by Stephen Mitchell | Dec 15, 2025 | Other Topics
Does God really act in our world today? Here is a personal experience where God rescued Steve from a desperate situation. Trapped down a mine, God gave him immediate peace and soon deliverance. Lots of strange things happen in graduate school. Some result from...
by Stephen Mitchell | Nov 11, 2025 | Age of the Earth, Geology and the Flood
How old is the Earth? Different assumptions lead to diffent conclusions. What kind of assumptions are needed? Download a pdf file here. We all know how dangerous bad assumptions can be. I remember assuming that another car would stop at a stoplight and finding out...
by Stephen Mitchell | Oct 16, 2025 | Jesus and History, Miracles, New Testament, New Testament origins
Do you believe that Jesus worked miracles when He was on Earth? The New Testament (NT) has many reports of events that cannot be explained by natural processes. Were they real? One idea is that the claims of miracles were myths that were added later by Jesus’...
by Stephen Mitchell | Oct 14, 2025 | Jesus and History, New Testament, New Testament origins
Who was Jesus? Christians say that He is God in the flesh. Others claim he was someone very different. One view is that He was one of many who claimed to be the messiah and tried to lead rebellions against the Romans who ruled Judea then. The story goes that there...
by Stephen Mitchell | Oct 10, 2025 | Jesus and History, New Testament, New Testament origins
Were the New Testament (NT) documents written close enough to the events that they record to be used. In a recent Facebook discussion regarding the latest work on Josephus’ report of Jesus, some claimed that Josephus’ writings are not useful. Why? Because Josephus...
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