https://sharedveracity.net/2026/04/03/martin-luther-in-the-hot-seat-at-worms-and-heidelberg/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/heidelberg-dispute1.jpgScreenshotThe spot where Martin Luther delivered his Disputation in Heidelberg before fellow Augustinian monks, in defense of the Reformation.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/heidelberggermany.jpgScreenshotThe old bridge crossing the Neckar River, in Heidelberg, Germany, with the famous castle above.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/wormscathedralww2.jpgScreenshotThe area around the cathedral in Worms, Germany, not long after the American bombing raids towards the end of World War 2.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/wormscitywall.jpgScreenshotAncient city wall of Worms, Germany, built by the Romans, about the time of Christ.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/hereistand.jpgScreenshotMartin Luther, the hero of the Reformation.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/reformationworms.jpgScreenshotThe Reformation Monument in the city of Worms, Germany, where Martin Luther (statue in the middle) made his famous "Here I Stand, I Can Do No Other" speech before the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V.2026-04-02T20:51:45+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2025/10/10/was-jesus-really-crucified-on-the-cross-reviewing-basilides-the-oldest-gnostic-by-m-david-litwa/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/basilides.jpegBasilidesM. David Lita's Basilides: The Oldest Gnostic examines what we can know and what we do not know about perhaps the earliest Christian Gnostic, often associated by the church father Irenaeus, as the originator of the story that Jesus was never crucified. Litwa challenges the long held view that Irenaeus accurately described this teaching by Basilides.2026-04-01T21:49:07+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2018/06/08/is-the-kingdom-of-god-mystically-within-the-christian/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/l-n-tolstoy_prokudin-gorsky.jpgL.N.Tolstoy_Prokudin-GorskyLeo Tolstoy, Russian apostle of non-violence, in Yasnaya Polyana, 1908, the first color photo portrait in Russia. (credit: Wikipedia)2026-03-29T13:20:58+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2026/03/21/cambridge-house-at-wm-annual-spring-lecture-wednesday-march-25-7pm/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/lecture_norman-wirzba_qrcode.jpgPublic Lecture - Norman Wirzba - Public Lecture_Norman Wirzba_22026-03-21T02:22:39+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2025/10/24/christianity-along-the-rhine-a-travel-blog-series/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/rhine-koblenz.jpgRhine-KoblenzA cable car ride over the Rhine River, with our Viking longship below.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/heidelberg-river.jpgHeidelberg-RiverHeidelberg, Germany. Looking up towards the castle.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/paris-notredame.jpgParis-NotreDameThe newly restored Notre Dame Cathedral, in Paris, France.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/cochem.jpgCochemThe town of Cochem, Germany, along the Moselle River.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/rhine-castle3.jpgScreenshotMarksburg Castle, above the Rhine River, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germanyhttps://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/rhine-basel-clarke.jpgRhine-Basel-ClarkeVeracity blogger above the Rhine River, in Basel, Switzerland.2026-03-15T23:19:41+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2026/03/13/the-triple-baptism-of-felix-manz-founder-of-anabaptism/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/munz-baptism3.jpgMunz-Baptism3In English, the marker on the Limmat River reads: "Here, Felix Manz and five other Anabaptists were drowned off a fishing platform in the middle of the River Limmat during the 1527-1532 Reformation. Hans Landis was the final Anabaptist executed (1614)." Memorial Plaque, Schipfe Quater, Zürich, CH.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/manz-baptism2.jpegScreenshotFelix Manz, who had been baptized as an infant, was baptized as an adult near this spot in Zurich, Switzerland, an act defiance and conviction, which cost him his life. Manz' "believer's baptism" happened just over 500 years ago, in January, 1525.2026-03-13T12:46:09+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2026/02/27/from-genesis-to-junia-an-honest-search-for-what-the-bible-says-about-women-in-leadership-by-preston-sprinkle-an-extended-review/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/sprinkleegalcomp.jpgSprinkleEgalCompPreston Sprinkle offers a rigorous exegetical examination of the complementarian versus egalitarian debate, concerning the interpretation of Scripture in From Genesis to Junia: An Honest Search for What the Bible Really Says about Women. Preston aims well to call out balls and strikes, but he misses a few calls.2026-03-17T19:45:54+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2026/02/13/augustine-conversion-to-confessions-by-robin-lane-fox-a-review-part-two/2026-02-12T22:24:25+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2026/01/30/augustine-conversion-to-confessions-by-robin-lane-fox-a-review-part-one/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/augustine-fox.jpegAugustine-FoxRobin Lane Fox's Augustine: Conversion to Confessions examines roughly the first half of the great Christian saint's life, leading up the Augustine's most famous written work, Confessions.2026-01-27T16:58:19+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2026/01/16/bart-ehrmans-jesus-apocalyptic-prophet-of-the-new-millennium-a-review/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/petitefrancestrasbourg.jpgScreenshotPetite France is the most historic district in Strasbourg, just a few blocks down the street from Saint Nicholas Church, where Albert Schweitzer pastored in the first decade of the 20th century. Today, this part of Strasbourg is a favorite tourist spot, with plenty of shops where you can spend your money. We bought some shoes for my wife near here, as the walking shoes she brought to Europe were worn out!!https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/patty-hearst-bank-1600x900-1.jpgPatty-Hearst-Bank-1600x900Patty Hearst, the heiress to the Hearst newspaper enterprise fortunes, was kidnapped by her captors, but within months engaged in a bank robber, in support of her captors. Was she a victim of the Stockholm syndrome? https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/bartsimpson.jpegBartSimpsonBart Simpson apparently went around proclaiming that the end of the world was near. Do some people today have a cartoonish vision of what Jesus' message was about today?https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/strasbourg-nicholas-schweitzer.jpgScreenshotA sign on the side of Saint Nicholas Church in Strasbourg, France, indicates that Albert Schweitzer once served as a pastor here. Schweitzer's vision of a "progressive Christianity" shows how far away he moved from historic orthodox Christianity.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/strasbourg-stnicholas.jpgStrasbourg-StNicholasIn the early 20th century, Albert Schweitzer preached in Saint Nicholas Church, in Strasbourg, the same church the 16th century Protestant Reformer, John Calvin, preached in a few hundred years before. Calvin's flock was made up of Protestant refugees fleeing religious persecution in France. After Schweitzer was in Strasbourg, he changed the course of his life, giving up evangelical preaching for a life of service as a missionary doctor in Africa. My wife and I visited Strasbourg in October, 2025, and discovered this church.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/ehrman-apocalyptic-prophet.jpegEhrman-Apocalyptic-ProphetBart Ehrman's Jesus: Apocalyptic Prophet of the New Millennium, raises disturbing questions about the Christian hope for the return of Jesus. But does Ehrman really get the story right?https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/rapture.jpegraptureIn September, 2025, many end-times enthusiasts were waiting for the "rapture" of the church by Jesus.... a "rapture" that never came. What was all the fuss about?2026-02-05T04:42:12+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2025/12/30/the-council-of-nicaea-demythologized-reviewing-the-cambridge-companion-to-the-council/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/cambridgenicaea.jpegCambridgeNicaeaThe Cambridge Companions to the Council of Nicaea, edited by Young Richard Kim, is a scholarly collection of essays examining the history of the most important church council ever held. The Nicene Creed summarizes what all historically orthodox Christians (Protestant, Roman Catholic, and Eastern Orthodox) believe about who God is.2026-03-22T11:25:34+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2025/12/23/the-first-thousand-years-by-robert-louis-wilken-a-look-at-the-first-half-of-christian-history-from-europe-and-beyond/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/firstthousand.jpegFirstThousandThe First Thousand Years: A Global History of Christianity, by Robert Louis Wilken, tells the story of the first half of the history of the Christian movement, much of it which took place in Europe, but not only in Europe. Much of the forgotten story about the first thousand years of the church happened elsewhere around the world.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/trier-porta-nigra.jpgTrier-Porta-NigraPorta Nigra is one the best preserved Roman gate to the city of Trier, Germany. The gate dates back to 170 CE, before Christianity had thoroughly spread across the Roman Empire. https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/trier-constantine-basilica.jpgTrier-Constantine-BasilicaInside the Basilica of Constantine, which Constantine established in Trier, Germany, in the early 4th century. Part of the brick work in the church has survived since that early Roman period.2026-02-12T13:36:48+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2025/12/16/ancient-israels-women-of-faith-by-claude-mariottini-a-review/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/ancient-israel-women-of-faith.jpegAncient-Israel-Women-of-FaithClaude Mariottini's newest book, Ancient Israel's Women of Faith: A Survey of the Heroines of the Old Testament, is collection of stories about many of the amazing women of the Old Testament, offering insights that will be helpful to many men and women today.2025-12-16T13:14:45+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2025/03/07/did-jesus-keep-kosher/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/boyarin.jpegVersion 1.0.0The Jewish Gospels: The Story of the Jewish Christ, by Jewish scholar Daniel Boyarin, helps us to better understand the New Testament's development regarding the Jewish food laws. Under apostolic authority, Paul taught that Gentile Christians were not required to keep kosher as believers in Jesus. However, Jesus in his earthly ministry, kept kosher regarding the Jewish food laws.2025-12-14T14:11:57+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2025/03/21/notes-on-leviticus-by-michael-heiser-part-one/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/leviticus.jpegLeviticusOn the late Michael Heiser's Naked Bible Podcast, this Old Testament scholar brings out important highlights, accessible to everyday Christians, who want to have a better grasp on Leviticus, one of the least studied, least understood, and least read books in the Old Testament.2025-12-14T14:11:32+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2025/12/13/did-kirk-cameron-just-deny-the-doctrine-of-hell/2025-12-27T03:09:02+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2025/11/28/was-winston-churchill-a-warmonger-and-other-lunacy-in-the-new-media/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/pattonsgrave.jpgPattonsGraveGeorge S. Patton's grave at the Luxembourg American Cemetery. My photo taken in October, 2025.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/luxembourgcemetery.jpgLuxembourgCemeteryWalking along the many rows in the Luxembourg American Cemetery was an incredibly sobering experience, realizing just how many American soldiers died for the cause of freedom and the defeat of the Nazi regime.