The Period from the 4BC birth of Christ to the Fall of Jerusalem in AD 70
Philip Was From the Seaside Fishing Village of Bethsaida Bethsaida is a coastal village located on the northeastern shore of the Sea of Galilee. The name of the town, Bethsaida is Aramaic for house of fishing. It was the home town of Philip the Pragmatic Apostle, and his friend the Apostle Nathanael Bartholomew, who was … Read more
James was from The Seaside Village of Capernaum The Apostle James, the Greater, was born in the little fishing village of Capernaum which is located on the northern shore of the Sea of Galilee. He was one of the two sons of Zebedee, the Fisherman, and his wife Salome who was also called Mary. Like … Read more
Easter is not a reversal. That is where most readings go wrong. It is not: Defeat → Victory Weakness → Strength Loss → Recovery If that were the case, then Good Friday would be a mistake corrected on Sunday. It is not. Easter is the unveiling of what Good Friday actually accomplished. The Quietest Earthquake … Read more
Nothing happens on Holy Saturday. At least, nothing visible. No miracles.No teaching.No crowds.No voice from heaven. The One who spoke creation into being lies in a tomb. And the world continues as if nothing has changed. The Most Theologically Difficult Day We move quickly from Friday to Sunday. The Church calendar does not. It … Read more
Every modern Christian understands that the events of the passion of Jesus Christ during Holy Week is the first of two crescendo messages and primary literary themes incorporated in the entire Bible. God made mankind and He gave us free agency and free will. We soon goofed up and lost our intimate personal relationship with … Read more
Simon Was From The Seaside Fishing Village of Capernaum Simon was born in the fishing village of Capernaum on the northwestern shore of the Sea of Galilee. His parents were an observant Jewish couple, Jonah and Joanna. Simon’s brother was the Apostle Andrew, the First Called. Link to Andrew. The Apostle Simon-Peter (Cephas), is also … Read more
John Lived in Capernaum John was born sometime around AD 6, in the small fishing village, Capernaum, which is located on the northwestern shore of the Sea of Galilee. He was the second son of Zebedee the Fisherman and his wife Mary-Salome. John’s older brother was James the Greater Link to James the Greater. The … Read more
The Apostle Andrew, the Brother of Simon-Peter Andrew was born in the fishing village of Capernaum on the northwestern shore of the Sea of Galilee. His parents were an observant Jewish couple, Jonah and Joanna. He was the brother of Simon who Jesus soon nicknamed Cephas which is Aramaic for rock. In Latin the word … Read more
It will no doubt seem odd to most readers and especially to my Christian readers to learn that the worship of God is not a matter of personal choice, style or preference. However if one pauses to connect the dots, that reality will become inescapably obvious. To begin with, God is ineffable. He is beyond … Read more
“In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth(14 billion years ago and 4.5 billion years ago, respectively).” The commonly held, condescending and modernistic view, taught in most college level “comparative religions” classes, is the bogus, presumptuous and impertinent truism that all of the world’s religions are ultimately a result of primitive superstitions or … Read more
A Christian worldview is a “God’s eye” view of our world. Creation is both visible (the physical world) and invisible (the metaphysical, “spiritual” world). Ancient Christianity understands that the visible and invisible worlds are coexistent, transcendent and indistinguishable.
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