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Romans 5 Pauls literal Adam

Romans 5 Pauls literal Adam

Many passages in Scripture require Adam to be historical. Among them is Romans 5:12–21, where a historical Adam is contrasted with the historical Jesus.
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17 Jul, 2009
Roman Catholicism and Genesis

Roman Catholicism and Genesis

A Roman Catholic priest and Ph.D. physicist shows how biblical creation was the traditional view of the Church Fathers and medieval Church Doctors and makes sense of science.
Article
03 Jul, 2009
Gospel Dates and Reliability

Gospel Dates and Reliability

When were the Gospels written? How long was this after the events they record? Should they be trusted if they were written decades later?
Article
25 Apr, 2009
What should we think of new or trendy Bible translations?

What should we think of new or trendy Bible translations?

How far should Bible translators go to accommodate their proposed readers? Some important biblical principles are explained.s?
Article
17 Feb, 2009
Why Genesis 5 is a key chapter in the Bible

Why Genesis 5 is a key chapter in the Bible

The chronology of the genealogy in Genesis 5 ties Creation week to the subsequent events, strongly authenticating the real history of Genesis 1?11
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01 Oct, 2008
What’s in a pronoun? The divine gender controversy

What’s in a pronoun? The divine gender controversy

A number of respondents to a UK survey disagreed with a ?male God?. But what does the Bible teach, and what does it mean for people of both sexes?
Article
20 Aug, 2008
Genesis: Myth or History?

Genesis: Myth or History?

A critic suggests that Genesis 1–11 was written in the genre of myth rather than as a literal historical account. How do we know it’s not myth?
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24 May, 2008
Evenings and mornings

Evenings and mornings

The meaning of the term ‘Evenings and mornings’ in Genesis<div><br></div>
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13 Mar, 2008
Quotations in the New Testament: Do they mean that the quoted book is totally
authoritative?

Quotations in the New Testament: Do they mean that the quoted book is totally authoritative?

Are books quoted in the New Testament really authoritative?
Article
15 Dec, 2007
The Bible and hermeneutics

The Bible and hermeneutics

Hermeneutics, the study of how we should interpret the Bible, is foundational to all theology. If we make the correct assumptions about the nature of the Bible, we can be confident at arriving at a proper understanding of what God is saying to us.
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01 Feb, 2007
Debunking the Documentary Hypothesis

Debunking the Documentary Hypothesis

The Documentary Hypothesis claimed that the books of Moses were late concoctions, not written in the time of Moses. This book documents and debunks this false idea that (sadly) even affects the teaching of conservative theological colleges / seminaries.
Article
25 Jan, 2007
The Nativity: Fact or Fiction?

The Nativity: Fact or Fiction?

Luke’s account of Christ’s birth shines like a beacon of credibility in this age of skepticism towards the historicity of the Bible.
Article
23 Dec, 2006
New Testament Creation

New Testament Creation

Article
20 Dec, 2006
Promoting 'peace with evolution'

Promoting 'peace with evolution'

The Sydney Anglicans are rightly respected for their stand on biblical authority. But a recent affiliated publication calls for seeing Genesis as ‘figurative’.
Article
13 Oct, 2006
Why would a loving God allow suffering?

Why would a loving God allow suffering?

Article
24 Mar, 2006
What about the snake in the Garden of Eden?

What about the snake in the Garden of Eden?

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24 Feb, 2006