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/churchillroberts.jpegChurchillRobertsChurchill: Walking With Destiny, by the highly respected British historian, Andrew Roberts, dispels the false narratives being propagated in some supposedly Christian circles in our day. Read Roberts' book to get the real truth about Winston Churchill.2025-12-06T14:38:26+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2025/10/31/zwingli-in-zurich-part-one-gods-armed-prophet/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/zwingligrossmpulpit.jpgZwingliGrossmPulpitThe pulpit from where Zwingli preached, as the main city church, the Grossmünster.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/basel-erasmus.jpgBasel-ErasmusDesiderius Erasmus, the humanist who gave the Western world the first authoritative Greek New Testament in the 16th century, remained a Roman Catholic his whole life. Erasmus believed that Zwingli's reforms had gone too radical, and broke his friendship with Zwingli. Nevertheless, when Erasmus died, he was buried in the city cathedral of Basel, Germany, a Protestant church, a remarkable gesture suggesting that Protestants and Roman Catholics are not as far apart as is commonly believed.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/zwingliclarkestatue.jpgScreenshotUnveiled in 1885, a statue of Zwingli stands in front of the Wasserkirche, or "Water Church," in Zurich. The Reformer has both a Bible and a sword in his hands.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/zwingli.jpegZwingliZwingli: God's Armed Prophet, by Bruce Gordon, is the most recent biography of the great Swiss Reformer of Zurich.2025-11-17T23:57:36+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2025/11/14/zwingli-in-zurich-part-two-a-parallel-to-charlie-kirk/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/charliekirk.jpegCharlieKirkCharlie Kirk, outspoken Christian and political activist, in his last moment before being shot by an assassin.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/zwingli2house.jpgScreenshotZwingli's house: The marker in English reads: "From this house he left on October 11, 1531 with the Zurich army to Kappel, where he died for his faith."https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/zwingli-fraumunster.jpgZwingli-FraumunsterA female abbey was founded in Zurich in 853. But in the early 16th century, preaching from Zwingli ended up dissolving abbey and the property became the Fraumünster Church.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/zwingliorgan.jpgZwingliOrganThe story goes that Zwingli removed the organ from the Grossmünster Church, taking music out of the church, only to eventually return the organ years later. Ironically, Zwingli was a rather accomplished musician himself, writing songs for private use, but who believed that medieval church practices had warped the use of singing in worship.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/zwinglistatueclose.jpgScreenshotZwingli's statue in Zurich, with the Grossmünster Church where he preached, in the background, towering above on the right. 2025-11-14T14:20:40+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2025/09/26/what-about-those-lost-scriptures-that-never-made-it-into-the-new-testament/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/lostscriptures.jpegVersion 1.0.0Lost Scriptures: Books that Did Not Make It into the New Testament, by University of North Carolina New Testament scholar Bart Ehrman, offers a complement to Gathercole's selection of New Testament apocryphal writings, including various letters, notably some associated with Gnostic Christianity.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/apocryphalgospels.jpegApocryphalGospelsThe Apocryphal Gospels, part of the Penguin Classic series, was written by Cambridge University (U.K) scholar Simon Gathercole. Gathercole translates a number of alternative gospel accounts from the early church era, that are not found in our New Testament.2026-02-15T02:06:18+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2018/12/06/why-keep-the-king-james-version-or-why-the-thees-and-thous-are-more-important-than-you-think/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/pronouns.pngPronouns2025-09-20T19:42:45+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2025/09/20/will-the-rapture-happen-on-september-23-24-2025/2025-11-02T12:35:02+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2025/09/12/the-1700th-anniversary-the-nicene-creed-by-jared-ortiz-and-daniel-a-keating-a-review/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/ortiz-keating.jpegVersion 1.0.0Nicene Creed: A Scriptural, Historical, and Theological Commentary, by Jared Ortiz and Daniel Keating, a great introduction into the most influential Christian creed, celebrating the 1700th anniversary of its first draft.2025-09-10T20:30:22+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2024/08/30/reviewing-bart-ehrmans-armageddon-part-one-why-is-the-book-of-revelation-so-violent/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/armageddon.jpegArmageddonArmageddon: What the Bible Really Says about the End, by Bart Ehrman.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/durer-beast-with-2horns-like-lamb.jpgdurer-beast-with-2horns-like-lambAlbrecht Dürer 1498 woodcut, "The Beast with Two Horns Like a Lamb", based on Revelation 13:11. Apocalyptic language in the Bible presents challenges to the evangelical lay person and scholar alike. Where is it found in the New Testament, and how are we to understand it? 2025-09-04T00:42:33+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2018/02/13/why-saint-augustine-changed-his-mind-about-the-millennium/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/john-of-patmos.pngJohn-of-PatmosJohn of Patmos, receiving the Revelation, by Gasparde Crayer. Saint Augustine pondered the meaning of John's vision.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/eschatology-kidsjpg.jpgeschatology-kidsJPGhttps://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/sackrome.jpgsackrome"The Course of Empire: The Destruction." Thomas Cole, 1836, showing the Sack of Rome in 410 A.D.2025-09-03T12:10:49+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2025/07/18/the-scopes-monkey-trial-one-hundred-years-ago/2025-08-31T13:29:10+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2025/08/29/no-creed-but-the-bible-a-visit-to-cane-ridge-kentucky/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/bartonstonememorial.jpgBartonStoneMemorialBarton Stone Memorial obelisk, marking Stone's grave at Cane Ridge, Kentucky. Though Stone died in 1844, his remains were interred at Cane Ridge in 1847.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/caneridgemuseum.jpgCaneRidgeMuseumAs the original Cane Ridge church was starting to fall in disrepair, an effort was made to preserve the wooden structure, by building another stone around it. If you can imagine that inside the stone building behind me, stands the preserved wooden church building safe from the elements, then that is what you would see if you visit Cane Ridge, Kentucky.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/caneridgemeeting.jpgCaneRidgeMeetingThe original Cane Ridge meeting house, the Presbyterian church which hosted the 1801 revival. This photo was taken sometime in the early 20th century.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/caneridgerevival.jpgScreenshotAn early 19th century camp meeting, a common feature of the Second Great Awakening in the United States. The famous Cane Ridge Revival probably looked something like this.2025-08-29T12:47:55+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2025/08/22/family-james-dobson-1936-2025/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/dobson.jpegDobson2025-08-25T13:46:30+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2025/08/15/did-god-kill-jesus-the-cross-of-christ-by-john-r-w-stott-a-review/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/stott-cross.jpegstott-crossJohn R. W. Stott's The Cross of Christ remains a classic defense of an evangelical view of the atoning work of Christ on the cross, offering a nuanced perspective on penal substitutionary atonement theory.2025-08-25T18:55:47+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2024/06/14/2-corinthians-521-the-heart-of-the-gospel-message-or-a-defense-of-pauls-apostolic-ministry/2025-07-23T12:10:36+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2025/08/01/bullies-and-saints-by-john-dickson-a-review/2025-08-03T14:22:06+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2025/07/15/expository-john-macarthur-1939-2025/2025-07-22T18:36:01+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2025/07/03/when-the-chosen-goes-over-the-top-jesus-and-the-forces-of-death-by-matthew-thiessen-a-review/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/thiessen-jesus-death.jpegThiessen-Jesus-DeathMatthew Thiessen, not to be confused with the Relient K musician, is a biblical scholar who wrote Jesus and the Forces of Death: The Gospel's Portrayal of Ritual Impurity Within First-Century Judaismhttps://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/thechosen-whotouchedme.pngTheChosen-WhoTouchedMeThe woman with the 12-year issue of blood touches the fringe of Jesus' garment, and Jesus knew the power had gone out from him, one of the most moving moments in Dallas Jenkins' film series, The Chosen.2025-06-30T15:56:52+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2025/06/19/augustine-on-infant-baptism/2025-08-16T03:04:55+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2024/07/19/a-jewish-paul-matthew-thiessen-makes-paul-weird-again/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/jewishpaul.jpegJewishPaulA Jewish Paul: The Messiah's Herald to the Gentiles. Matthew Thiessen makes Paul weird again.2025-06-15T01:35:27+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2025/06/13/__trashed-2/2025-06-13T01:16:30+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2025/05/30/are-christians-required-to-tithe-to-their-local-church-part-two/2025-05-30T13:22:52+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2025/05/16/are-christians-required-to-tithe-to-their-local-church-part-one/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/tithe-perspectives.jpegtithe-perspectivesPerspectives on Tithing: Four Views, edited by David A. Croteau, features four essays by Ken Hemphill & Bobby Eklund, David Croteau, Reggie Kidd, and Gary North, covering different views on tithing and interacting with many of the most relevant texts in Scripture.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/tithing.jpegtithingWhat does it mean to "tithe?" What is the difference between "tithes" and "offerings?"https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/tithing.jpgtithingDoes the practice of tithing belong to the Old Covenant, or is it relevant to the New Covenant as well? If so, what does "tithing" mean for Christians today?2025-05-16T21:21:54+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2021/11/13/still-time-to-care-moving-from-cure-to-care-for-those-with-unwanted-same-sex-attraction/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/potemkin.pngpotemkinGreg Johnson's Still Time to Care offers a history of how the "Ex-Gay" movement created a Potemkin Village for over 40 years, a great facade to look at, but not much really behind it.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/johnson.jpgjohnson2025-05-01T17:56:14+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2025/05/02/daws-the-early-story-of-the-navigators-a-review/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/daws.jpegDawsBetty Lee Skinner's Daws is an inspiring read, about the man who gave the evangelical world great tools for discipleship, like the Wheel Illustration, the Bridge Illustration, and Word Hand Illustration, and the Big Dipper. 2025-07-24T23:59:47+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2025/04/18/notes-on-leviticus-by-michael-heiser-part-three/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/lamb.jpglambWho is the Suffering Servant? Is it the Lamb of God, the unblemished sacrifice to take away the sins of the world?2025-04-20T12:19:11+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2025/04/17/cambridge-house-spring-public-lecture-next-wednesday-april-23rd-7pm/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/jimthomas.pngJimThomas2025-04-17T00:12:35+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2023/08/25/head-coverings-the-supernatural-sexual-modesty-view/2025-04-12T15:27:25+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2025/04/04/notes-on-leviticus-by-michael-heiser-part-two/2025-04-04T19:17:11+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2024/11/08/did-pilate-really-wash-his-hands-to-seal-jesus-fate/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/gospelnicodemus.jpgScreenshotA 9th or 10th century copy of the Gospel of Nicodemus, sometimes called the Acts of Pilate, in Latin.