We are intrigued by Gilgamesh, a King who lived 4000 years ago! He is the main character in the poem, The Epic of Gilgamesh, which is the oldest or one of the oldest poems we have found. It was written on cuneiform (the kind of writing pictured above on this Read more…
The story of Christianity, the story of Jesus Christ, begins in the Old Testament. As the ancient church father Augustine has said, “The New Testament is in the Old concealed; the Old is by the New revealed.” We can only understand the Old Testament references to Christ when we read Read more…
People have asked what the “Strands” represent in my book, Sacred Strands, The Story of a Redeemer Woven Through History. The “strands” are pieces of information such as stories or customs which show that ancient people had an awareness of a coming redeemer. We find ancient people such as Job, who Read more…
Your own back yard might do just fine for stargazing. But you might want to escape from city lights into the darkness of rural areas. Do you have a relative or friend who lives in the countryside? Maybe you live near a park or better yet, a state park. The Read more…
I want to encourage every one to make the commitment to read through the Bible each year. January is a great time to start. I know people who have read through the Bible 10 times, 20 times, or 40 times. My husband is in the 40 + times category. Each Read more…
My mother, my daughter, life-giving Eve, Do not be ashamed, do not grieve. The former things have passed away. Our God has brought us to a New Day. See, I am with Child, Through whom all will be reconciled. O Eve! My sister, my friend, We will rejoice together Forever Read more…
The Shroud of Turin is an artifact that plainly exists. It is secured in a vault in the Cathedral of St John the Baptist in Turin, Italy. It is of interest because after careful study many believe the Shroud to be the actual burial cloth of Jesus Christ. This is Read more…
The Bible tells a story–a story about mankind and how we got lost and who came to save us. The Bible tells us right from the beginning in Genesis that God made man; man sinned and rejected God: and God planned to send a “Redeemer” to reverse the curse that Read more…
For 200 to 300 years the philosophy of rationalism has dominated our universities and centers of learning. Naturalism and humanism are closely related. Rene Descartes in the 1600s laid the foundation for rationalism. Other philosophers followed. But during the millennium before Descartes, the worldview of Christianity dominated in Europe. And Read more…
We come across so many conflicting ideas and how can we know which are true? This is an area where we need to follow the presuppositions of the writer. If a writer has a presupposition which is false, then how can we trust his/her writings? What are presuppositions? A presupposition Read more…