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Here is a news report claiming that the United States sank a North Korean ship carring nuclear materials and equipment to Iran. http://www.securenet.bc.ca/NewsCentral/News%20Library/News%20Releases/nl072307.htm If true, this would be one more i... Read More
Series: Early Church History - Perhaps no one caught the imagination of the Church in the Middle Ages more than Joseph of Arimathea. Much lore rose up around him as the centuries passed. However, there are some basic truths that stand out, proven by subsequent events as well as by... Read More
Series: Early Church History - In the earliest records, there were three Marys: (1) Jesus' mother, (2) her sister who was the wife of Cleopas and, however unusual, seems to have had the same name as her sister, and (3) Mary Magdalene--also known as Mary of Bethany. Later, after... Read More
Series: Early Church History - Yesterday I wrote incorrectly that Josephus connected the fall of Jerusalem with the death of James. That connection is made by Eusebius, not Josephus--at least not in the copies we have at our disposal today. Josephus does indeed mention James a... Read More
Series: Early Church History - The so-called "inner circle" of disciples consisted of Peter, James, and John--the disciples that Jesus took with him to the Mount of Transfiguration (Mount Hermon), as we see in Matt. 17:1. They are listed in that order, because they form a uniq... Read More
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