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/regensburg-stpeters.jpegRegensburg-StPetersSt. Peter's Cathedral, in Regensburg, Germany. Regensburg was one of the few Central European cities that escaped bombardment during World War II, thus preserving much of its medieval and ancient history. Though a delightful town popular among American tourists, it is a preserves the memory of a pogrom against Regensburg's Jewish population, just prior to the start of the Protestant Reformation, with a haunting image carved into the side of this church (too high to be seen easily from this photograph I took: October, 2022)https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/pilatejesus.jpegPilateJesusEcce Homo ("Behold the Man"), Antonio Ciseri's depiction of Pilate presenting a scourged Jesus to the people of Jerusalem (from Wikipedia)https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/bulliessaints-1.jpegBulliesSaintsBullies and Saints: An Honest Look at the Good and Evil of Christian History, by John Dickson, explores many of the good contributions of Christianity to the world, while also casting a light on a number of the more unsightly episodes of church history that as a Christian I would rather forget. Celebrating the goodness of the Gospel's impact on society while simultaneously acknowledging failures of the church along the way is vitally important, in a day when many in Western culture are skeptical about the value of organized Christianity.2025-03-08T17:14:47+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2025/02/25/rescheduled-evening-with-frank-turek-at-william-mary/2025-03-03T19:30:48+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2025/02/21/the-young-messiah-and-the-problem-with-old-testament-prophecies-about-jesus/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/youngmessiah.jpegYoungMessiahAnne Rice's novel about the childhood of Jesus, which was made into a movie about ten years ago, gives the viewer a good lesson about how biblical prophecy works in predicting the coming of the Messiah Jesus.2025-04-11T00:14:03+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2025/02/19/postponed-evening-with-frank-turek-at-william-mary/2025-02-19T12:56:15+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2025/02/17/esv-bible-translation-changes-in-2025/2025-04-10T18:07:05+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2025/02/11/frank-turek-at-william-mary-february-20-2025-7pm/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/frank_turek.jpgFrank_Turek2025-02-13T18:19:59+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2025/02/08/the-real-indiana-jones-kenneth-kitchen-1932-1925/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/kitchen-young.jpgScreenshotA young Kenneth A. Kitchen doing field work for his Egyptological studies.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/kitchen.jpegVersion 1.0.0Version 1.0.02025-11-15T03:51:03+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2025/02/07/what-is-the-baptism-for-the-dead-in-1-corinthians-1529/2025-02-08T22:13:25+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2025/01/24/simply-trinity-by-matthew-barrett-a-review/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/simplytrinity.jpegSimplyTrinitySimply Trinity: The Unmanipulated Father, Son, and Spirit. Baptist scholar Matthew Barrett wants to revive the classic doctrine of the Trinity, keeping the doctrine of God unmanipulated by contemporary social concerns.2025-08-16T04:02:59+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2025/01/12/responding-to-criticisms-of-wes-huff-on-the-joe-rogan-podcast/2025-01-24T14:33:30+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2025/01/07/joe-rogan-podcast-with-christian-apologist-wesley-huff-just-dropped/2025-01-16T00:07:03+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2024/12/30/2024-year-in-review/2025-01-09T00:13:48+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2024/12/29/living-faith-by-president-jimmy-carter-a-remembrance/2024-12-31T02:55:36+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2024/12/15/elisabeth-elliot-a-life-becoming-and-being-part-two/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/e_elliot.jpegE_ElliotElisabeth Elliot, in mid-life. Photo from Billy Graham Archives.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/leitch.jpgScreenshotAddison Leith and Elisabeth Elliot, along with Valerie Elliot, and Addison Leitch's daughter, Katherine Leitch.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/vaughn-elliot-2.jpegVaughn-Elliot-2Being Elisabeth Elliot, is the second volume of a two-book biography on the life of Elisabeth Elliot, by Ellen Vaughn. Ellen Vaughn, who serves on the board for International Cooperating Ministries, founded by mainly by Dois Rosser, along with Dick Woodward, also wrote the book Jesus Revolution, about the life of Greg Laurie, which became a popular movie in 20232024-12-27T02:29:56+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2024/12/07/elisabeth-elliot-a-life-becoming-and-being-part-one/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/jim-elisabeth-elliot.jpgJim-Elisabeth-Elliothttps://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/elisabeth-jim-elliot.jpegElisabeth-Jim-ElliotJim and Elisabeth Elliot had only been married to one another for a couple of years or so before Jim was murdered on the mission field.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/elisabethelliot-valeries.jpegElisabethElliot-ValeriesElisabeth Elliot teaching the Bible to the Waorani, with daughter Valerie playing with her dress. https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/elisabeth-elliot-and-wives.jpgElisabeth-Elliot-and-WivesThe wives and children who survived the deaths of the five missionaries in Ecuador, including Elisabeth Elliot and daughter Valerie.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/five-missionaries.pngFive-MissionariesThe five missionaries who died as martyrs in the Ecuadorian forests by Waorani men who feared them.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/becomingelisabethelliot.jpegVersion 1.0.0Version 1.0.02024-12-27T02:28:58+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2024/10/25/religion-of-the-apostles-by-stephen-de-young-a-multi-part-review-1-the-trinity/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/religion-of-the-apostles-de-young__92009.jpgreligion-of-the-apostles-de-young__92009The Religion of the Apostles, by Stephen De Young, shows how the beliefs and practices of the early church connect with the world of Second Temple Judaism, the historical context for Jesus of Nazareth and the New Testament.2024-12-24T17:35:12+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2024/12/24/how-a-new-testament-apocryphal-gospel-influences-what-many-know-about-christmas/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/donkey.jpgScreenshotWhere did Joseph and Mary get that donkey from? .... Spoiler alert: Not from the New Testament.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/apocryphalgospels.jpegApocryphalGospelsThe Apocryphal Gospels, a translation of about 40 Gospels by New Testament scholar Simon Gathercole, including the Protoevangelium of James, gathers together texts that have enjoyed various degrees of attention over the centuries, but that were never accepted into the New Testament canon, due to concerns about their authenticity. Part of the Penguin Classics series. You can find other collections like this, but Gathercole offers an approach sympathetic more towards historic orthodox Christianity.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/cave_bethlehem_nativity.jpegCave_Bethlehem_NativityBethlehem, West Bank, Palestine - July 23, 2013: People gather to pray and reflect at the Grotto of the Nativity, the birthplace of Jesus inside the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, Palestine.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/coronation_of_mary.jpgScreenshotI took this photo in 2018 of the "Coronation of Mary" at Santa Maria Maggiore, showing Jesus crowning Mary.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/santamariamaggiore.jpgScreenshotOne of many side chapels in Santa Maria Maggiore, a beautiful church in Rome, Italy, dedicated to the Virgin Mary, from our trip to Rome in 2018. Though a little difficult to see, a photo of the Triumphal Arch at the church shows Mary with a scarlet thread she used to sew into the curtain of the Jerusalem Temple, in the top left mosaic. A dove representing the Holy Spirit is above her head, showing the Annunciation as described in Luke 1:26-38.2024-12-28T23:13:42+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2018/12/23/when-did-joseph-and-mary-go-to-bethlehem-for-the-census/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/quirinius.pngQuiriniushttps://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/quirinius-census.jpgQuirinius-CensusJoseph and pregnant Mary at the census. But what if we got this picture wrong, and Joseph and Mary went to Bethlehem for the census, when Jesus was 10 years old? (credit: Chora Church, Istanbul/Shutterstock)2024-12-22T22:45:55+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2024/12/20/elisabeth-elliot-a-life-becoming-and-being-part-three/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/elisabeth-eliot-1.jpgelisabeth-eliot-1Elisabeth Elliot: Missionary, author, speaker, radio program host, and mentor to thousands.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/eliot_80s.jpegeliot_80sElisabeth Elliot in her 80's. An evangelical icon.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/lethadawsonscanzoni_2010_leisaacweaver600.jpgLethaDawsonScanzoni_2010_LeIsaacWeaver600Letha Dawson Scanzoni (1935-2024) partnered together as an author with Virginia Ramey Mollenkott to write a book Is the Homosexual Thy Neighbor?, which over subsequent editions, increasingly called for LGBTQ advocacy, as well as "biblical feminism," which today in its more conservative form is typically known as "evangelical egalitarianism."https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/virginia-ramey-mollenkott-ph-d.jpgvirginia-ramey-mollenkott-ph-dVirginia Ramey Mollenkott, a fellow high school classmate of Elisabeth Elliot's at Hampden DuBose Academy in Florida, was a fellow author who assisted Elisabeth Elliot with some her writing projects. Mollenkott would eventually become an outspoken LGBTQ advocate, calling for changes to sexual ethics among evangelical Christians. Elisabeth Elliot became an outspoken critic of her high school friend's views.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/elisabeth-lars.jpgElisabeth-LarsElisabeth Elliot and Lars Gren were married in 1975, and remained married until her death 2015. Lars Gren was diagnosed with dementia about a year later, and currently lives in a memory unit in a retirement facility. https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/austen-elliot.jpegAusten-ElliotLucy Austen's Elisabeth Elliot: A Life, a one-volume biography of Elisabeth Elliot's life, with some surprises towards the end about her third marriage to Lars Gren.2025-10-25T02:25:14+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2024/11/27/religion-of-the-apostles-by-stephen-de-young-a-multi-part-review-4-concluding-topics-the-lost-tribes-law-sacraments-elders/2024-11-25T23:53:42+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2024/11/20/religion-of-the-apostles-by-stephen-de-young-a-multi-part-review-3-the-atonement/2025-06-14T18:42:55+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2024/11/16/claude-marshall-the-gentle-heart-of-a-pastor/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/claudemarshall.jpgScreenshotScreenshot2024-11-17T21:50:27+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2024/02/20/reversing-hermon-by-michael-heiser-a-review/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/reversinghermon.jpgReversingHermonReversing Hermon: : Enoch, the Watchers, and the Forgotten Mission of Jesus Christ, by Dr. Michael S. Heiser, continues with the ideas first outline in his groundbreaking The Unseen Realm. I recommend reading Reversing Hermon, but I also recommend reading The Unseen Realm before this.2026-02-26T18:06:44+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2024/10/31/tribute-to-dick-terman-sep-8-1929-oct-31-2024/2024-11-04T16:48:05+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2024/11/01/religion-of-the-apostles-by-stephen-de-young-a-multi-part-review-2-the-divine-council/2024-11-01T02:17:03+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2024/10/07/october-7th-jerusalem-and-biblical-prophecy-revisited/2024-10-07T14:10:05+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2024/10/04/a-trip-to-the-museum-of-the-bible/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/gospelofmary.jpgScreenshotThe Gospel of Mary.