The Amarna Letters– An Early Reference to the Hebrews?
Posted onThe Amarna tablets record a correspondence in the mid-fourteenth century B.C. over a period of about 20 years. The Canaanite leaders were writing to the […]
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Is the Bible Right About the Fall of Jericho?
Posted onIn Joshua chapters 2-6, we read a now familiar story about the Israelite siege of Jericho. In it, we find a supernatural victory given to […]
The Christian Response to Sinners
Posted on“I am debtor both to the Greeks, and to the Barbarians; both to the wise, and to the unwise. So, as much as in […]
A Response to Open-Theism
Posted onThere is a view in evangelical Christianity called Open Theism. It posits that God does not know the future for one of two reasons: Either […]
Nietzsche, God, and the Rise of the godmen
Posted onNietzsche tells this story of the madman (edited for length)– Have you not heard of that madman who lit a lantern in the bright morning […]
Is “Just War” Really Just?
Posted onThat great church father and “just war” theorist, Augustine of Hippo, had this to say (among other things) in justifying war:“What is the evil in […]
Is Isaiah 53 About the Messiah?
Posted onA Jewish Interpretation Isaiah 53 is one of the most quoted passages by Christians from the Tanakh (Hebrew Bible/Old Testament) as prophesying about Jesus. The […]
The Dark Knight and Christ’s Substitutionary Atonement
Posted onI know I’m posting kind of late about what has long ago been a cultural phenomenon, but I felt like I had made an interesting […]
Should Christians Participate in War?
Posted onWe are living in a world consumed by war. Despite how long this violence continues, we never seem to reach a solution. Many are personally […]