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The Middle East: Home to the World’s Oldest, Fastest-Growing, and Most Persecuted Churches
Rebecca McLaughlin • Confronting Christianity
Analyzing historical accounts of Alexander the Great: distinguishing fact from embellishment and the role of xenophobia and stereotypes.
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And there is a sense there that this is a theatre of cruelty and that Alexander's projection of his power over the defeated man is playing on something within the audience that he's appealing to. And again, I suppose we come back to the question, is this historical Alexander or is this part of the story? Yeah, I mean, because I can see how
... See moreFor those interested in the matter of the formation of the biblical canon, see my five video discussions with Lee Martin McDonald, Formation of the Biblical Canon, last updated November 20, 2020, https://bit.ly/3M5q0Fn.
Michael R. Licona • Jesus, Contradicted: Why the Gospels Tell the Same Story Differently
Diary: San Giovanni Rotondo
Tobias Jones goes in search of Padre Pio
‘By the reception desk there’s a cabinet of Padre Pio mementos – letter-racks, mirrors, diaries, plates, each one bearing his by now familiar image: a high forehead, grey beard and bushy eyebrows, deep-set eyes above a slightly bulbous nose. The set of his mouth makes him... See more
Outlook
while Ron’s exaggeration of his hostage story made him more popular, the claim that Jesus rose from the dead and is now the rightful Lord of all got many of the early Christians killed.
Rebecca McLaughlin • Is Christmas Unbelievable?
Religion, in other words, underwrote Roman power.