Happy Easter to all! He is risen!
Saturday, March 26, 2016
Unifying the Faith: Prayer and Ecumenism
Peace and grace to all! Tomorrow is Easter, and I really have not posted anything during this entire Holy Week. I'm sure many of us have spent at least a small amount of time reflecting on Christ, his death, and his resurrection which ultimately has brought salvation to all of humanity.
In this post I only want to share something from the ecumenism blog written earlier this month. The post is about the WCC, and the prayer and ecumenism section found on their website. I think that at this stage in the game, Christians ought to have unity on our minds. After all, Jesus did pray that we would "all be one." Well, I sure we all get the idea...blessings, and the link to the post is below.
Unifying the Faith: Prayer and Ecumenism
In this post I only want to share something from the ecumenism blog written earlier this month. The post is about the WCC, and the prayer and ecumenism section found on their website. I think that at this stage in the game, Christians ought to have unity on our minds. After all, Jesus did pray that we would "all be one." Well, I sure we all get the idea...blessings, and the link to the post is below.
Unifying the Faith: Prayer and Ecumenism
Friday, March 18, 2016
Did Jesus Really Exist?
I hope everyone is doing well. In this post I simply wanted
to share an article that I recently read online which I enjoyed. The title is Apologetics: Did Jesus
really exist? It is by Al Earley, and it reads that it is “A
Religious Point of View.” Now, I personally do not agree with some of the
statements made in the article based on my personal theological understanding
of Scriptures which in part is that I do not believe in the inerrancy of
Scriptures. And, my not believing in the inerrancy of the Scriptures is perhaps
based on my understanding of how the canon came about, and the fact that we
have much editing and translation that took place. I am a reader of Scriptures,
and I believe one should read them as often as possible. My belief is probably
best explained in the way I heard someone say once, and it is that “the Bible
is the word of God, but not necessarily the words of God.” Basically, I wanted
to clear up my beliefs because the article I am sharing uses the Scriptures
themselves as a form of apologetics. I don’t think there is anything wrong with
doing so, but towards the end the author uses his way of interpreting the Bible
to invite the reader to perhaps believe in Jesus the way he understands, and I
am always very careful with those who push beliefs on others. I think the Holy Spirit
can do his job without anyone pushing a Soteriology idea that could very well
be erroneous or erroneous in the long run. Now, let us get back to the article.
I think the author makes some really good points relevant to Jesus. Below is an
excerpt from it.
“The evidence that Jesus existed is
far greater than any other person who lived in antiquity ever existed.
The number of ancient Christian
sources both in the Bible and in historical records is numerous and well
documented. Skeptics argue that these are not reliable because they have a Christian
bias. That is like arguing that Jews can’t be reliable sources about the
holocaust. Yes, the early Christian sources cared deeply about sharing Jesus
with others. This is more likely to be proof that they got it right, not that
they lied.”
To read the entire article, please visit the link below. I
hope you enjoy…blessings!
Apologetics: Did Jesus really exist? - Claiborne Progress - claiborneprogress.net
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