Armenia became the first Christian nation from the bottom of a pit. The real evidence isn’t the shrine, it’s the land, a vanished priesthood, and a bishop at Nicaea.
Category Archives: History
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Jan
Jan
In Parts 1 and 2, we examined the manuscript evidence, early church testimony, and archaeological discoveries that establish John’s Gospel as historically reliable. But significant scholarly challenges remain: When was John written? How do we reconcile apparent contradictions with the Synoptic Gospels? Can theological interpretation coexist with historical reporting? This final installment addresses these critical…
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Jan
Jan
Research across early church testimony, manuscript evidence, archaeology, and critical scholarship converges to demonstrate that the Gospel of John represents historically grounded eyewitness testimony, validating John as the author of the Gospel about Jesus of Nazareth. While the Fourth Gospel has faced intense skepticism since the 19th century—dismissed as late theological fiction disconnected from historical…
History
Darkness at Noon – Ancient Scholars Unintentionally Validated a Miracle During Jesus’s Crucifixion
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Apr
Apr
It’s AD 33. Jesus has been put through multiple farcical trials through the night and has been scourged. It’s now noon, and Jesus has been on the cross for a few hours. Suddenly, around noon, there’s a shocking and unexpected darkness. This darkness was recorded by Matthew, Mark, and Luke in their Gospel accounts. What’s…
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Mar
Mar
One of the more underrated aspects of the Christian tradition is the multiple early church leaders who were personally taught by the apostles of Jesus, who themselves carried the beliefs espoused in the biblical writings. This creates a lineage of the preservation of the New Testament without any gaps that go back to the events…
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Apr
Apr
An Appeal to the Conscience of Civilized People to Deal with the Armenian Genocide Dear Turkish People, It is with the gravest heart I remember today what happened to my ancestors more than 100 years ago – the Armenian Genocide. I realize that as human beings, we do not like to be confronted with the…
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Apr
Apr
Who was Jesus? We know of the moral teachings of Jesus. But was Jesus nothing more than just a good moral teacher? Christians claim Jesus is God. Jews claim Jesus was an imposter and not the Messiah. Some skeptics claim Jesus never even existed. How can we reason about who Jesus was?
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Dec
Dec
Why do people just believe in Abraham Lincoln when no one alive has ever seen the man? Not one person has seen him. No one has touched him or spoken to him. I realize that the claim is that he’s been dead for a while, but can we really trust that such a person really…
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Nov
Nov
The first ever unofficial Thanksgiving is known to have taken place in 1621, as the Plymouth colonists and Wampanoag Indians shared an autumn harvest feast and thanked God for their bountiful blessings. The years that would follow saw many such feasts of gratitude and celebration in the colonies at different times and locations by various…
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May
May
The Old Testament (OT) consists of a combination of writings spanning thousands of years of Jewish history. The Old Testament writings depict Jewish customs and theology that are consistent with what we know to be true. Obviously, as the self-ascribed Word of God, those writings have religious subject matter. Oddly enough, however, those religious topics…
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