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/wickedbible.jpgWickedBibleThe Wicked Biblehttps://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/killer-bible.jpgKiller-BibleThe Killer Bible.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/she-he-bible.jpgScreenshotScreenshot2024-10-01T13:34:25+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2024/09/11/telling-the-truth-about-same-sex-attraction-marriage-and-one-another/2025-04-10T18:45:45+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2024/09/20/reviewing-bart-ehrmans-armageddon-part-two-why-is-revelation-so-difficult-to-understand/2024-09-22T13:24:22+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2019/03/05/should-women-serve-as-elders-deacons-or-pastors/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/woman.jpgwoman2024-11-12T14:40:29+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2024/08/17/moses-is-dead-by-travis-simone-a-review/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/mosesisdead.jpgScreenshotPastor Travis Simone, leading a book club discussion for his recent D.Min. dissertation entitled Moses Is Dead: Strategies for Pastoral Transition2024-08-26T12:27:39+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2024/08/02/the-incomparable-god-by-brent-strawn-making-sense-of-elisha-and-the-she-bears/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/apostle_john_and_marcion_of_sinope_from_jpm_library_ms_748_11th_c.jpgApostle_John_and_Marcion_of_Sinope,_from_JPM_LIbrary_MS_748,_11th_cApostle John (left) and (according to Eisler) Marcion of Sinope (right), from Morgan Library MS 748, 11th century. Marcion's face was rubbed out and later point in time, due to his status as an arch-heretic.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/strawnincomparable.jpegStrawnIncomparable2025-08-07T19:33:49+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2022/03/25/did-paul-really-write-ephesians-and-colossians-and-why-women-should-care/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/disputedpaul.pngDisputedPaulOf the "disputed" letters of Paul, 2 Thessalonians and 2 Timothy makes no significant contribution to male/female relations, but 1 Timothy, Titus, Ephesians, and Colossians do. This blog post focuses on this issue as it pertains to Ephesians and Colossians.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/paulfosterephesianscolossians.pngPaulFosterEphesiansColossiansUK New Testament scholar Paul Foster took an informal survey at the "British New Testament Conference on Pauline Authorship" in 2011, of roughly 100 scholars, regarding which letters of the New Testament were written by the Apostle Paul. Hebrews is the "loner" here, as there is no claim in it that Paul wrote it. 1 & 2 Timothy and Titus have the least amount of confidence, but Ephesians and Colossians are next in terms of low confidence that Paul wrote them. This survey excludes American and other scholars.2024-07-28T12:19:35+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2024/07/26/a-jewish-paul-matthew-thiessens-case-for-pauls-pneumatic-gene-therapy/2024-07-26T11:38:36+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2019/02/03/elisha-she-bears-and-the-cursing-of-children/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/elisah-curses-boys.gifElisah-Curses-BoysThis is up there in near the top of "Weird Stories of the Bible," when Elisha curses a group of young boys, who taunt him. But does this image really correspond to the message that Scriptural writer is meaning to convey?2024-07-12T01:39:52+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2024/07/05/jesus-contradicted-by-michael-licona-a-review/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/jesuscontradicted.jpegJesusContradictedJesus, Contradicted: Why The Gospels Tell The Same Story Differently, by Michael Licona, offers a more evidenced-based approach to handling differences in the Gospels, without resorting to tortured harmonization efforts.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/signingchicago.pngSigningChicagoSigning the Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancyhttps://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/licona.jpgliconaMike Licona2025-08-11T17:46:58+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2024/06/28/the-anxious-generation-by-jonathan-haidt-a-review/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/anxious.jpegAnxiousThe Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness, by Jonathan Haidt2024-06-29T01:08:57+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2024/05/03/backtracking-on-the-moral-vision-of-the-new-testament/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/rbh-final.jpgrbh-finalRichard B. Hays. One of the top New Testament scholars on the planet. Has he changed his mind on what the Bible teaches about human sexuality??https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/hays-moral-1.jpegVersion 1.0.0Version 1.0.02024-08-19T01:50:32+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2023/11/10/forgery-and-counterforgery-by-bart-ehrman-a-multi-part-review/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/forgery.jpegforgeryDo we have forgeries in our New Testament? Veracity investigates the claims found in Bart Ehrman's Forgery and Counterforgery: The Use of Literary Deceit in Early Christian Polemics.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/forgerycounterforgery.jpegForgeryCounterforgeryBart Ehrman's Forgery and Counterforgery: The Use of Literary Deceit in Early Christian Polemics argues that up to 70% of the New Testament writers are actually forged documents. How well do the claims of Bart Ehrman stand up to scrutiny?2024-06-06T17:28:38+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2024/06/07/the-new-perspective-on-paul-by-kent-l-yinger-whats-the-fuss-all-about/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/npp_yineger.jpegNPP_YinegerThe New Perspective on Paul: An Introduction, by Kent L. Yinger. A great introduction to an often contentious and vitally important debate.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/john-piper-advice.pngJohn-Piper-adviceJohn Piper, America's supreme defender of the doctrine of the imputation of the righteousness of Christ to the believer..... taking aim at the "NPP"https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/ntwright-bookshelves.jpegNTWright-BookshelvesN.T. Wright and his array of bookshelves, loose papers, and tilted lampshades. My wife would not approve of Wright's untidy library.2024-07-18T21:53:40+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2020/04/09/was-the-coronavirus-bio-engineered-in-a-chinese-lab/2024-06-04T18:05:19+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2024/05/24/christmas-in-europe-napoleons-waterloo/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/waterloo-wellington.jpgWaterloo-WellingtonA battlefield map, at the top of the Lion's Mound at Waterloo, showing the field positions of Napoleon's army approaching from the south, and Wellingtons' army holding fast from an ares just below the Mound, where I was standing.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/waterloo-moonrise.jpgWaterloo-MoonriseA full moon-rise over the Lion's Mound, at the Waterloo battlefield.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/waterloo-battlefield.jpgWaterloo-BattlefieldOverlooking the Waterloo battlefield towards the southwest, from the top of the Lion's Mound.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/waterloo-lionsmound.jpgWaterloo-LionsMoundThe Lion's Mound at Waterloo, a constructed hill that allows the visitor to gaze upon the battlefield where Napoleon's career as a military leader met its end.2024-05-20T23:17:26+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2024/05/17/christmas-in-europe-simon-gathercole-in-cambridge/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/simongathercole.jpgSimonGathercoleSimon J. Gathercole. United Kingdom New Testament scholar, Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity, and Director of Studies at Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/edenchurch.jpgEdenChurchEden Church, a Baptist church in Cambridge, England.2024-05-18T14:15:49+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2023/08/11/head-coverings-the-quotation-refutation-view/2024-04-27T22:20:50+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2024/04/27/christmas-in-europe-ridley-hall-and-tyndale-house-in-cambridge/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/tyndalehouse2.jpgTyndaleHouse2The Tyndale House, in Cambridge, England.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/tyndalehouse1.jpgTyndaleHouse1The Tyndale House, in Cambridge, England.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/ridleyhall.jpgRidleyHallRidley Hall, a theological college at Cambridge, England, hosts a number of well-known evangelical scholars.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/queenscollege.jpgQueensCollegeThe Mathematical Bridge crossing the Cam River, behind Queens College in Cambridge, England.2024-04-27T03:53:00+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2024/04/19/christmas-in-europe-ypres-and-dunkirk/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/dunkirk.jpgDunkirkThe beaches of Dunkirk, France. Thousands of British, and eventually French troops waited to be evacuated across the English Channel, as they faced a superior German fighting force, in 1940, in the early years of WW2.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/clothhall.jpegClothHallCloth Hall Tower, Ypres, [ca. 1918] Photographer Unknown Canadian Expeditionary Force albums Black and white print Reference Code: C 224-0-0-9-1 Archives of Ontario, I0004760https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/ypres.jpgYpresClarke with friends Andrew and Shannon, in front of Cloth Hall, in Ypres, Belgium, which was restored after WWI. A fantastic museum in the Cloth Hall chronicles the story of the Western front in WWI, and the town of Ypres was right on the front lines of the action.2025-11-19T23:27:25+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2024/04/08/eclipse-in-indiana/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/evansvilleeclipse.jpgEvansvilleEclipse2024-04-08T23:46:27+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2024/04/05/cambridge-house-at-william-mary-public-lecture-images-of-the-divine-in-c-s-lewis-april-12-7pm/2024-04-26T18:41:06+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2024/03/30/how-god-becomes-real-by-tanya-luhrmann-a-review/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/lurhmann.jpegLurhmannTanya Lurhmann, anthropologist and author.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/tmlurhmann-book.jpgTMLurhmann-BookTanya Luhrmann explores "How God Becomes Real," a fascinating look at how believers experience God, from the perspective of a secular anthropologist.2024-03-29T00:30:06+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2024/03/23/how-many-donkeys-did-jesus-ride-on-palm-sunday/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/palm-sunday.jpgpalm-sundayHow many donkeys did Jesus ride into Jerusalem? Perhaps much of the answer to this comes down to how well we understand what each Gospel writer was purposely trying to do.2024-03-24T18:36:41+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2024/03/15/forgery-and-counterforgery-what-if-ehrman-is-right-but-why-he-is-wrong-instead/2024-03-14T21:56:54+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2024/03/01/responding-to-satans-guide-to-the-bible/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/ahriman.jpgScreenshotIn Persian Zoroastrian mythology, Ahura Mazda (the good diety) was locked in combat with Ahriman (the evil deity). Many scholars suggest that the New Testament concept of "Satan" was "borrowed" from this Persian mythology when the Jews were sent off to Babylon after the destruction of Jerusalem and its first Temple. The Persians, who conquered Babylon, allowed the Jews to return to Jerusalem, taking incipient ideas about "Satan" with them. However, a better answer to this is to say that the Jewish encounter with Persian religion served as the opportunity for the Jews to search their own Scriptures, for the source of divine rebellion from the one True God: Yahweh.2024-03-18T17:19:47+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2017/05/11/the-quest-for-the-historical-saint-francis/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/bssm.jpgbssmFranco Zefferilli's 1972 classic film, Brother Sun, Sister Moon, created an exalted portrait of St. Francis of Assisi. Yet Zeffirelli is most known for Jesus of Nazareth.2024-02-23T13:38:19+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2024/02/10/why-history-matters-that-tucker-carlson-putin-interview/2025-09-04T12:40:38+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2013/02/10/constantine-the-great/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/constantine.jpgconstantineConstantine the Great, founder of "Christendom."2024-02-09T21:50:50+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2024/02/09/christmas-in-europe-a-tour-of-cambridge-england/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/emmanuelcollege.jpgEmmanuelCollegeEmmanuel College, in Cambridge, England. The school was founded by Puritans, with one of its pupils being Thomas Harvard, who would later travel to New England and establish the first English-speaking college in the Americas, which still bears his name.