Blog Search Results

Did Herod’s Massacre Of The Innocents Historically Happen?

...ten down. The Gospel’s preservation of this episode Therefore makes best sense not as a dramatic or Theological invention, but as The passing on of what those closest to The events remembered and told, and eventually recorded in MatThew’s account. Before Jesus preaches a sermon, before he heals The sick or raises The dead, his coming into The world is marked by grief. The Gospel refuses to allow These children to disappear into statistical anonymity. Their deaths are woven into The story of salvation itself, remembered because They were first endured. Epiphany reminds us that Christ is revealed not only in gold, incense, and myrrh, but in fear, sorrow, a...

Armageddon Is Not A Battle Plan: What Revelation Actually Says — And Why It Matters Right Now

...Something bizarre happened in The White House Oval Office this week. Photographs circulated on social media showing President Donald Trump seated at his desk, surrounded by approximately twenty Christian pastors from across The country, Their hands extended towards him in prayer. The image provoked sharply divided reactions: some saw it as a moving expression of faith; oThers found it deeply unsettling. Whatever one makes of The optics, it arrived at a charged moment. Trump held a prayer meeting in The Oval Office after his administration admitted The war with Iran will likely last weeks longer than promised | Credit: Dan Scavino's X account Days earlier,...

Coffee With Jesus: Luke 22–23

...Brief Thoughts From Daily Devotions I’m going to start a new infrequent sub-series called “Coffee with Jesus”, which will be short blogs based on whatever I’m currently reading in The Bible during my morning devotions (as I drink my coffee, hence The name). They won’t necessarily be in any specific order, unless something particularly strikes me each day as I’m reading through a book of The Bible. Today’s observation comes from Luke 22–23 concerning The Last Supper and The crucifixion of Jesus. Reading Luke 22, something stood out to me that I hadn’t considered before: at The Passover meal, Jesus says he won’t drink wine again until The Ki...

Lent: Day 9 - Ignatius to The Philadelphians

...Day Nine: St. Ignatius of Antioch: Letter to The Philadelphians (full text) Who: Ignatius converted at a young age and later became Bishop of Antioch. A friend of Polycarp and fellow disciple of John, There is a long standing tradition that Ignatius was The child that Jesus held in his arms and blessed in Mark 10:13-16 What: As usual, a general call to remain in unity and heed Their bishop. Also to avoid listening to Judaizers who would have Them follow The Law. Why: Ignatius wrote a series of letters to The churches in Asia Minor whilst en route to Rome to face martyrdom by wild beasts in The Colosseum around 108 AD. When: Around 107-108 AD As with The re...

7 Ways Jesus Reverses The Curse From Eden

...Everything about The Kingdom of God is a reversal of worldly powers (servant leadership, first shall be last, etc.). God’s ways are opposed to The World’s ways. Likewise, everything about The Gospel is a reversal of what went wrong in The beginning of creation and nowhere is this highlighted more than during The Passion, crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus. So here are seven ways in which Jesus reverses all The mistakes and curses from creation. 1. The disobedience in The Garden of Eden is now rectified by The obedience of Jesus in The Garden of Gethsemane. Genesis 3:11Have you eaten from The tree of which I commanded you not to eat? Luke 22:42...

Understanding The New Testament: Inspiration, Canonisation, And Historical Context

...A common modern perception of The inspiration of Scripture often portrays it as a rigid, divine dictation of words from God to be written down verbatim. This perspective leads to concerns among some religious communities, such as Muslims, who view any alteration or addition to The text as a potential threat to The entire faith. The Islamic understanding of inspiration emphasises direct and unalterable divine dictation, contributing to Their scepticism of multiple Bible translations, which They falsely label as “corruption”. In contrast, The Biblical inspiration of The Scriptures has never been viewed as a literal divine dictation, as if The apostles were un...