To begin this second effort, let’s refresh ourselves to some thoughts from the Word of God.

The apostle Paul stated of the things the Hebrews and Israel went through and which are recounted in the Old Testament, “Now, all these things happened to them for examples, and they are written for our admonition upon whom the ends of the ages are come.” (1 Corinthians 10:11)

This is where we will begin our examination of patterns in Christianity.

The Bible is the oldest complete library or compilation known to mankind. Any document or books near to its age are quite clearly inferior in both content and composition.

If you should doubt the truth in that last statement, I suggest that you seek some ancient documents out for reading and study; then draw your own conclusions. Some of the documents we have commented upon at this site might be used: the non-canonical gospels and letters, the Gilgamesh Story, the Creation Epics, or perhaps the Egyptian Book of the Dead.

Three cheers for antidisestablishmentarianism

The Archbishop of Canterbury’s idiotic call for Sharia has provoked a storm of protest, in the newspapers, on television and radio, by our office water cooler and on the blogs…

Second set of essays in the series - Is the Bible Credible?

“Do not be deceived; God is not mocked. For whatever a man sows that he will also reap. For he who sows to his flesh, will of the flesh reap corruption: but, he who sows to the spirit will of the Spirit reap everlasting life.” (Galatians 6:7 and 8)

“And I brethren, when I came to you, did not come with excellence of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God. For I determined not to know any thing among you save Jesus Christ and him crucified.” (1 Corinthians 2:1-2)

It is not my job, it is not my design, it is not my intent, and it is not my purpose or our purpose here to stun or stupefy. There are here, as was true with the early disciples, and as the apostle stated, no cunningly devised fables being concocted; there are no tricks, there is no craftiness employed and there is no deep magic or numbing mystery to what appears in the Word of God or in the things discussed on this site.