Did the Apostles Paul and James believe in the same Jesus? The thesis of Mustafa Akyol’s 2017 book The Islamic Jesus: How the King of the Jews Became a Prophet of the Muslims is basically this: The first faithful followers of Jesus (who, like Jesus, were Jews) understood Jesus to be the completely human Messiah who the … Continue reading
When we get a clearer understanding of the horror and humiliation of crucifixion, we understand more fully the lengths Christ went to because of his love for us. Continue reading
The above photo is of the earliest known visual depiction of Jesus of Nazareth. Interestingly, it doesn’t come from an ancient church or even from Christian hands. It’s a piece of ancient graffiti scratched into a wall in Rome, dated to just before 200 AD. In it, a man looks upon a naked man with … Continue reading
My wife and I decided a while ago that we would not perpetuate the myth of Santa Claus in our family. Feel free to start judging us now as crazy Christians who yell about the “war-on-Christmas,” yet long before I was a Christian, back when I still considered myself an atheist, I found this cultural … Continue reading
SERIES INTRO As most know, Planned Parenthood is a controversial organization because their name is intimately connected with abortion, but known a little less is that Planned Parenthood’s founder, Margaret Sanger (1879-1966) – defended by the organization as a “woman of heroic accomplishments,” – is also a controversial subject. In these articles, we’ll be letting Margaret speak … Continue reading
SERIES INTRO As most know, Planned Parenthood is a controversial organization because their name is intimately connected with abortion, but known a little less is that Planned Parenthood’s founder, Margaret Sanger (1879-1966) – defended by the organization as a “woman of heroic accomplishments,” – is also a controversial subject. In this series, we’ll be letting Margaret speak … Continue reading
