Mara Bar Serapion was a philosopher in Syria who was captured by the Romans and put in prison. In a letter he wrote to his son, he reference Jesus. Or did he? image: https://streetapologist.wordpress.com/2013/09/20/mara-bar-serapion-on-jesus/ What else can we say, when the wise are forcibly dragged off by tyrants, their wisdom is captured by insults, and…
Rome Confirms the Existence of Christianity
Critics and opponents of Christianity have often used an argument of a lack of extra-biblical account of the birth and spread of the faith; there are no non-compromised sources that would confirm the Gospels. But is this true? History shows that the Roman empire had to deal with the growing political problem that was Christianity…
Earliest Records of the Gospel Accounts of the Death and Resurrection of Jesus Corroborate the Modern Text
Have you ever heard the story that the Bible, specifically the Gospel accounts of Jesus, were oral histories that were passed down and through a game of telephone slightly changed with each retelling? Or that Emperor Constantine codified the Bible several hundred years after Christ’s death? Well, here is just some of the evidence to…
Phlegon of Tralles Scientifically Established as a Credible Source on Jesus
Phlegon of Tralles, a Greek historian who lived in the second century, has been referenced by Christian apologists for over a thousand years now as confirmation of the events surrounding the Crucifixion. Key to this text though, is that it has never been found in an original form. It has only been referenced in Christian…
Age of Isaiah Scroll Scientifically Predates Jesus
Who has believed what he has heard from us?[a] And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed? 2 For he grew up before him like a young plant, and like a root out of dry ground; he had no form or majesty that we should look at him, and no beauty that…
Why this? Why now?
Most people just go about their daily lives during this week, and it normally culminates in the guilt-ridden obligatory visit to the church in the neighborhood followed by brunch with relatives. I’ve done the same thing for holidays for years now, but they have a new meaning for me. As I sit here just a…
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