerpt from NT Wright, from The Meaning of Jesus – … Continue reading →

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