The Story of Conquering Love

Things that go bump in the night

An outline of this series can be found here. Things go bump in the night As a child, you may have woken up in the middle of the night with darkness…

Historical Timeline of Jesus’ Birth in Luke and the Quirinius Dilemma

temple of hercules at the amman citadel jabal al qal a

Johnathan MS Pearce an atheist in his dialogue with Dave Armstrong gives ways hew believes would reconcile Luke in his comments on the proposed discrepancy between Luke 2:1-2 and Matthew…

“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…

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, Is 08, Mt 07, Mt 21
You are Peter

Ananias and Sapphira

In Acts 2, as Peter stood there preaching the first sermon of the church, all present were aware that it had been a little over 40 days since a deep…

Held, Tough Texts
Temple, Peter
Perseverance, Repentance, Doubt, Identity in Christ, Apostacy, Fight/Growth, Gospel

Gal 2, Hb 04, Acts 05, Acts 02, Hb 11, Acts 01, Hb 12
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…

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, Lk 15, Dan 12, Hb 03, Jer 25, Lk 16, 2 Cor 07

Peter’s Denial Pt.2

In the previous article (the rooster crow) we described the rooster crow that accompanied Peter’s denial. In this article, we will discuss the differences between the different Gospel accounts of…

Was Jesus’ body thrown in a mass grave?

There is an objection that Jesus’ body was thrown into a mass grave and either became unrecognizable because of exposure or could not be found due to there being many…

Supposed Contradictions

Mt 27, Lk 23, Mk 15, Acts 13, Mt 28, Mk 16, 1 Cor 15, Lk 24, Jn 19, Jn 20
Contradictions in the Bible

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…

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…

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,…