This post encapsulates the most startling discovery I made during the research for my book. I’m still amazed by the change in my perspective since that discovery. Quoted (with some updates added) from Chapter 10, pages 254-256 The End from the Beginning (The Origin of Western Civilization) https://www.amazon.com/dp/1718091494?ref_=pe_870760_150889320: What should be of considerable interest to Christians […]
The most well-known pantheon of “gods” are probably those of the Greeks with their names like Zeus, Hera, Poseidon, Athena, Hades, Nemesis or Hermes or the Roman pantheon of Jupiter, Juno, Minerva, Neptune, Mars, Apollo or Diana. Did you ever wonder how such a conglomeration of so many “gods” came to be? I certainly have often […]
4 Then the serpent said to the woman, “You will not surely die. Genesis 3:4 (NKJV) Are you going to die? Of the myriad millions of humans who have been born since the beginning of time, every one of those millions has died. Speaking of only natural human life, there is no doubt that the serpent lied […]
Quoted from Chapter 10, pages 252-253 The End from the Beginning (The Origin of Western Civilization) In this part of the narrative, there is historical information not commonly known even among Bible scholars and ignored or overlooked by secular historians. The information missing from the narratives of most Christian teachers and ignored or overlooked by secular […]
Ø 1. Believing in an “immortal soul” Not Biblical. The phrase never appears in any translations. Paul’s letter to Timothy contains the emphatic statement that only God is immortal. 13 In the sight of God, who gives life to everything, and of Christ Jesus, who while testifying before Pontius Pilate made the good confession, I charge you 14 to […]
Before December 25th each year, some Christian preachers and teachers will again tell the simple story of the “Magi”, the “wise men from the East”, who “followed a star” and knew approximately when and where Jesus would be born and came to Palestine seeking Him. Do they ever tell you who those men were or […]
There is a political/religious philosophy taught by Jesus and recorded in the Bible that is almost universally misunderstood. It is taught in most churches as related to the evils of accumulation of wealth. It is, in fact, a commentary on the nature of individual and collective behavior and of social and political organizations. “No person […]
If you’ve read much history, you learned about the social and cultural upheavals that accompanied the industrial revolution of the 17 and 1800’s. Milder upheavals heralded the agricultural and transportation revolutions of the late 1800’s and the early 20th century. Our society has been drastically changed in the last 40 years by the advent of radio, television, […]
Peter was NOT the first pope as is claimed by the Catholic hierarchy. In fact, Peter NEVER went to Rome. Instead, he followed Jesus’ instructions [Matthew 10:1-23] to “go to the lost sheep of the House of Israel” – Israelites but not Jews. It was from among those thousands of “sheep” in Babylon, a province […]
