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In reading The Gospel of Judas, one is introduced to two personages—Autogenes and Allogenes. This is an uninspired book which, together with other similar works, are called the pseudepigrapha. This word is from the Greek: ψευδής, pseudḗs, means “false" and ἐπιγραφή, epigraphḗ, refers to a "name"
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[Editor’s note: Back in August, your congenial editor and his wife (Sister Congenial) visited the library on Anastasia Island, across from St. Augustine, because they were having a used book sale. I found (for a dollar apiece) an unfamiliar version of the Bible, a book on Christian evidences, and
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Hebrews 12:24 is an interesting verse to interpret. The text says: “to Jesus the Mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling that speaks better things than that of Abel.” The context involves a comparison of what Christians possess to what those of Moses’ day had.
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In the past few months, Jehovah's Witnesses have been writing letters to citizens in the community. They some time include a tract and, of course, an offer to study. Recently residents of one neighborhood received a letter inviting them to go to the Jehovah's Witness Website
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Who would have thought that proof that there is no God would have come from a soccer player? But that's what Megan Rapinoe said after she injured herself six minutes into her last game before retirement. Ryan Gaydos posted the article concerning the matter on November 12, 2023.
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[Editor’s Note: These questions are from December, 2011 and January, 2012.] Selling One’s Possessions Question: “In Acts 2:41-45, we find the example of the first-century Christians on teaching, fellowshipping, breaking bread, prayer, etc. But in addition, they also showed the example of selling all their
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Mike Johnson, new speaker of the House, is under attack from the Media for “acting” like a Christian. Mike is a Baptist and thus considered a “Christian” in the worldly usage of the word. He is unapologetically pro-life and believes in remaining married. The liberal, anti-God media seems
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[Editor’s Note: The following questions and answers were from the fall of 2011.] Sated Versus Intoxicated Question: “In 1 Corinthians 11:21, does the word drunk mean ‘intoxicated’ or ‘full’ in the original Greek?” In the original Greek, it can mean either one. The context must determine what the
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Your eyes are not deceiving you; this event actually occurred in the United Kingdom (your congenial editor verified it to make certain this was not something that some zealot made up or slanted just to get people angry). Isabel Vaughan-Spruce, the director of the UK March for life, was
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[Editor’s note: The following speech was given to a House subcommittee by Darrell Scott, the father of Rachel Scott, a victim of the Columbine High School shootings in Littleton, Colorado. Comments about the speech have been edited, but the speech itself remains intact. What was expressed 24 years ago
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A war is being fought in Germantown, Tennessee—a culture war. Some members of the school board want to change the school calendar. They prefer that the days off be called “Spring Holiday” rather than “Good Friday” and “Easter Monday.” Full disclosure: This writer has never observed either day, nor
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This dystopian novel was written by Canadian Margaret Atwood (from Ottawa, born in 1939) back in 1985. The book appeared as a Jeopardy answer last month, and somewhere there was a protest recently with women wearing the outfit of the “handmaid”—a full-length red dress with a white bonnet