Category: history

  • The Mercy of God

    The Jews still exist. God did not destroy them when they rejected His Only Son. He could have and would have been within His rights to do so. After all, He destroyed Sodom for a much less serious crime. The mercy of God is to give them time to repent.

  • Good Pharisees?

    John the Forerunner Most of the Gospel accounts of Pharisees are negative. Matthew 3:7 But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come? Nicodemus – Secret Follower John 3:1 There was…

  • Islamic Dilemma?

    The Islamic Dilemma is a simple, evidence-based argument used in Christian apologetics to show that the Qur’an itself proves the Bible (both Old and New Testaments) is reliable and uncorrupted.It forces any Muslim to choose between two contradictory claims inside the Qur’an. Step-by-step proof (with exact verses) The Bible that existed in the 7th century…

  • Najran Massacre

    The Massacre of Christians in Najran (523 CE) The most prominent historical event referred to as the “massacre of Christians in Yemen” is the persecution and mass killing of Christians in the city of Najran (in modern-day southwestern Saudi Arabia, but part of ancient Himyarite Yemen) in 523 CE. This event, carried out under the…

  • Priestly Vestments

    Exodus 28 provides detailed instructions from God to Moses about the garments for Aaron, the high priest, and his sons. These include the ephod, breastpiece, robe, tunic, turban, and sash, with specifics on materials (gold, blue, purple, scarlet yarn, and fine linen), design, and symbolic elements like the twelve gemstones representing the tribes of Israel.…

  • Honoring Relics

    The Patriarchs commanded their sons to take their bones out of Egypt and bring them into the Promised Land. Their bones were buried in the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron. To this day, Jews go there to pray. Why would Christian tradition be any different? We have the same roots. If they honor Abraham…

  • Everybody is Kissing the Wall…

    There is a real lack of basic historical knowledge among Christians about the Western (wailing) wall in Jerusalem. Many believe it’s always been a place Christians go to worship and that it’s somehow “holy” to Christians today. Bottom line: It wasn’t a place Christians considered holy nor did they go to the Temple wall until…

  • If they abide not still in unbelief

    Romans 11:17-21And if some of the branches be broken off, and thou, being a wild olive tree, wert graffed in among them, and with them partakest of the root and fatness of the olive tree; Boast not against the branches. But if thou boast, thou bearest not the root, but the root thee. Thou wilt…

  • Do Unbaptized Babies go to Hell? (Chrysostom, Augustine, and Original Sin)

  • Passover Celebrated Where?

    John Chrysostom, Against the Jews. Homily 3 (6) Do you consider that the Jews are wiser than the Fathers who came from everywhere in the world? How can you do that when the Jews have been driven from their ancestral commonwealth and way of life and have no sacred festival to celebrate? I hear many…

  • OT Reading – 2025-03-03 (2)

    PROVERBS 1:1-20The proverbs of Solomon, son of David, king of Israel: That men may know wisdom and instruction, understand words of insight, receive instruction in wise dealing, righteousness, justice, and equity; that prudence may be given to the simple, knowledge and discretion to the youth — the wise man also may hear and increase in…

  • OT Reading – 2025-03-03

    ISAIAH 1:1-20The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzzi’ah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezeki’ah, kings of Judah. Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth; for the Lord has spoken: “Sons have I reared and brought up, but they have rebelled against me. The…

  • Quran Quotes the Talmud

    Quran 5:32 Because of that, We decreed upon the Children of Israel that whoever kills a soul unless for a soul or for corruption [done] in the land – it is as if he had slain mankind entirely. And whoever saves one – it is as if he had saved mankind entirely. And our messengers…

  • The Perpetual Virginity of Mary

    First, why I used to disbelieve in the perpetual virginity of Mary: I wrote a paper in 1997 while at seminary on it where I concluded that it was based on the Protoevangelium of James (ca 150 AD). Origen, if read in particular way, it led me to conclude that. Closer examination of Origin led…

  • Destruction of the Temple – Part 2

    John Chrysostom Homily 76 Sermon on Matthew about the destruction of the Jewish Temple in 70 AD. I should therefore be glad to inquire of the Jews. Whence came there thus upon them wrath from God intolerable, and more sore than all that had befallen aforetime, not in Judæa only, but in any part of…

  • Epistle Reading – 2025-02-01

    ST. PAUL’S LETTER TO THE ROMANS 8:28-39Brethren, we know that everything works for good with those who love God, who are called according to his purpose. For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the first-born among many brethren. And…

  • Fasting in the Early Church

    The Didache is first-century document which describes the practice of fasting in the earliest Church. Chapter 8. Fasting and Prayer (the Lord’s Prayer). But let not your fasts be with the hypocrites, for they fast on the second and fifth day of the week. Rather, fast on the fourth day (Wednesday) and the Preparation (Friday).…

  • History of Dispensationalism

    From Grok. Dispensationalism is a theological framework within Protestant Christianity that interprets the Bible’s history and prophecy through distinct periods, or “dispensations,” where God deals with humanity in different ways. Here’s a brief history of its development: Origins: Spread and Influence: Key Developments: Modern Dispensationalism: Criticisms and Debates: This overview encapsulates how Dispensationalism has shaped…

  • Saints – 2025-01-29

    Ignatius and Nicandrus of Sinai Laurence the Recluse of the Kiev Caves Saint Laurence, Hermit of the Caves and Bishop of Turov, in the Near Caves at first lived as a hermit at the monastery of the Great Martyr Demetrius, built by Great Prince Izyaslav at Kiev near the Monastery of the Caves. Later, he…

  • Ancient Christian Prayer

    Archaeologists Say This Tiny Amulet Is the Oldest Evidence of Christianity Found North of the Alps Discovered in central Germany, the 1,800-year-old silver artifact held a tiny scroll, which researchers have now deciphered using high-resolution scans Smithsonian December 19, 2024 Experts have been able to read the scroll’s inscription without unrolling it. According to an…

  • Evidence of the Destruction of the Temple 70 AD

    The Arch of Titus (Italian: Arco di Tito; Latin: Arcus Tītī) is a 1st-century AD honorific arch, located on the Via Sacra, Rome, just to the south-east of the Roman Forum. It was constructed in c. 81 AD by Emperor Domitian shortly after the death of his older brother Titus to commemorate Titus’s official deification…

  • Epistle Reading – 2025-01-25

    JOHN 10:9-16The Lord said, “I am the door; if any one enters by me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture. The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly. I am the good shepherd. The good…

  • Dedicated Virgin in the Old Testament

    The daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite was a sort-of dedicated virgin in the Old Testament. There are parallels to this story and the Theotokos. Judges 11:34-40 And Jephthah came to Mizpeh unto his house, and, behold, his daughter came out to meet him with timbrels and with dances: and she was his only child; beside…

  • Rebuild a Third Temple?

    There has long been a Zionist desire to rebuild the Third Temple. This desire is found among some Zionist Jews but many more Zionist Christians. Jews today go to the “wailing” wall (aka Western Wall) to mourn the destruction of the Temple and pray for a third temple to be built there. I was there…