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The Coming of Jesus: The Olivet Discourse – Part 1

...know its history better and have a desire to exegete things well, rather than fob off the confusing/hard passages with catchphrases. Think of it this way: if God was going to give a prophecy and be accurate and precise in all the details, why would he then be obscure about the timing of it? With that said, lets look at the prophecy Jesus gives.   Apocalypse then (not later) Something that seems to go unnoticed, or is overlooked, in discussions about this prophecy, are the "timestamps" that Jesus uses to say when this will be fulfilled. Even in the preceding chapter in Matthew and its parallel in Luke, after Jesus has said all his woes about the Pharisee...

Jesus, Mithras and Ancient Roman Cults: Separating Fact from Fiction

...olars and history enthusiasts alike to this day, whereas Churches can be found in nearly every town and city across this country (the UK), and in many other parts of the world, because the truth of Jesus has only grown stronger and spread globally over the last 2000 years.   Further Reading Näsström.indd.pag.indd (isvroma.org) Handbuch Der Orientalistik — Google Books Philip Schaff: NPNF2–06. Jerome: The Principal Works of St. Jerome — Christian Classics Ethereal Library (ccel.org) Tauroctony — Wikipedia The Tauroctony (tertullian.org) 9 The Mithraic Mysteries as Symbol System: III. The Tauroctony | The Religion of the Mithras...

Debunking the Myth: The Council of Nicaea and the Formation of the Biblical Canon

...ts of the history of the canon, there is no indication that it was established by a small group of bishops at the Council of Nicaea in 325 AD. Debunking such myths is crucial for a more accurate understanding of the historical development of the Christian Bible. Further Reading Creedal Christians: The Nicene Creed | The Sacred Faith: Timeless Truths for Modern Minds The Council of Nicaea (Nicea) and the Bible (tertullian.org) John Meade on The Biblical Canon Lists — Phoenix Seminary (ps.edu) The Council of Nicaea and Biblical Canon — Phoenix Seminary (ps.edu) Synodicon Vetus — Wikipedia Voltaire — Wikipedia Robert Taylor (Radi...

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...

When Church history and Science Collide

...I recently saw a video on TikTok from a guy who makes videos about physics and the universe in all its complex wonder, and the video that popped up was one about a supernova that happened 1000 years ago. These things interest me in general, but this one in particular caught my eye for other reasons: it’s a pretty unique event and is known as “the supernova of 1054”. Now for some of you reading this, that year may sound very familiar if you know your church history. This is the year of The Great Schism (also known as the East-West Schism)! Why is this relevant, you might be asking yourself… Well, let me tell you what my thoughts are. My thinking went...

The Author of Life Knew Death For Our Sake!

...to human history. And then his followers for centuries afterwards celebrate this day and even call it “Good Friday”! What’s so good about Good Friday though if the saviour is barbarically killed on this day? I wondered that for many years when I was younger, until one day it ‘clicked’. It may not have been a very good day as far as Jesus was concerned, by the fact he was being flogged, beaten and nailed to pieces of wood, but in terms of what he accomplished through his death – that is what makes Good Friday so very good! The death of Jesus is a very central point to our faith, though only made sense of by the resurrection. This is the Gospel, th...