Stephen Hawking on Creation

Stephen Hawking, the leading physicist, recently stated in his book The Grand Design, that the birth of the universe was an inevitable consequence of the laws of physics and did not need a creator to act as a midwife. Here are some responses from other thinkers: John...

Last Words before 400 Years of Silence

Christianity has largely taught that the Law of Moses, or the Torah, has been done away with, and that we are no longer “under the law”. Of course, the exceptions they will cite are the 10 commandments, and the tithe. If this is so why is it that the last...

Daniels 70 Weeks

In Daniel 9:24-26, the angel Gabriel describes the end of days to Daniel: Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting...

Yeshua is the great I AM

In John 8:58, declares that He is the great I AM, the same term that Yahweh uses for Himself in Exodus 3:14. Let’s take Yeshua’s claim in its context. He is arguing with the Pharisees and says (some sentences omitted and paraphrased for brevity): Yeshua:...

Roman Persecution of the Jews

There was, between the years 70 AD and 325 AD (and well beyond), a great persecution of Jews by the state of Rome. This persecution was a key and overwhelming factor in the decision of the increasingly gentile church to separate themselves from the Jewish people and...

Three hours of darkness at the crucifixion

Luke 23:44 states “And it was about the sixth hour (noon), and there was darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour (3 oclock). If that was an eclipse, it is a mightly long eclipse, seeing as the longest an eclipse can last is only 7.5 minutes. But, if it...

This is the King of the Jews

When men were crucified, the Romans wrote in Hebrew, Latin, and Greek, on a sign above the victim, what the person was actually condemned of doing (John 19:20). Luke 23:38 states that the sign said “This is the king of the Jews”. The chief priests were...

The Crucifixion and Resurrection of Jesus

A pretty interesting video showing evidence for the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus. This video shares a broad range of insights that you seldom see in one place. If there’s something you don’t like in this video series just be patient because it...

The Ages of the Patriarchs

In Hebrew, numbers have meaning. The age of the patriarchs is significant, in that the ages are all made up of multiples that add up to 17, which is the the combination of 10 (the number of ordinal perfection) and 7 (the number of spiritual perfection), thus the...