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/cavendishlab.jpgCavendishLabEntrance to the Cavendish Laboratory, one of premier physics labs in the world.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/stjohnchapel.jpgStJohnChapelSt. John's Chapel at St. John's College, in Cambridge, England.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/stjohnscambridge.jpgStJohnsCambridgeThe courtyard of St. John's College in Cambridge, England. Several Christian leaders in the early 19th century attended college at St. John, including William Wilberforce.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/cam-bridge.jpgCam-BridgeVisitors to Cambridge often will go "punting" along the River Cam to view colleges that dot its shoreline. However, the river was running quite high while we were in Cambridge, and the cold weather discouraged us from any "punting" experience.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/round_church.jpgRound_ChurchWilliam and Mary Cambridge House director, Jon Thompson, in front of the Round Church, now a Christian Study Center, in Cambridge, England.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/jon_and_clarke.jpgJon_and_ClarkeJon Thompson, director of the Cambridge House, at the College of William and Mary, took me on tour of the namesake for the Cambridge House, the university town of Cambridge, England, in January, 2024.2024-02-08T00:05:04+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2022/12/31/2022-year-in-review-a-trip-to-europe-books-and-concerns-for-the-church/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/brianmclaren_whatisprogressivechristianitystories.jpegBrianMcLaren_WhatIsProgressiveChristianityStoriesRetired pastor and author Brian McLaren identifies with being a "progressive Christian," but just barely. McLaren was once one of most influential leaders in American Evangelicalism nearly 20 years ago. Times have changed.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/20221010_110109.jpg20221010_110109Iconic view of Prague Castle, in the Czech Republic, on a beautiful October day. The highlight for me in 2022!!https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/20221204_165710.jpg20221204_165710Me with my longtime friend, Thomas Coyner: 1963-20222024-04-17T23:27:11+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2024/01/27/christmas-in-europe-bruges-and-ghent-belgium/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/ghentaltarpiece.jpgGhentAltarPieceThe Mystic Adoration of the Lamb, in Saint Bavo's Cathedral, in Ghent, Belgium. Stolen by the Nazis and recovered by "the Monuments Men."https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/saintsalvatorbruges.jpgSaintSalvatorBrugesInterior of Saint Salvator Cathedral in Bruges, Belgium. The church was greatly expanded after a roof collapse in the 19th century. Yet aside from that, Saint Salvator's Cathedral largely escaped the destruction inflicted by the devastating wars of the 20th century.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/brugeschristmas.jpgBrugesChristmasChristmas markets in the central city square of Bruges, Belgium, around dusk. Belfort bell tower in the background.2024-01-26T03:39:59+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2023/06/16/a-chapel-institute-conversation-is-there-such-a-thing-as-heresy-anymore-video/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/bauer2.pngBauer2https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/bauer1.pngBauer12024-01-21T21:26:00+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2023/03/05/a-chapel-institute-conversation-on-progressive-christianity-veracity-video-special/2024-01-21T21:20:09+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2024/01/19/forgery-and-counterforgery-allonymity-as-benign-pseudepigraphy/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/hagnernt.jpegHagnerNTDonald Hagner's The New Testament: A Historical and Theological Introduction is a survey by a veteran evangelical scholar, which addresses many of the concerns raised by Bart Ehrman about the possible existence of forgeries in our New Testament. A highly recommended treatment of the issues which does not shy away from historical criticism.2024-01-19T02:05:58+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2023/12/29/2023-in-review-and-book-of-the-year-andrew-wilsons-remaking-the-world/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/remakingtheworld-1.jpegRemakingTheWorld2023 Book of the Year: Andrew Wilson's Remaking the World: How 1776 Created the Post-Christian West.2024-06-27T20:12:47+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2023/12/24/the-huron-carol/2023-12-21T00:59:12+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2023/12/21/the-cessationist-movie-an-open-yet-cautious-reaction/2023-12-20T01:33:31+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2023/12/08/forgery-and-counterforgery-what-about-the-pastoral-letters/2024-11-14T21:48:17+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2021/04/19/finding-the-right-hills-to-die-on-gavin-ortlunds-case-for-theological-triage/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/ortlund.pngOrtlundHow do you figure out how to diagnose theological controversy? Author Gavin Ortlund helps us to figure this out.2023-12-01T02:41:19+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2023/08/18/head-coverings-the-interpolation-view/2023-11-25T20:32:01+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2023/11/24/forgery-and-counterforgery-do-forgeries-exist-in-our-new-testament/2023-11-23T16:40:26+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2023/05/05/men-and-women-in-christ-by-andrew-bartlett-an-extended-review/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/bartlettbook.jpegBartlettBook2023-11-09T03:38:07+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2023/10/20/andrew-bartlett-responds-to-my-review-of-his-men-and-women-in-christ/2023-11-26T14:14:16+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2023/10/31/a-last-word-from-andrew-bartlett/2024-03-03T21:35:51+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2023/10/05/what-andy-stanley-gets-right-and-wrong-about-the-lgbtq-conversation/2024-02-18T03:23:43+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2023/09/29/the-myth-of-the-myth-of-christian-persecution-wolfram-kinzig-on-early-christian-martyrdom/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/stpeters.jpgSt. Peter's Square, Vatican City. Behind me stands the obelisk, marking the spot of formerly of the Circus of Nero, the first known location of persecution against Christians by a Roman emperor, Nero, in the 60's C.E.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/paul_outside_the_walls.jpgPaul_Outside_the_WallsA visit to Saint Paul's Church Outside the Walls allows visitors to see grave where Paul was buried, and the reported chains that he wore at his death.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/kinzig.jpegKinzigWolfram Kinzig's Christian Persecution in Antiquity sets the record straight on the story about Christian persecution in the Roman Empirehttps://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/20180926_185225.jpg20180926_185225The Colosseum of Rome. My wife and I learned that contrary to popular belief, Christians were not "fed to the lions" because of their faith here. Instead, the story is more complicated.2025-05-19T14:55:33+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2018/05/08/pauls-early-visits-to-jerusalem-does-acts-conflict-with-galatians/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/actsgal3.pngActsGal3https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/actsgal2.pngActsGal2https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/actsgal1.pngActsGal1https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/actsgal0.pngActsGal02024-08-08T01:25:34+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2023/09/15/head-coverings-applying-1-corinthians-112-16-today/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/romanmenheadcovering.pngRomanMenHeadCoveringRoman emperor Augustus took himself the status of pontifex Maximus, the chief high priest of the College of Pontiffs in Rome. Note that as pagan man, he used a cloth head covering, part of his worn garment, wrapped over his head, as part of his religious devotion.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/shapiro.jpegShapiroOrthodox Jewish conservative news commentator, Ben Shapiro, is known within the public eye for his wearing a traditional head covering, the yarmulke. The yarmulke is the modern day descendant of the Old Testament turban, worn by some Jewish men.2024-02-22T00:54:52+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2023/09/04/summer-wrap-up-2023/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/southarapaho.jpgSouthArapaho2023-09-06T11:21:31+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2019/11/19/do-we-still-have-apostles-today-in-the-church/2023-08-30T00:43:00+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2023/08/04/head-coverings-the-hairstyle-view/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/hairdoneup.jpeghairdoneupAn example of a woman's hair being "done up" consistent with the Hairstyle view of 1 Corinthians 11:2-16https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/long-hair-women.jpeglong-hair-womenCan a "woman" be a "one-woman man?"2023-08-04T03:21:24+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2023/07/21/head-coverings-the-symbol-of-protection-view/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/engagementring.jpgEngagementRingAn engagement or wedding ring, in much of Western culture, is symbolic in communicating that a woman is "taken," and is no longer "available." In first century Greco-Roman culture, we have evidence to indicate that the veil or head covering served a similar purpose for women. Particularly, it was useful as a means of communicating a necessary boundary to men in a highly patriarchal society, where sexual abuse perpetuated by the highest ranking male in a household (the Roman pater familias order of household relations) was common.2023-07-23T12:34:58+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2023/07/14/lies-my-preacher-told-me-by-brent-strawn-a-shorter-review/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/bstrawn.jpegBStrawnBrent Strawn, Old Testament scholar, Duke Divinity Schoolhttps://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/strawn-book.jpegStrawn-Book2023-07-15T13:28:18+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2023/07/07/why-red-letter-christianity-short-changes-the-full-story-of-the-gospel/2023-08-04T16:32:33+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2023/06/24/head-coverings-the-hyper-conservative-view/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/johnmacarthur.jpgJohnMacArthurSouthern California pastor, John MacArthur, a popular BIble teacher who excels in expository preaching, takes an unusually conservative interpretation of 1 Corinthians 11:2-16, which even many Traditionalists have a hard time accepting.2023-06-23T23:21:11+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2017/11/30/your-mortgage-the-reformation-and-the-spirit-of-capitalism/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/house-on-money.jpghouse-on-moneyShould