And we impart this in words not taught by human wisdom but taught by the Spirit, interpreting spiritual truths to those who possess the Spirit. //Continuing the theme from yesterday, and presenting another verse about Paul’s insistence that his understanding came through supernatural means, let’s highlight a few more “contradictions”…

Galatians 1:11-12, Paul Contradicts Jesus, part I of III
But I make known to you, brethren, that the gospel which was preached by me is not according to man. For I neither received it from man, nor was I taught it, but it came through the revelation of Jesus Christ. //I’ve been accused many times of reading the Bible…

Book review: Heretics for Armchair Theologians
An excellent little book covering the major “heretics” of the first five centuries. The authors do not try to present these men as evil or anti-Christian at all. On the contrary, they were sincere people trying to understand the Christian faith in their own context, asking important

Revelation 13:17: Susan B. Anthony and the Beast
And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name. //No, this isn’t a “beauty and the beast” post. It’s just the opposite. Many readers of Revelation, in explaining the ability of the beast…

Book Excerpt: John’s Gospel: The Way It Happened
“Our Christ is dead.” Matthew spat the words as four separate invectives. “No, Matthew, our Christ lives,” said John. “How did Paul put it? ‘Christ has existed from the beginning, from before the creation of the world.’” “Paul said no such thing! My father read to me all the letters…
The Miracle Free Gospel
by Gerhard Jason Geick ★★★★ Scholars have long speculated about the existence of an early, miracle-free version of the Gospel of John. It wasn’t until recently that a Palestinian discovery proved this speculation to be true. The miracles of Jesus were added to the text of the Gospel of John…

Genesis 2:7, Easter and the New Eden
[T]he Lord God . . . breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being. //If my message from Thursday, about the promise of peace on earth with the birth of our Messiah, seemed out of place for Easter week, let me bring it…

John 19:32-33, Good Friday and the River of Life
The soldiers therefore came and broke the legs of the first man who had been crucified with Jesus, and then those of the other. But when they came to Jesus and found that he was already dead, they did not break his legs. Instead, one of the soldiers pierced Jesus’…

Luke 2:13-14, No Peace On Earth?
And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying, Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men. //This heavenly chorus is celebrating the birth of Jesus, the Messiah, which was to inaugurate a new age. An…

Book review: Announcing the Scientific Discovery of God
Can God’s existence be proven by logic? Demaree takes a shot at it, by providing a reasonable argument for the existence of a being who dispensed to us a moral law. Demaree calls this being “God” and assumes him to be our creator. He then takes a leap of logic: