1 Peter 1:20 (MEV): He was foreordained before the creation of the world, but was revealed in these last times for you. It's important to think of it like I titled it. He was foreordained before creation. He wasn't created or made. Just that Jesus being the Savior was set in place before the first …
Tag: Apologetics
Christmas, Behold the Lord’s Female Slave
Luke 1:26–38 (LEB): Now in the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a town of Galilee named Nazareth, to a virgin legally promised in marriage to a man named Joseph of the house of David. And the name of the virgin was Mary. And he came to her and said, “Greetings, …
How Is It the Pharisees Knew?
In one of our recent excursions in the text of the Gospel of Matthew, we encountered Jesus preparing His disciples for the near-term future when He would die and rise again. Clearly, in that discussion, the part He spoke of Himself rising again was ignored by His friends, as they were more concerned with ensuring …
When the Apostle Paul Knows Modern Science
Romans 8:18–21 (MEV): For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed to us. The eager expectation of the creation waits for the appearance of the sons of God. For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but by the …
Round and Round We Go
That is… Without God and a firm foundation for truth claims. I have just recently encountered this truth claim from an avowed naturalistic atheist. empiricism defines everything that is objective and everything that we can physically experience. At face value, this person is making an objective statement. However, the conclusion of the matter addressed in …
