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The Jesus Secret: A Commentary on the Gospel of Mark

The Gospel of Mark shows us that secrecy and fear are inextricably linked. After all, it was under the cloak of darkness, that the...

The Greatest Literary Enigma of All Time: The Synoptic Problem & A Possible Solution

[*Article also appears on www.thegodofabraham.com] Part I: A Literary Enigma Leading biblical scholar Mark Goodacre describes the...

A Commentary on St. James: His Letter & His Legacy

Embarrassing Family Members In the Gospel of Matthew we read: While [Jesus] was still speaking to the people, behold, his mother and his...

"In the Year of the Lord": 4 Reasons to Believe Jesus Historically Existed

Time is an interesting concept. How we understand time shapes our existence in more ways than we often care to acknowledge. If I were to...

Digital Alchemy: Who Invented the Internet & the Supernatural Basis Behind It

If I asked you who invented the airplane. You would likely say the Wright Brothers. If I asked you who invented the telephone. You would...

In God We Trust: What the Bible Says About Money

After man sinned against God in the Garden of Eden, God punished man. God said to Adam, “Cursed is the ground because of you; in toil you...

The Bad Tenants: A Parable About Jesus's Death & the Dangers of Greed

And he began to tell the people this parable: "A man planted a vineyard, and let it out to tenants, and went into another country for a...

Psalm 22: 5 Prophecies of David Fulfilled by Jesus

"Then he said to them, 'These are my words which I have spoke to you, while I was still with you, that everything written about me in the...

The Song of Songs: The Book of the Mystics

What is a mystic? And what does mysticism have to do with the Song of Songs? According to Bernard McGinn, the preeminent scholar of...