Christianity
Saint John the Beloved Disciple was the son of Zebedee the Fisherman. He was also known as John the Evangelist, Saint John the Theologian, Saint John the Divine, and John of Patmos. John and his brother James the Greater were also nicknamed by Christ as the Sons of Thunder because of their overzealous defense of … Read more
The Apostle Andrew, Andrew the Brother of Simon Peter, Andrew the Protokletos Saint Andrew is one of the four fisherman chosen and invested (ordained) by Jesus to be His disciples; his “fishers of men Mark 3:14 & Mark 1:16-20.” He is one of the twelve apostles also chosen by Jesus. Note that the Greek word … Read more
The Holy Scriptures have contained literary themes expressed with metaphors and allegories from the time when Moses penned the first five books forward. The 40 years God’s chosen people wandered in the wildness gave God the time required for the slave generation to gradually perish in that desert land, but it also gave Moses time … Read more
The Source The most ancient texts of the Holy Scriptures were written more than 3,000 years ago and possibly as long as 4,000 years ago. The most recently authored texts were written 2,000 years ago. Christians understand and believe that the Triune God who is first described the opening chapters of The Book of Genesis, … Read more
Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein: The Modern Prometheus is a monster of a story. It incorporates the mores and tropes of the Romantic era in literature while pointing prophetically to the ethical scientific dilemmas of our own time. This much most of us know: In pride and a desire for importance, Dr. Frankenstein creates a nameless creature … 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
The God of the Judeo-Christian tradition is profoundly distinct from the so called gods described in the ancient civilizations of human history. A “short list” of the Revealed Attributes of (the Nature or Essence of) God includes that: God is incomprehensible and Unknowable to Human Reason(I Timothy 6:16): God is unknowable to mankind, and yet … 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
List Item Having fulfilled their Jewish legal and ceremonial obligations to be obedient to God, Joseph was warned in a dream of danger the newborn king faced from the Romanized Jewish King Herod (Matthew 2:13-14). The Holy Family hastily took flight during the night, and they traveled until they were outside of the domain and … Read more
After the Presentation of the Christ and the Purification of the Mary, Joseph, Mary and Jesus then fled to Egypt, where they stayed until the Romanized Jewish King Herod had died. After Herod’s death it was then safe for them to go home to Nazareth in the province northern of Galilee, where Jesus was raised … Read more
A Christian world view is a “God’s eye” view of the 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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