First Jesus-era house discovered in Nazareth

Just in time for Christmas, archaeologists on Monday unveiled what may have been the home of one of Jesus' childhood neighbors. The humble dwelling is the first dating to the era of Jesus to be discovered in Nazareth, then a hamlet of around 50 impoverished Jewish families where Jesus spent his boyhood.

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Just in time for holiday deadlines, Israeli archaeologists announced Monday they had uncovered remains of the first dwelling in the city of Nazareth that can be dated back to the time of Jesus.

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In attempting to understand the meaning of the birth stories, we ask some familiar questions. Who wrote the material? When did he write it? Why did he write it? For whom was he writing? What literary device was the author using?

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Ruby Dee has "shown-up" as we like to say today to perform all gemstones in her genre: from the works of the immortal, Shakespeare to the pivotal work of Lorraine Hansberry introducing African American families and the socio-economic and political realities of America in "A Raisu …

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Christianity: The Longest Con in the History of Humanity. Part 2

THE MYTH OF JESUS CHRIST

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Manufacturing Biblical Prophecy, Part 2: For Want of a Bethlehem Birth

(In a previous article, I touched on the gospel authors' misuse of Hebrew scripture as source material for the creation of the virgin birth legend contained in Matthew and Luke.

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Check out the cast on this bad-boy! This would make an excellent Christmas present (for ME ! hint-hint)

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Sometimes Christians can be a little too overzealous when it comes to pointing out the sins of the world.

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According to the U.S. Biblical scholar, Morton Smith, of Columbia University, a fragment of manuscript he found at the Mar Saba monastery near Jerusalem in 1958, showed that the full text of St.

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A Spiritual Reflection - The Day after Pentacost

Forsyth, GA - Tobit, 2 Peter & Mark 12:1-12 Gospel Around 200 B.C. a Jew named Tobit lived in Nineveh and continued to do acts of charity even after his misfortunes grew worse.

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A Book Review – The Greatest Story Ever Told

Forsyth, Georgia – Reading Feeds the Brain, the Spirit & the Soul Reference Information for the Book Name of Book: The Greatest Story Ever Told Author Name: Fulton Oursler Publisher: Doubleday & Company, Inc. Year Released and/or ISBN Number: 1949 Type of Book

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Judas Asparagus was so evil that they named a terrible vegetable after him. A child's eyeview of the Bible. Priceless!

This dropped into my mailbox today and I just cracked up laughing. I thought it definitely needed a wider audience. If you need a laugh today, then this should do it!

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Leading Internet Evangelist Invites Barack Obama to Explain his Faith

Evangelist Bill Keller of LivePrayer a dot com ministry that has 2.4 million daily subscribers to Keller's messages is leaving the seat open for Sen. Obama to answer questions about his Christian faith. Will he accept the invitation?

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Messianic Jewish missionaries go door to door in Israeli community, handing out copies of The New Testament. After receiving complaints about these missionaries, Orthodox Jewish youths collect the books, and burn them. More From This Author

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Hundreds of New Testament Bibles published by Bible Society have been publicly burned by Jewish Orthodox students in Or Jehuda, Israel. Now the Bible Society there is calling for urgent prayer from the international Christian community.

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A provocative exposition on the history of Israel, including 2000 years of belief in the aggregated mythology that is 'the bible'. Most definitely backed up with a plethora of links and scientific fact.

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Huckabee Rewrite More Jeffersonian than Not

Liberal talk shows and bloggers are falling all over themselves ridiculing presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee for his recent remarks in Michigan. A closer look at Huck's controversial statement will prove that he wasn't the first one to come up with the ideas he has espoused.

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Conservative Christian bookstores are refusing to sell copies of a new Bible study guide that challenges standard New Testament translations that teach gay sex is sin.

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The Anti-Defamation League is to Jews what the National Organization for Women is to women and the ACLU is to civil libertarians. They represent not Jews or women or civil libertarians, but the left wing of the Democratic Party.

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As the article's author, the British Evangelical scholar David Instone-Brewer, points out, for most of 2,000 years Christians have viewed divorce through two scriptural citations.

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Why can't atheists see sacred texts as sacred to believers and behave respectfully when not provoked? It is simply not true, in a normal, etiquette-infused vision of life, that we think truth must be stated at every time and in every context.

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In spite of the many differences among Christians, Jews, and Muslims, they share a fundamental belief in God as compassionate and just. As a result, those communities have often nurtured people of extraordinary kindness and courageous commitment to justice.

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WORLD'S FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN FEMALE to EVER complete a New Testament translation. FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN TO COMPLETE A NEW TESTAMENT TRANSLATION SINCE THE EARLY 1900s (Efrain Alphonse completed the Valiente New Testament).

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Old South's decision to allow its worship space to be used by Sabeel is only the latest instance in which a prominent UCC institution has helped legitimize an anti-Zionist organization that traffics in anti-Judaic themes.

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Quoted from article: "The above title may seem like strong words, for surely that can't be correct? Jesus an anarchist? One must be joking, right?

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