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Bible
gnostic

Tough Questions: How did the literalist interpretation of Christianity win out over that of the Gnostics?

Q:  How did the literalist interpretation of Christianity win out over that of the Gnostics? A:  It didn’t.  The Gnostic “interpretation” came considerably later than the orthodox Christian teachings about ...
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Christians and culture
christmas

Is Christmas really a transformed pagan festival?

I came across an article this morning that I think you’ll find very interesting.  In short, it argues that the traditional date for celebrating Jesus’ birth (i.e. Dec. 25th) was chosen for reasons that had nothing ...
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Bible
jesus-woman

The Bachelor – Part 1 – Could Jesus Have Been Married?

As the so-called “Gospel of Jesus’ Wife”[1] recently demonstrated, interest in the possibility that Jesus was married remains high.  The reasons for this are not entirely clear to me, but I suspect several factors are in...
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Biblical Studies
vaticanus

Type & Termination: The Impact of Genre Classification on the Text-Critical Problem of Mark’s Ending.

Craig A. Smith, Ph.D. The text-critical problem of Mark’s ending remains one of the more vexing difficulties in studies of a book which is by no means a stranger to controversy.  Though there is relatively little doctrine at...
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Biblical Studies
palm

How Not To Miss God’s Moving – Palm Sunday Message

Palm Sunday message, 2012 by Craig Smith:
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