Janus Project

These are notes from my presentation on Biblical Geology, provided here with footnotes for further study. John 3:12 “If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things?” Ø   There are a few facts that are firmly grounded in history.  We know Jesus lived, we know he died – in fact, historians say that if there’s anything we know for sure, it’s that. Ø   From other evidence, such as the changed hearts of the disciples and the fact that Christianity bloodlessly swept across the world in the decades following His death, we can know that He rose again. (abundant eye-witness accounts, for one.) I.                      So the question naturally arises – why don’t some believe? o     John 6:66 – Offense - “from that time many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him.”  (his...

This is a series of points I arranged for a sermon I preached 4/13/15.  I wanted to make the sources available to whoever might want to learn more of what I had to say.  The real question I want to address is this: do all religions that talk about Christ actually serve the same Jesus?  The Bible talks extensively about the Messiah, and talks about Christ (Jesus) being the same as Jehovah from the Old Testament.  So how do different groups measure up? 2 Cor. 11:1-15, Jude warn of false preachers, bringing false doctrines, and false Christs. Mk. 13:22-23 – false Christs and Prophets shall come Ø   C atholic view of Christ o    “Oh how great is the priest! . . . If he realized what he is, he would die . . . God obeys him: he utters a few words and the Lord descends from Heaven at his voice, to be contained within a small host. Without the sacrament of Holy Orders, we would not have the Lord. Who put him there in that tabernacle? The priest. ...

                Recently, I was challenged that I need to study out more deeply what the Bible has to say about the topic of “peace.”  So I rose to the challenge and this is a concentrated version of what I’ve learned (and had learned beforehand).                 As we dig into this study, understand first of all that context must be king.  A simple concordance-search of the word “peace” in the English Bible will not accurately display God’s view of peace, as this word can be used to mean a peaceful relationship, a peaceful mind, or even just “peace” in the sense of not being at war.  So words cannot be ripped from their surrounding context, slapped on a table, and promptly declared to be applying to the doctrine of “peace” in our decision-making.                 Also, we must...