Discovering the Historical Jesus part 5

Another notable ancient historian was Cornelius Tacitus.  Many consider Tacitus the most important Roman historian of the 1st century.  His writings actually lend support to the accuracy of Josephus which is important from a historical standpoint. Quoting from Annals 15.44, Tacitus writes that Emperor Nero blamed Christians for Rome’s fire in 64 AD in order [...]

Discovering the Historical Jesus part 4

Josephus wrote a longer section about Jesus in his book Antiquities.  Some controversy surrounds this passage.  We read from Antiquities: “Now there was about this time Jesus, a wise man, if it be lawful to call him a man; for he was a doer of wonderful works, a teacher of such men as receive the [...]

Can We Be Good without God?

In my comment section on this web site I have been having discussions with atheists concerning morality.  I have been asking for their source of morality; where does it originate?   One answer is all morality is relative to what society says.  This causes problems because they cannot say things like “torturing babies for fun” is [...]

God’s Plan for Evil and Suffering Part 11

If God was all-powerful and all-loving He would not allow evil Here the atheist is using attributes of the Christian God to nullify His existence.  If evil exists, the Biblical God, who is all-powerful and all-loving cannot.  I will show you how this is false by retelling a discussion I had with a university professor. [...]

God’s Plan for Evil and Suffering Part 2

The problem of evil, as an assault against the Christian faith, can be dramatically portrayed with a dialogue from the movie “Sophie’s Choice.”  It is an account of a Polish woman in a concentration camp whose decision changed her life forever.  Near the end of the film, Sophie (played by Meryl Streep) recounts the tragic [...]

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