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Reflections on the Book of Romans: Romans 1:1-2 The Gospel Foretold
The first several articles in this blog are topical–the historicity of Jesus, what must I do to be Saved, and Design or Darwin, topics concerning which I am particularly passionate. I originally planned to write most of my blog posts in this way. However, I feel prodded to work more directly with the biblical text.
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Design or Darwin?
Concerning the issue of origins, the public education system has promoted Darwinian evolution as a fact for decades. Design is a matter of faith, they say, but evolution is science. At least that is the assertion. But is that true? Hardly. Endorsing evolution as Darwin conceived of it requires herculean faith, while Design is just
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What must I do to be Saved?
In Acts chapter 16, we read of the missionary exploits of the apostle Paul and his associate Silas. At one point, they were arrested, beaten, jailed, and chained by the authorities for preaching Christ. The text tells us that at midnight they sang praises to God and a divine intervention occurred that opened the prison
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The Sacred Text: Biblical Authority in Nineteenth-Century America by Ronald F Satta Paperback $22.00 Overview The advances of geologic science, Darwinism, theological liberalism, and higher textual criticism converged in the nineteenth century to present an imposing challenge to biblical authority. The meteoric rise in secular knowledge exerted tremendous pressure on the Protestant theological elite of the
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Blogger Bio:
I’m an Associate Professor in the College of Arts and Sciences at Liberty University, teaching online graduate courses in American history, a position I have occupied for over a decade. I also serve as a Dissertation Chair, Thesis Director, and SME of our American Colonial history graduate course. Prior to this, I served as a
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The Historicity of Jesus the Christ
If we can know anything about the distant past, we know that a man named Jesus lived in the Middle East in the first century, that he claimed to be the Christ, that he gathered together a group of devoted followers, that he was arrested and crucified by the Roman official Pontius Pilate, and that
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