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What did Jesus actually sacrifice?

Sometimes The question, or accusation/criticism maybe, is posed by aTheists and critics of Christianity that Jesus didn’t really sacrifice anything because he is God and also because he got his life back three days later. So where’s The sacrifice if you know that what you give up will be given back, and given back even better than you previously had it? It’s an interesting question, and one that should cause us to stop and think about what we, as Christians, say to non-believers in case The question is ever given to us. Most people will say Jesus  gave up his life for us – but is that such a big deal if he knew he’d have it back in three days; and th...

Lent 2018: The Temptations of Jesus

Lent is just around The corner, and so this year I've decided to write a short series over The next 40 days looking at The forty days that Jesus spent in The wilderness, and The temptations he faced. I'll post a new blog each Sunday of Lent looking at each temptation, and Then finish The series just before Easter Sunday looking at “how was Jesus a sacrifice?”. Series outline: Temptation one: Pride (1st Sunday of Lent, February 18, 2018) Temptation two: Worship and Glory (2nd Sunday of Lent, February 25, 2018) Temptation three: Testing God (3rd Sunday of Lent, March 4, 2018) Temptation four: Complacency (4th Sunday of Lent, March 11, 2018) Topical: W...

Losing a Loved One: A Few Ways to Find Solace

This is a guest post by Lucille Rosetti from Thebereaved.org. The views are that of The author and don't necessarily reflect The views of That Ancient Faith. This week I have a guest post by Lucille Rosetti from Thebereaved.org looking at The hard topic of death. As Christians we shouldn't fear death, and ought to look on it with a paradoxical hope, since we know that through Christ death has lost its "sting" (1 Cor 15:55-57) and that we look forward to The Resurrection and life to come. But even with that in mind, The physical and earthly loss is still hard and something we need to process and deal with, and The following guest post aims to help with The...

Are There Levels of Sin?

"All sins are equal." "Sin is sin." "All sin is The same in God's eyes." You may have heard These phrases said before (you may even have said Them before!). But is all sin really equal? I do, and don't, think so. Let me clarify: All sin is equal in The sense that all illegal activities are crimes; but even crimes have degrees of severity and punishment, and it would seem to me that The New Testament also supports this concept in regards to sin. Lets look at a few examples: If you can blaspheme The Holy Spirit and never be forgiven (Matt 12:31), Then it's a sin definitely not on par with oThers. If being sexually immoral is seen as something to shun more...

Evidence of The Trinity in The Hebrew Scriptures

Table of Contents Jewishness and The Trinity 1. God Is A Plurality The Name Elohim Plural Verbs used with Elohim The Name Eloah Plural Pronouns Plural Descriptions of God The Shema II. God Is At Least Two Elohim and YHVH Applied to Two Personalities III. God Is Three How Many Persons Are There? The Three Personalities in The Same Passage Conclusion New Testament Light I was recently in some discussions/debates online about The nature of God and wheTher The "Trinity" exists, or if God is purely singular and exists in different forms raTher than different persons.   This idea that God has different "forms" or "mod...

The Problem of Suffering and How We Approach it

The topic of human suffering is a subject many Christians struggle with, and is an issue many Theologians have written about over The centuries — so it's definitely not something I can fully address in a single blog post! But There are some general principles we can find in Scripture that many Christians can/do accept, which should act as a starting point to addressing this subject, such as: We live in a fallen world due to sin (Gen 3), and so things aren’t perfect and neiTher are people, Therefore suffering can happen from illness, nature, and human action (or inaction). Not all suffering is necessarily “bad”, from a Christian perspective. For exam...