The Story of Conquering Love

Massacre of the innocents

Objection that there are no records of a massacre of infants by Herod An objection to the historical accuracy of Matthew’s account of Jesus’s birth is that there are no…

You are Peter, . . .

Introduction: Now when Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?” And they said, “Some say…

“and on this rock”

And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church Matthew 16:18 On this rock I will build my church The term “church” means…

Is 08, Mt 07, Mt 21, 1 Cor 03, Mk 12, Hb 12, Lk 20, 1 Pt 2, Ps 118, Rm 09, Gal 1, Jn 06, 2 Cor 05, Is 28, Mt 16, Acts 04, Eph 2, Rev 21, Dan 2, Eph 4
You are Peter

The Death of Judas

The passages describing Judas’s death in Matthew and Acts are cited as an example of where two accounts in the Bible are incompatible with each other. Let’s look at…

Supposed Contradictions

Peter’s Denial, pt 1: The Rooster Crow

The account of Peter’s denial is used as an example of how the Bible contradicts itself. In all the accounts but Mark, one crow is mentioned. But in Mark,…

The Firstborn and Beginning of God’s Creation

BACKGROUND: The son of God, the son of man Then God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish…

Gen 01, Jn 12, Hb 03, Lk 03, Ps 089, Ex 33, 1 Pt 2, Pr 08, Deut 06, Gen 02, Jn 03, Ps 019, Tit 2, Deut 32, Ex 24, 1 Cor 02, Col 4, Jn 18, Gen 03, Jn 01, 1 Pt 1, Col 1, Deut 07, Num 06, 2 Cor 03, Jn 02, Deut 05, Mt 16, Jn 08, 2 Tim 1, Mt 25, Ps 002, Mt 24, Lk 02, Hb 07, Is 43, Mt 11, Lk 24, Rm 16, Eph 4, Jn 10, Is 45, Mt 13, Hb 10, Is 06, Ex 32, Col 2, Rm 08, Hb 02, Jl 02, Rev 01, 1 Kg 05, 1 Jn 3, Zech 06, 1 Cor 08, Rm 10, Is 42, Is 28, Hb 04, Rev 22, Eph 2, Jn 17, Gen 32, Mt 03, Acts 10, Hb 13, Zech 14, Mt 28, Rm 01, Ps 102, 1 Cor 15, 2 Pt 1, Acts 04, Pr 09, Php 2, Jn 05, Job 42, 1 Cor 13, Jn 19, 1 Cor 12, Eph 3, Pr 03, 1 Cor 01, Hb 01, Gen 12, Hb 12, Rev 03, 1 Jn 4

The day of Jesus’ death

What day was it? The question arises, did Jesus eat the Passover meal and as a consequence what day of the Passover week did Jesus die? The Synoptic Gospels…

Jn 02, Jn 18, Mk 14, Mt 27, Mt 26, Lk 23, Jn 13, Jn 11, Lk 22, Jn 06, Jn 19
Contradictions in the Bible

The guards at the tomb would not have spread a rumor, because it would incur severe punishment.

While they were going, behold, some of the guard went into the city and told the chief priests all that had taken place. And when they had assembled with the…

Supposed Contradictions

The Covenant of Peace – the Melchizedek/Levitical Priesthood

What we were called to be When Adam and Eve were created and placed in Eden, God covenentally commissioned humanity to be a people who were a royal priesthood. They…

1 Pt 2, Jer 23, Rev 01, Gen 29, Hb 06, Hos 02, 1 Sam 16:13, Num 18, Lk 07, Jer 33, Num 25, Gen 01, Gen 49, Mal 2, Ex 32, Hb 01, Is 55, 1 Chr 23, Hb 07, Deut 10, Eze 44, Ex 19, Mt 28, Zech 06
Difficult texts

Why does God’s forgiveness end at death?

In Alex O’Connor’s interview with Cliffe and Stuart Knechtie (Why Does God’s Forgiveness End at Death? – The Knechtles – YouTube), he asks why God’s forgiveness ends at death. Alex…

Lk 15, Dan 12, Hb 03, Jer 25, Lk 16, 2 Cor 07, 2 Cor 10, 1 Kg 21, Rm 08, Mic 7, Rm 02, 2 Th 2, Rm 10, Jer 31, Is 30, Ps 098, Ps 010, Pr 01, Eze 18, Ps 096, Is 26, Hb 04, Eze 33, Lk 13, Is 16, Zeph 3, Is 01, Mt 23, Is 55, Zech 7, Jn 03, Dan 09, Acts 17, Mt 11, Jer 07, Neh 9, Ex 34, 1 Tim 2, Jer 05, Ps 089, 2 Ki 17, Ps 095, 1 Jn 3, Hos 3, Rev 22, 1 Chr 36