In his May 1 Another Voice "Literalness is costing churches their membership," the retired Rev. David Persons asserts that the Bible has "no historical proof" and cites the same as being a principal factor in the decline in church attendance and membership among Protestants and Catholics. Space does not permit me, as an evangelical Christian with an apologetic ministry, to present a refutation that would otherwise be as persuasive as it would be voluminous. But one thing stated by Persons demands an immediate response. He flatly states that there is "no historical proof of a man named Jesus " Quite to the contrary, evidence from a variety of secular, Jewish and non-Christian sources establishes the existence of the biblical Jesus (evidence accredited by even Jesus' harshest cr...
Thanks for Bill Maxwell's articulate rebuke to homophobia ("Why a straight guy like me takes homophobia seriously," Feb. 19). While I understand that some well-meaning people consider gay marriage to be morally wrong and an affront to their Christian beliefs, those who feel that Christ would have them oppose homosexuals would do well to reflect on this: Homosexuality surely was a reality in the time of Jesus, yet there is no evidence I know of that Jesus spoke against homosexuals.
...his motion to suppress the evidence recovered from his vehicle, it. erred when it inst...
... using the words of Nannie Helen Burroughs, "Jesus, Jobs, and Justice," I felt I knew in a personal w... of her career, she planned to gather the evidence to show African American women have lived at the i...
Now that the movie The DaVinci Code has premiered, I wish to respond as a person whose biblical knowledge as a Catholic priest is informative and accurate and insightful, since my education was from scholars who studied at the Gregorian seminary at the Vatican. Dan Brown's book was full of fiction about the life of Jesus and Mary Magdalene. There is no scriptural truth or evidence that Jesus was married to her and had offspring with her. There is no truth to his book about the hiding of facts by the Vatican to conceal such an elaborate set of circumstances, and Vatican officials have stated that clearly before the release of the movie in theaters worldwide.
...Mary says to Jesus, "They have no wine." Jesus replies, "Woman, how d... and study of Scripture, I find no evidence of Jesus praying to anyone but the Father or anyon...
Jesus taught personal stewardship Re "Jesus had strong view on wealth" (Letters, June 7):
...There is no evidence whatsoever that Jesus would support governmental r...
...ed., 1.154-178].) . Edwards finds evidence for the Hebrew Gospel in some seventy-five attesta... in antiquity of a gospel composed solely of Jesus' logia, that study of the Patristics has been negl...
Christ was no myth Regarding the letter by David D. Dahm: "Learn about religions:
... of Christianity and other religions: Jesus Christ was an actual person, there is no evidence ...
... Christianity, I will focus my attention on Jesus' crucifixion and theological claims related to thi...(33) Certainly, we continue to see evidence of the strong influence this penal theory continue...
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