Five Words That Can Get You Killed
When you read your Bible, do you read it in English? If you do, you owe a debt to William Tyndale. He was not the first person to attempt to translate the Bible into English, or the person who finally Read More …
Category: Apologetics
Where Did Cain Get His Wife?
Watch God Save the King live on Facebook, Wednesday May 29 @ 5:00 PM Eastern. (Click here.) Catch God Save the King at its regular broadcast time on the Truth Be Told Radio Network, Friday May 31 @ 10:00 PM Read More …
Adversus Romam (“Against Rome”) #1
Now since the decree on the interpretation of holy scripture, profitably made by the council of Trent, with the intention of constraining rash speculation, has been wrongly interpreted by some, we renew that decree and declare its meaning to be as follows: that in matters Read More …
Better to be Herod’s Pig
Ambrosius Theodosius Macrobius, usually known simply as Macrobius, was a commander of the Praetorian guard of Italy circa 430 CE. He was also a grammarian and Neoplatonic philosopher. His most important work was Saturnalia (Saturnalia Libri Septem, “Seven Books of Read More …
How Do We Know? (That Jesus Wasn’t Born on December 25th?)
The odds of Jesus of Nazareth being born on December 25th are exactly 1/365—precisely the same as any other day of the year selected at random. Tim Keyes The Question- “How do we know Jesus wasn’t born on December 25th?” Read More …
Untenable Virginity
What does the doctrine of perpetual virginity have to do with the nativity? Quite a lot really. As we have discussed on many occasions, large portions of the traditional nativity story come from demonstrably false extra-biblical sources. The very purpose Read More …
How Can Millions of People Be Wrong?
“How could millions of people be wrong?” Just look around. Even a casual survey of top world religions by population reveals four religions with over a billion followers, four more with over 100 million followers, and a dozen with over Read More …
Things That Should Not Be Forgotten: The Fundamental Premises Behind God Save the King
A wise man I once knew, after researching a controversial subject for many years, wrote something to this effect in the preface to his book (my paraphrase): “What has taken me many years to research and therefore slowly rethink and Read More …
Pope Julius I, December 25th & the Magi
I recently watched a new YouTube video that briefly and quite inadequately discusses how we historically arrived at a December 25 birthday for Jesus of Nazareth.1 During the video, the host plays clips from a different video that challenges a Read More …
GSK Episode Two: (If Jesus Wasn’t Born on December 25th…) Then When?
The Bible never explicitly mentions Jesus’ birthdate. Despite this, the actual date of his birth can be discovered, but we have to piece together the biblical, historical, and astronomical evidence to get the correct picture.