a Christian banker only offer a fellow Christian an interest-free loan to obtain a house mortgage? The Book of Leviticus raises some questions about this.2023-06-19T11:55:39+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2021/03/14/women-should-keep-silent-in-church-a-corinthian-conundrum-considered/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/silence.jpgsilenceWomen2025-03-10T03:42:05+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2023/06/10/head-coverings-the-traditional-view/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/catholicmass1968.jpgCatholicMass1968A Catholic mass in 1968. Note that only the ladies have their heads covered. (Photo: Mrjgardiner/CC BY-SA 4.0)https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/headcoveringamish.jpgHeadCoveringAmishAmish women at the beach in 2006, heads dutifully covered. (Photo: Pasteur/CC BY-SA 3.0)2023-06-09T22:16:59+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2023/06/02/what-about-head-coverings-in-1-corinthians11-the-new-testaments-weirdest-passage/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/headcoverings.jpegHeadCoveringsEverything about head coverings in 1 Corinthians 11 (well, maybe not "everything," but we try to hit the highlights here at Veracity)2023-06-12T12:49:28+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2023/05/28/for-your-summer-listening-pleasure-in-2023/2023-06-26T15:31:57+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2018/09/08/authorized-the-use-and-misuse-of-the-king-james-bible-a-review/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/parallelkjv.pngParallelKJVMy old, trusty parallel Bible I got to help me navigate through the sermons in a "King-James-Only"-ish church. Please do not tell those folks I still have this contraband Bible!!https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/authorized.jpgAuthorized2024-12-26T19:25:01+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2022/07/15/heaven-and-hell-by-bart-ehrman-an-extended-review/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/wbauerlowres.jpegWBauerLowResWalter Bauer, an early 20th century German Bible scholar, argued that the early period of Christianity was compromised of conflicting movements and groups. What we know of as "orthodox" Christianity was the "winner" in the fight to determine what Christians should think and believe.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/heavenhellehrman.jpegHeavenHellEhrmanhttps://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/old-new-testaments.gifold-new-testamentsHow do the prophecies of the ancient Hebrew Scriptures relate to the Christian New Testament?https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/resurrection-ricci.jpgresurrection-ricciSebastiano Ricci's (1659-1734) depiction of the Resurrection. The Gospel of Matthew celebrates the hope that the Resurrection of Jesus is the first of many, for all of those who place their trust in Christ. This is Good News!!2023-05-23T20:52:42+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2023/05/19/r-i-p-tim-keller/2023-11-02T00:34:44+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2023/05/20/sicily-from-the-greek-classical-world-to-christendom/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/etna.jpgEtnahttps://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/cathedralsyracuse.jpgCathedralSyracuseCathedral of Syracuse, on the island of Ortigia.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/valleyofthetemples2.jpegValleyOfTheTemples2Temple of Concordia. Valley of the Temples. Agrigento, Sicily, Italy.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/valleyofthetemples1.jpegValleyOfTheTemples1Temple of the Dioscuri. Valley of the Temples Archaeological Park. Agrigento, Sicily, Italy.2023-05-19T18:37:08+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2023/05/05/r-i-p-professor-david-l-holmes/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/holmes.jpegHolmesDavid L. Holmes study of The Faith of the Founding Fathers is an excellent survey of the theological attitudes of America's colonial era leaders.2023-05-08T13:04:27+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2021/11/26/did-the-apostle-peter-really-write-2-peter/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/schweitzer.jpgschweitzerAlbert Schweitzer, the famed early 20th century biblical scholar turned medical missionary to Africa, proposed the idea that Jesus was a failed apocalyptic prophet, who predicted the coming end of the world that did not come within the 1st century C.E. Despite this conclusion, Schweitzer continued to consider himself a Christian, and lived out that last half of his life seeking to follow the ethics of Jesus.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/apocalypse_of_peter.jpgApocalypse_of_PeterThe Apocalypse of Peter has been dated back to the 2nd century C.E. Like the Gospel of Peter, it was rejected as apocryphal by the early church, and therefore inappropriate to place into the New Testament. It claims to have been written by Peter himself. Scholars universally recognize this as a classic example of pseudepigrapha. This fragment was discovered in Egypt (credit: Wikipedia)https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/das_fragment_von_akhmim_in_griechisch.jpgDas_Fragment_von_Akhmim_in_GriechischA fragment of the Gospel of Peter found at Akhmim, in 1886. This copy has been dated to about the 8th or 9th century, C.E. The Gospel of Peter was rejected as being apocryphal by the early church, and therefore not appropriate for inclusion in the New Testament. It is most known for a reference to a "talking cross," following the resurrection of Jesus.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/papyrus_bodmer_viii.jpgPapyrus_Bodmer_VIIIThis document, Papyrus Bodmer VIII, is considered to be the oldest copy of 2 Peter we possess. It is dated to the 3rd or 4th century.2026-01-26T02:08:23+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2023/04/18/remembering-waco-30-years-later-why-the-tragedy-of-david-koresh-could-have-been-avoided/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/david_koresh.jpegDavid_koreshDavid Koresh: The "sinful messiah" to announce the message of the Branch Davidians.2023-11-15T01:01:14+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2023/04/08/is-the-apostle-paul-being-anti-semitic-in-1-thessalonians/2026-03-03T01:21:34+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2023/04/03/cambridge-house-public-lecture-flannery-oconnor-and-the-christ-haunted-south/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/flannery-oconner-april2023.jpegFlannery-OConner-April20232023-04-01T15:24:08+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2023/03/31/milestone-one-thousand-1000-veracity-blog-posts/2023-04-06T10:40:41+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2022/06/17/were-adam-and-eve-vegetarians/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/dinosaur-eat.jpegdinosaur-eat2023-03-16T23:49:47+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2023/03/17/embracing-complementarianism-a-review/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/embracingcomp.jpegembracingcomp2023-03-16T23:07:06+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2019/08/17/on-baptism-why-i-want-to-worship-at-an-interdenominational-church/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/conscience.jpgConscienceConscience: What It Is, How To Train It, and Loving Those Who Differ, by Andy Naselli & J.D. Crowley, is a great book that I am currently reading, to work through difficult questions, like the "proper" understanding of baptism.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/jordanbaptism.jpgjordanbaptismThe popular baptismal site at Yardenit, along the Jordan River, where I was baptized as an adult in 1994 (credit: Maranatha Tours)2023-03-04T13:54:31+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2022/08/19/on-david-bentley-harts-tradition-and-apocalypse-an-overview-of-the-dispute/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/hart-tradition-apocalypse.jpegHart-Tradition-Apocalypse2026-01-29T01:57:46+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2023/02/21/scholarship-dr-michael-heiser-rip/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/michaelheiserphd.jpgMichaelHeiserPhd2023-03-09T13:54:09+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2021/09/25/the-unseen-realm-rediscovering-the-supernatural-world-with-michael-heiser/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/supernatural_heiser.jpgsupernatural_heiserMichael Heiser's Supernatural is a "beginner's guide" to Heiser's thesis about the supernatural worldview of the Bible, the less academic version of his groundbreaking The Unseen Realm.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/unseenrealm.jpgunseenrealmMichael Heiser's Unseen Realm: Recovering the Supernatural Worldview of the Bible, will revolutionize the way you read Scripture, making sense out of many puzzling passages, and refuting materialistic skepticism that rejects the Bible.2025-04-26T04:30:14+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2023/02/10/culture-clash-christian-secular-and-soviet-influences-in-eastern-europe/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/20221008_184844.jpg20221008_184844Nothing beats the look of Budapest and the Danube at night.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/20221008_210112.jpg20221008_210112Full moon, on the Danube, in Budapest.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/20221008_185015.jpg20221008_185015Evening in Budapest, highlighting the hill where the Soviet's erected the "Liberty Statue." Many locals in Budapest refer to it as the world's largest bottle opener.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/20221008_164126.jpg20221008_164126Overlooking the Danube, from Buda Castle, in Budapest. The famous parliament building stands at the center.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/20221012_101200.jpg20221012_101200The Lennon Wall, in Lessertown, in Prague, Czech Republic.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/20221008_111412.jpg20221008_111412Michael Jackson shrine in Budapest.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/20221011_155815.jpg20221011_155815The Prague Metronome took the place of the very unpopular Stalin monument.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/20221009_231814.jpg20221009_231814St. Vitus Cathedral, in Prague, Czech Republic, rises above the grand beauty of the Prague Castle at night, a testimony to the Christian era of the Middle Ages.2023-02-09T14:18:39+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2023/01/27/christendom-under-the-habsburgs-in-vienna/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/20221006_165344.jpg20221006_165344https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/20221006_164358.jpg20221006_164358https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/20221006_164309.jpg20221006_164309The rear view of Schönbrunn Palace, from the far side of the expansive gardens.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/20221006_112721.jpg20221006_112721Capistran Chancel, outside of St. Stephen's Cathedral, Vienna, Austria. A Franciscan friar under an extravagant sunburst, trampling on a beaten Turk, in response to the 1456 crusade. The Turks made numerous attacks against Vienna until 1683, when the Turks were finally repelled during the last great siege of Vienna.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/20221006_102140.jpg20221006_102140Part of the Swiss Wing of the sprawling Hofburg Palace estate. Vienna, Austria.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/20221005_212239.jpg20221005_212239Bust of Ferdinand II, a leading Habsburg and Holy Roman Emperor from 1619 to 1637, during the Thirty Years War. 2023-01-19T23:19:22+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2018/11/17/the-flat-footed-failure-of-flat-earth-christianity/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/flatearth.pngflatearthMany evangelical Bible scholars accept that the ancient Hebrews viewed the world a disk floating on the waters, supported by pillars. But does this mean that God's Word is teaching us today to believe in a "flat earth?".... Apparently some people think so. (credit: Logos Bible Software, the FaithLife Bible).2023-01-18T23:49:11+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2023/01/13/regensburg-the-16th-century-evangelicals-and-catholics-together-that-failed/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/20221003_132321-1.jpg20221003_132321Crossing over the Old Stone Bridge, looking towards the old city center of Regensburg. Hundreds of tourists, mainly from the Danube-Rhine cruise ship industry, were in town this day, and listened to this street musician crank up his battery-operated guitar outfit to play Led Zeppelin songs.