Ken Ham’s Cruel Boasting Over the Loss of Gungor’s Faith
Over the past four months, I have written precisely one blogpost related to Ken Ham, AiG, or young earth creationism. That’s right—only one. The reason why is f...
Month: July 2018
The Jewish War Series (Part 20): The Conclusion to the War; The End of John of Gischala and Simon ben-Gioras
On the 20th day of Ab (mid-late August) Titus ordered his army to raise the banks further against the upper city, on the west side of the city over against the ...
The Jewish War Series (Part 19): Neglected Signs of Judgment and Failed Negotiations
The lower city had been largely taken earlier. The Temple Mount was now in Roman hands, and the Temple itself had been burned to the ground. All throughout the ...
The Jewish War Series (Part 18): Titus Destroys the Temple
Every day the zealots, although holed up within the inner court of the Temple, fought off the Roman soldiers who were at the gates and on the banks. Then, on th...
The Jewish War Series (Part 17): The Taking of the Tower of Antonia and Battles in the Temple Precincts
By the first day of Tamuz (mid-July), the stench of death and pestilence filled the city. It was then that the zealots fully came to realize that there was no h...
The Jewish War Series (Part 16): The Famine Within the Walls Grows Worse
Although the Roman siege continued to take its toll on those inside Jerusalem, Titus began to look for ways to hasten its end. And so, he decided to tighten the...
A Book Review of “In the Beginning” by Lawrence R. Farley
The ever-present creation/evolution debate, along with the intense debate regarding the proper interpretation of Genesis 1-11, is not going away anytime soon. O...
The Jewish War Series (Part 15)–May 70 AD: Josephus’ Appeal and the Miseries to Which the Zealots Inflicted Upon the People
After taking the second wall and pushing the zealots back deeper into the upper city and the temple complex, Titus relaxed the siege for a short time, to see if...