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Coffee With Jesus: Luke 24

...ething no Jewish person would do to anyone they thought was merely a human prophet. After this they then spent their days in the temple praising God (v.53). I hope this encourages you today to continue worshipping Jesus and praising God daily in your lives, and to keep our eyes open to see Jesus in those unexpected places.  ...

Debunking the Crusades: 5 Myths You Probably Believe

...uslim and Jewish communities in the Crusader States. The violence of the Crusades must be understood in the broader context of medieval warfare, which was brutal across all societies. Myth 4: The Crusades were a total failure. Truth: While the ultimate goal of securing Christian control over Jerusalem and other holy sites was not achieved in the long term, the Crusades were not an absolute failure. The Crusaders managed to establish several states in the Levant that lasted for nearly two centuries, such as the Kingdom of Jerusalem. These states facilitated cultural and economic exchanges between the West and the Muslim world. Additionally, the Crusades had...

Ancient Amulet Rewrites History Of Christianity In Europe

...hristian, Jewish, and paganism all blended together. The important aspect of this inscription is that there is a noticeable lack of reference to Yahweh, angels, or any local pagan deities, highlighting the exclusive Christian nature of this amulet. This not only underscores the devotion of the wearer but raises a lot of questions about Christianity in what was once the cultural and administrative hub of Roman Germania. As scholars continue to study this artefact, it serves as a tangible testament to the early presence and enduring legacy of Christianity in Europe, rewriting known history, and showing that all of those myths about Jesus’ deity being an inventi...

Biblical Inspiration and the Canon: How We Got the Bible

...ed in the Jewish community. The New Testament canon, however, was formed through a process of discernment over several centuries, as the church recognised which writings were truly inspired and authoritative. The Septuagint and the Deuterocanonical Books The Septuagint (LXX) is the Greek translation of the Hebrew Scriptures, produced in the 3rd-2nd centuries BC. It was widely used by Greek-speaking Jews and later by early Christians, including the apostles. The Septuagint included several books not found in the Hebrew Bible, known as the Deuterocanonical books (such as Tobit, Judith, Wisdom, and 1–2 Maccabees). While these books were accepted in many early C...

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

...tablished Jewish and early Christian genre which uses vivid symbolic imagery to pull back the curtain on earthly power and name it for what it truly is. The seven-headed beast of Revelation is Rome. The seven heads are the seven hills of Rome, an identification so widely acknowledged in early church scholarship that it barely requires argument. The mark of the beast, calculated through Hebrew gematria to 666 (or 616 in some early manuscripts), points directly to Nero Caesar (transliterated into Hebrew as נרון קסר, “nrwn qsr”) — the Emperor who became the archetype of anti-Christian persecution due to the levels of evilness he enacted. The second...

Coffee with Jesus: John 1

...e ancient Jewish theology of the “two powers in heaven”: V.18 (CSB)No one has ever seen God. The one and only Son, who is himself God and is at the Father’s side — he has revealed him. It’s interesting that John the Baptist didn’t know about who Jesus truly was, despite being cousins, until he baptised him, as it appears that the Father had spoken to John at some prior point telling him what to look out for: John 1:32–33And John testified, “I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it remained on him. I myself did not know him, but the one who sent me to baptise with water said to me, ‘He on whom you see the Spirit descen...