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 case against [...]
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 Technorati Tags: Lost Tomb of Jesus
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 different tack [...]
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 Technorati Tags: Christian, Persecution, Voice of the Martyrs
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 is a [...]
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
[digg=http://digg.com/offbeat_news/The_Blasphemy_of_the_Holy_Spirit] 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 short of [...]
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 movement, did not [...]
