stevebag | February 28, 2007
Here is a winner!
Prophets in the Christian era are not held to the same standard as those in the Old Testament. I was driving while I heard this and am not up to transcribing this one, but the gist of the “teaching” was that since the Bible says the spirit of the prophet is [...]
stevebag | February 28, 2007
Reading the LA Times this morning in the doctors office. On the front page, bracketing the front page actually were two disturbing stories; stories that should not be on the front page. The Catholic Diocese in San Diego is filing for bankruptcy in response to or to preclude losses in another sexual molestation [...]
stevebag | February 27, 2007
Check out Jeff Downs blog Countercult Apologetics for a massive list of links about the tomb of Jesus story.
ht: James White
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stevebag | February 27, 2007
So why does he command it?
With all of our objecting to this command (Be perfect as your Father in heaven is perfect; Matthew 5:48 & like the Holy One who called you, be holy yourselves in all your behavior; 1 Peter 1:16), we have missed the point and excused ourselves away from sanctification. How [...]
stevebag | February 27, 2007
Read Ben Witherington on the Jesus Burial Place; the New Testament Gateway; and Darrel Bock in two posts: No Need to Yell and Hollywood Hype.
There are a lot of good responses to this breaking story, see Ben Witherington and James White for some good posts and information. I want to take a [...]
stevebag | February 24, 2007
Hard to watch, but persecution of Christians is real, and active. Voice of the Martyrs is a great organization, join and get the newsletter.
ht: Persecution Blog; Blind Beggar; Missional Challenge
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stevebag | February 24, 2007
Now there is a headline. American film maker James Cameron has partnered with Simcha Jacobovici to make a film in which they claim a cave in Jerusalem was discovered in 1980 will prove to be the burial place of Jesus, Mary, Mary Magdalene and others.
Here is the link to the story. Here [...]
stevebag | February 23, 2007
You may not recognize the name. Melissa Buskeros is a 15 year old girl who was forcibly removed from her home because her parents had the audacity to care about her education and began home-schooling her in response to some challenges she was having in High School.
She was recently allowed to meet with her [...]
stevebag | February 23, 2007
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Matthew 12, Mark 3 and Luke 11 are the three passages in the gospels where the idea of the blasphemy of the Holy Spirit is related to us. It is often asked: What is the blasphemy of the Holy Spirit and can I commit it? Many answers I hear and read fall [...]
stevebag | February 22, 2007
I listen to all things Christian. Sometimes that is frustrating, though enlightening. I heard this on the radio recently, in response to a question on the Lord’s supper and the historical development of the ideas of transubstantiation etc. Basically, the host of the show, a well known pastor of a large Christian [...]
