Making Sense of Genesis 2: The Garden of Eden
What comes to mind when you think of “The Garden of Eden”? Chances are that your mind will immediately jump to some picture you saw from a 3rd grade Sunday Scho...
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Getting a Handle on the Old Testament Story (Part 2): The Kingdom of Israel to Exile to Return
King David and the Kingdom of Israel It is in the book of I Samuel where we find the Hebrews demanding to have a king. YHWH did not want them to have a king lik...
The Ways of the Worldviews (Part 12): Christian Persecution in the Roman Empire
Now we come to the final topic regarding early Christianity in the Roman Empire: persecution. Two things must be said up front: first, despite what some might t...