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/20221003_092554-1.jpg20221003_092554Our tour group walking the streets of Regensburg, Germany. Remnants of the old Roman wall, dating back to the era of Marcus Aurelius, are embedded in various buildings throughout this old and beautiful city.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/20221003_112404.jpg20221003_112404Roughly translated, the wall painting which features Melanchthon and Eck on either side reads: ""in this house doctor phil melanchthon and doctor johann eck led their famous religious discourse during the imperial diet in 1541"https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/20221003_112458.jpg20221003_112458Behind the gate, behind me, is painting on the wall, marking the spot where the Roman Catholic and Protestant leaders tried to hammer out a peace solution between the two different theological camps.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/20221003_112931.jpg20221003_112931Haidplatz. In this building, off of this city square, the Diet of Regensburg was held in 1541. Today, Haidplatz is one of the locations where the popular Christmas Markets are held in Regensburg.2023-01-11T00:48:24+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2022/12/23/europes-grand-cathedrals-to-the-glory-of-god/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/20221013_221249.jpg20221013_221249Chiesa Del Varó O Della Visitazione. Taormina, Sicily.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/20221010_122022.jpg20221010_122022Interior of St. Vitus Cathedra, Prague, Czech Republic.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/20221008_114416.jpg20221008_114416Inner City Parish Church in Pest (Budapest, Hungary). During the Islamic period, this church was converted in a mosque, and then converted back to a church when the Turks were driven out of Hungary.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/20221006_121124.jpg20221006_121124St. Stephen's Cathedral, Vienna, Austria. Right-hand side nave.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/20221004_123644.jpg20221004_123644Largest church organ in the world, outside of the U.S. St. Stephen's Cathedra, Passau, Germany.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/20221004_113615.jpg20221004_113615St. Stephen's Cathedral, Passau, Germany. https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/20221003_115301.jpg20221003_115301Interior of St. Peter's Cathedral. Regensburg, Germany.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/20221003_105521.jpg20221003_105521St. Peter's Cathedral, Regensburg, Germany.2022-12-23T16:18:16+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2022/12/18/did-matthew-botch-christmas-or-how-world-cup-soccer-helps-to-better-understand-bible-prophecy/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/soccer-world-cup-penalty-kick.jpegsoccer-world-cup-penalty-kickWorld Cup 2022 Penalty Shootouts : a match of wits and skill.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/crotia-brazil-soccer-2022-worldcup.jpgCrotia-Brazil-Soccer-2022-WorldCupCroatia beats Brazil at 2022 World Cup, after dramatic penalty shootout. Do you think penalty shootouts have nothing to do with Bible prophecy?.... Think again.2023-01-21T04:52:24+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2022/12/16/where-did-we-get-our-holiday-traditions-from-christmas-easter-halloween-etc/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/christmasisnotpagan.jpgChristmasIsNotPaganhttps://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/how-mistletoe-became-an-icon-of-christmas.jpgHow-mistletoe-became-an-icon-of-ChristmasMistletoe. We are often told that the practice of kissing under the mistletoe has ancient, even pagan roots. Actually, the evidence for the practice is pretty murky, prior to Washington Irving's popularizing of the mistletoe story in the 19th century.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/stationssun.jpegstationssun2023-11-14T00:06:42+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2022/12/11/paul-the-pagans-apostle-by-paula-fredriksen-an-evangelical-review/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/fredriksenpaganapostle.jpegFredriksenPaganApostleEarly Christian historian Paula Fredriksen, though not a professing Christian, argues in her Paul: The Pagan's Apostle that Paul did not "convert" to Christianity. Rather, Paul saw Christianity as fulfilling the message of the Hebrew Scriptures, and that Paul remained within the fold of Judaism to very end of his ministry.2023-03-09T18:35:07+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2022/10/14/mere-christianity-by-c-s-lewis-reviewing-a-classic/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/mcgrath-lewis.pngmcgrath-lewisIn finishing up Alister McGrath's biography of C. S. Lewis - A Life, I am left with questions as to what constitutes a genuine Christian approach to apologetics.2022-12-09T14:42:12+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2022/10/28/oberammergau-the-passion-play/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/900px_oberammergau_play.jpeg900px_oberammergau_playThe Oberammergau production does not allow recordings or photographs during the performance, so I got this from their website.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/20221001_214729.jpg20221001_214729About 10:30 at night, the drama of the Passion Play comes to a close. The stage is left with the empty cross. https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/20221001_131617.jpg20221001_131617The Oberammergau stage prior to the beginning of the performance, around 2pm.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/20221001_104844.jpg20221001_104844Oberammergau is small town in Bavaria, Southern Germany, with a big name. Thousands come every ten years for the Passion Play.2022-11-18T23:08:57+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2022/11/25/dan-jones-powers-and-thrones-a-new-history-of-the-middle-ages/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/20221004_103113.jpg20221004_103113Veste Oberhaus, a castle overlooking the city of Passau, Germany, on the Danube River (photo credit: Clarke Morledge)https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/powersthrones.jpegPowersThrones2023-06-27T00:27:33+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2022/11/23/the-stain-of-antisemitism-in-christian-europe/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/20221010_111223.jpg20221010_111223Calvary Statue. Charles Bridge, Prague, Czech Republic. Original metal versions, 1657. Sandstone figures off to the sides, 1861. Bronze plaques added in 2000. https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/20221010_085845.jpg20221010_085845Entrance into the Jewish Quarter in Prague. Note the Jewish town hall clocks, where the top clock is displayed with Roman numerals and the bottom clock is displayed in Hebrew.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/20221003_102714.jpg20221003_102714Jewish gravestone placed underneath a toilet in a Regensburg, Germany home, after Jews were expelled from the city in the early 16th century.2023-10-27T14:33:15+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2022/11/11/defenestration-of-prague-the-thirty-years-war/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/20221010_110109.jpg20221010_110109My "postcard" photo of Prague Castle, looking across the river, with the famous Charles Bridge in front.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/defenestration2.jpegdefenestration2Depiction of the Defenestration of Prague that precipitated the start of the Thirty Years War.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/20221011_123123.jpg20221011_123123The Defenestration Window, at Prague Castle, where the Thirty Years War began.2022-11-10T17:31:28+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2022/10/31/pragues-jan-hus-the-reformation-before-luther/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/20221010_092643.jpg20221010_092643Several messages are displayed, but the one at the front is roughly translated: “You love the truth that everybody desires” https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/20221010_093250.jpg20221010_093250The monument stands as a symbol for resistance in the face of tyranny.... but it also stands for the principles of the Reformation, for the Scriptures that Jan Hus sought to teach the people.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/20221010_093146.jpg20221010_093146Jan Hus Memorial in the Old Town Square. Prague, Czech Republic.2022-10-31T14:24:29+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2022/09/30/divine-violence-and-the-character-of-god-by-claude-mariottini-a-review/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/dv-cover.jpegDV-Coverhttps://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/mariupol.jpegImage: UKRAINE-RUSSIA-CONFLICTAn aerial view taken on April 12, 2022, shows the city of Mariupol, during Russia's military invasion launched on Ukraine. - Russian troops on April 12 intensified their campaign to take the port city of Mariupol, part of an anticipated massive onslaught across eastern Ukraine, as the Russian president made a defiant case for the war on Russia's neighbour. (Photo by Andrey BORODULIN / AFP) (Photo by ANDREY BORODULIN/AFP via Getty Images)2023-08-21T16:06:31+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2022/09/16/what-the-church-can-learn-from-the-death-of-queen-elizabeth-ii/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/elizabeth1957.jpegelizabeth19572022-09-16T21:34:19+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2020/12/30/best-of-2020-books-a-few-excellent-blog-posts-videos-and-a-deepfake/2022-09-15T00:12:43+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2022/09/08/the-queen-of-england-has-died/2022-09-09T22:12:37+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2022/09/02/end-of-summer-2022-round-up/2023-04-13T20:40:06+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2022/06/03/a-complementarian-vision-kevin-deyoung-on-men-and-women-in-the-church/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/deyoung-mw.jpegDeYoung-MW2022-08-25T16:57:52+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2022/08/05/do-you-know-about-heavenly-mother/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/wmscog-1.pngWMSCOGtimelinehttps://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/zahnggil-jah.jpegZahngGil-JahZangh Gil-Jah. The Mother of God (according to the WMSCOG). Who knew???!!!!https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/ahn-sahng-hong.jpegAhn-Sahng-HongAhn-Sahng-Hong, founder of the World Mission Society Church of God.... and the return of Jesus incognito??2023-08-14T16:45:40+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2022/07/01/2022-english-bible-translations-update/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/niedergall.jpegNiedergall2023-01-10T20:58:23+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2022/02/12/what-is-historical-criticism-of-the-bible/2022-06-20T13:30:16+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2022/05/27/rediscovering-scriptures-vision-for-women-lucy-peppiatt-on-men-women-and-family/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/kroeger.jpegKroegerCatherine Clark Kroeger (1925-2011), a New Testament scholar at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, was perhaps the most influential scholar in the evangelical egalitarian movement of the last quarter of the 20th century. As founder of the Christians for Biblical Equality, Kroeger (and her husband Richard) wrote I Suffer Not a Woman, in 1992, a seminal work to advance evangelical egalitarianism. However, Lucy Peppiatt's 2019 Rediscovering Scripture's Vision for Women: Fresh Perspectives on Disputed Texts stands to replace Kroeger's influential text.