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The Birth Myth – Part 4: Conflicting Stories (cont.)
Words of Wisdom —
Authority: 131
Everyone who knows the Nativity story can tell you about the visitors – shepherds and wise men. So, let us take a few moments to look at their roles in the narrative. The magi first visit King Herod, asking “Where is He who has been born King of the Jews,” thus alerting the King to someone he reportedly ...5 days ago -
The Birth Myth – Part 3: The Role of Prophecy
Words of Wisdom —
Authority: 131
One of the major components of the birth narrative, and one that is regularly called upon by nativity apologists, is that of predictive prophecy and its role in foreshadowing the birth of Jesus. There are three major prophecies surrounding the birth and all of them come from the book of Matthew. The first of these ...6 days ago -
The Birth Myth – Part 1
Words of Wisdom —
Authority: 131
Over the years, the word “myth” has been inappropriately maligned, being drug through the ideological mud and kicked to the side as unimportant, while other more “accurate” and “truthful” ideas have been pushed to the forefront. This misdirected animosity has its roots in the Enlightenment, a time of ...1 week ago -
John Franke on the Uniqueness of Jesus
Civil Religion —
Authority: 430
photo courtesy religiousicons.com Last Monday Adam Bodendieck launched a passionate exchange on the flexibility (or lack thereof) of Christian theology with his post on Rob Bell . My own earlier posts on defining Evangelicalism and the Manhattan Declaration started similar conversations. What does is mean ...1 week ago -
Here are some ideas for your Christmas gift giving this year
Wintery Knight —
Authority: 553
I was supposed to work all through Thanksgiving on a project, but I ended up doing all my Christmas shopping. If you have a lot of people on your list like I do, you might want to consider the “Ministry Give-away” offers from Randolph Productions. They sell intelligent design DVDs and the new Illustra Media ...3 weeks ago -
Advents Yearning for the Coming One
Ponderings on a Faith Journey —
Authority: 137
Advent is a season that gets lost in the broader season called Christmas. While tomorrow we will begin our Advent journey towards Christmas, the "Christmas season" began the day after Halloween, if not before. Its hard to sing Advent hymns, which tend to be penitential, when all around us the songs of Christmas are ...3 weeks ago
