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The Hebrew names for God

October 5th, 2006 · No Comments

There’s an interesting post over at Asphaleia on the names of God in the Bible. It’s worth a read. Here is an interesting little tidbit from the post:
The Hebrew system of numerals was a simple one in which the first letter aleph indicated one, the second letter beth was two, and so on until the [...]

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Tags: Miscellany · OT Commentary · Religion

A Fundamental Misunderstanding

June 3rd, 2006 · 1 Comment

This past week on The Huffington Post, Philip Slater published an article entitled The Great Fundamentalist Hoax. I have devoted alot of time and energy reminding people that there is a difference between fundamentalism and radicalism, and just as I anticipated, this article serves to propagate the confusion of the two. Yet, like many articles [...]

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Tags: Apologetics · NT Commentary · Religion

WWJDWDVC?

May 29th, 2006 · No Comments

I recently discovered John Alan Turner’s blog, Faith 2.0, and have been really enjoying it. As of late he has been dealing a lot with The Da Vinci Code, and he asked, “What Would Jesus Do With The Da Vinci Code?” I responded thus:
In Matthew 16:13 Jesus asked, “Who do people say that the [...]

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Tags: NT Commentary · News · Religion

The Big Bang & Blind Faith

March 7th, 2006 · 19 Comments

There are many reasons I am a Creationist. Of course, a lot of my views stem from “faith” that the Bible is God’s true word. But what is faith? Hebrews 11:1 says it is “the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.” This is, of course, a perfect description of [...]

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Tags: Apologetics · Religion · Science