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/leto-with-apollo-and-artemis.jpgLeto-with-Apollo-and-ArtemisLeto with her children, Apollo (center) and Artemis (down to the left). In Ephesian mythology, Leto gave birth first to Artemis, and then spent nine days in labor to deliver Artemis' twin brother, Apollo. What type of insight is gained from this to better inform how we read controversial passages in 1 Timothy? (Lazar Widmann, in Bohemia, 1699-1769. circa 1742 Sculpture Alabaster)https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/artemis_of_ephesians.jpegArtemis_of_EphesiansArtemis of Ephesus, 1st century C.E. (credit: Wikipedia)https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/christianmarriage.pngChristianMarriageHow does the debate between Christian complementarians and egalitarians help us to understand a vision of Christian marriage?https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/lpeppiatt.jpegLPeppiatt2022-05-27T21:59:53+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2022/05/13/rock-and-sand-an-eastern-orthodox-appraisal-of-the-protestant-reformation/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/rocksand.jpegrocksandFather Josiah Trenham shows how Eastern Orthodoxy and Protestant evangelicalism differ from one another, offering a look at what Protestants can learn from Eastern Orthodox Christianity.2024-09-16T22:14:38+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2022/04/30/is-historical-criticism-of-the-bible-a-good-thing-or-a-bad-thing/2022-04-29T02:06:09+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2022/04/27/why-i-trust-the-bible-bible-translator-bill-mounce-answers-real-questions-and-doubts/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/mounce.jpegMounce2022-04-26T02:00:02+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2022/04/15/zombie-apocalypse-on-good-friday/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/matthewzombies.jpegMatthewZombieshttps://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/zombies_nightofthelivingdead.jpgZombies_NightoftheLivingDeadA scene from George Romero's 1968 horror film, Night of the Living Dead. For some reason, I do not think that Matthew the Evangelist had this in mind regarding the risen dead that walked the streets of Jerusalem the night of the Crucifixion.2024-08-26T18:58:55+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2022/04/18/how-does-the-gospel-of-mark-really-end/2023-05-18T15:37:58+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2022/04/08/was-jesus-mistaken-about-abiathar-why-thoughtful-study-is-better-than-ad-hoc-harmonizations/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/abiathar.jpegabiatharDid Jesus mess up when referenced the Old Testament, or did He say what He did on purpose?(Credit: Christianity Today magazine.)2022-06-19T14:06:02+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2022/03/17/is-the-ukraine-crisis-revealing-russias-role-in-the-end-times/2023-03-13T20:14:42+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2022/04/01/why-wishful-thinking-can-make-us-blind-to-the-truth/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/war_in_ukraine.pngWar_in_Ukraine2022-04-01T20:44:46+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2012/10/19/the-new-mormonism-and-the-old/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/mormonorigins.jpgMormonOriginsGrant Palmer's book that researches problems in LDS history: Many Mormons are completely unaware of the checkered past of their own church.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/waltermartin.jpgwaltermartinWalter Martin. The American dean of Christian 20th century apologists, typically labeled as "Anti-Mormon" by the LDS.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/gary.jpggaryGary, the Mormon kid on South Park.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/stan.jpgstanStan, the Mormon kid, on South Park.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/williamlaw.jpgWilliamLawWilliam Law. Baptized as a Latter Day Saint in 1839. Second Counselor in First Presidency, 1841, under Joseph Smith. Excommunicated in 1844.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/josepthsmith.jpgJosepthSmithJoseph Smith, the Prophet of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/carthage.jpgcarthageJoseph Smith was attacked by a mob at the Carthage, Illinois jail in Jun, 1844. Smith defended himself by shooting several of his attackers, but he himself was shot out of a second story window, and fell to his death.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/firstvision.jpgfirstvisionJoseph Smith said this "First Vision" happened in a grove of tree with two divine personages, according to the official LDS narrative. However, historical scholarship in recent years has demonstrated about nine different recorded accounts of the "First Vision", each one with conflicting details.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/grantpalmer.jpggrantpalmerHistorian and former LDS educator, Grant Palmer. Palmer has been researching Mormon origins for over twenty-five years.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/happymormons.jpghappymormonsA happy LDS family.... a far cry from an era when people of color were not allowed to serve in LDS leadership.... and even farther cry from when polygamy was openly practiced by the main LDS body in the 19th century.2022-03-26T13:56:50+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2021/10/10/did-the-apostle-paul-condone-slavery/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/paulamongpeople.jpgPaulAmongPeopleSarah Ruden's Paul Among the People straightens out of misconceptions that both Christians and non-Christians have about the Apostle Paul, regarding such topics as homosexuality, the treatment of women, and in particular, slavery.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/birth-of-nation-1.jpgbirth-of-nation-1Nate Parker's 2016 film The Birth of a Nation tells the story of the Nat Turner slave rebellion of 1831, in Courtland, Virginia, a little over an hour drive from my home. The Nat Turner tragedy is a complicated story about American history, slavery, and bad Bible interpretation.We need to be honest and clear about what the Bible says and not says about slavery.2024-05-31T20:22:10+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2022/03/19/the-shift-from-science-to-women-why-21st-century-people-reject-biblical-authority-today/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/bultmann.jpegbultmannRudolf Bultmann, 1884-1976, was probably the most influential New Testament scholar of the 21st century. Bultmann considered himself as a churchman, yet he vigorously championed the "demythologizing" of the Bible as an apologetic for defending the Christian faith. Looking back on his apologetic program, it did not work.2022-03-19T13:07:57+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2022/03/11/a-history-of-the-bible-a-progressive-christian-view-of-scripture-and-why-it-does-not-work/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/bartonhistory.jpegBartonHistory2022-03-11T22:21:47+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2021/08/05/reviewing-the-making-of-biblical-womanhood-in-what-sense-does-gender-really-matter/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/timkeller.pngTimKellerTim Keller, former pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church, in New York City, and co-founder of the Gospel Coalition. Is Keller's version of complementarianism trying to "bring back the patriarchy. Beth Allison Barr says, "Yes."https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/margerykempe.pngMargeryKempeMargery Kempe (1373?-1438?), an English mystic, was probably the first woman in history to write an autobiography. Beth Allison Barr highlights Kempe's often neglected contribution to church history in The Making of Biblical Womanhood (credit: cover of Anthony Bale's Margery Kempe: A Mixed Life).https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/biblicalwomanhood.jpgBiblicalWomanhoodBeth Allison Barr's The Making of Biblical Womanhood strongly critiques abusive applications of complementarian theology, but she tends toward throwing out the baby with the bathwater in making her critique.2022-05-19T18:41:30+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2022/03/04/does-pauls-telling-of-history-contradict-lukes-story-in-acts/2022-05-20T21:43:26+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2022/02/25/where-did-historical-criticism-of-the-bible-come-from-part-two/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/threeskeptics.jpegThreeSkepticshttps://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/spinoza-forged-hell.jpegSpinoza-Forged-Hellhttps://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/question.pngquestionThe big question.2022-02-21T23:48:49+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2022/02/19/where-did-historical-criticism-of-the-bible-come-from-part-one/2022-02-19T15:42:57+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2022/02/10/saving-a-forgotten-black-baptist-cemetery-in-williamsburg-virginia/2023-07-24T20:39:10+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2019/03/26/resolving-the-question-of-women-in-church-leadership-who-bears-the-burden-of-proof/2022-02-06T04:55:37+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2022/02/04/robert-e-lee-symbol-of-christian-reconciliation-or-symbol-of-hatred/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/leeguelzo.jpegLeeGuelzohttps://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/lee_removal2_monumentave.jpgLee_Removal2_MonumentAveThe Robert E. Lee statue on Monument Avenue was removed in September, 2021.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/leestatue-june2020.jpgProtests Continue Over Richmond's Robert E. Lee Statue, After Judge Extends Injunction To Block RemovalRICHMOND, VIRGINIA - JUNE 20: People gather at the Robert E. Lee Monument on June 20, 2020 in Richmond, Virginia. Richmond Circuit Court Judge Bradley Cavedo ruled on Thursday to indefinitely extended an injunction preventing the Virginia governor from removing a historic statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee from Richmond's famed Monument Avenue (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/lee_statue_1890.jpgLee_statue_1890The Robert E. Lee statue on Monument Avenue in Richmond, Virginia, was unveiled in 1890.2022-02-02T14:12:39+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2022/01/28/better-days-will-come-again-a-brief-review/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/arthur-briggs.jpegArthur-BriggsArthur Briggs, the greatest jazz trumpet player in Europe, between the two world wars. His story is told in Better Days Will Come Again, by Travis Atria2022-01-27T01:43:00+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2021/12/11/how-believers-become-unbelievers-a-review-of-alec-ryries-emotional-history-of-doubt/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/unbelievers.jpgunbelievers2022-01-14T13:28:34+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2022/01/14/when-philippians-says-every-knee-shall-bow-to-jesus-does-this-mean-that-everyone-will-be-saved-in-the-end/2025-08-25T12:09:01+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2021/12/30/best-and-bittersweet-wrapup-of-2021-books-and-more/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/digby-nov2021.jpgdigby-nov2021https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/digbyy2021.jpgDigbyy2021https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/digby2.jpgdigby2https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/digby1.jpgdigby12022-02-06T21:31:12+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2021/12/26/christian-urban-legends/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/urbanlegends.pngUrbanLegendsUrban Legends of the New Testament, by David Croteau, is one in a series of "Urban Legend" books that helps to dispel erroneous ideas that Christians will often pass around uncritically.2021-12-26T14:10:45+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2021/12/23/did-herods-massacre-of-the-innocents-really-happen/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/rubens-massacre.jpegRubens-MassacreMassacre of the Innocents, 1610-1611, Toronto. By Peter Paul Rubens - Rubenshuis, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=759423012021-12-21T00:58:08+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2021/12/17/where-do-live-nativity-scenes-come-from/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/nativ_oxass_angelico_det.jpegnativ_oxass_angelico_detA close-up of part of Fra Angelico's fresco, in Florence, showing the ox and ass peering in from behind their stalls, to catch a glimpse of the baby Jesus.2021-12-18T01:21:05+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2019/08/31/are-the-end-times-about-the-future-or-partially-about-the-past/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/anne_graham_lotz_october_2008.jpgAnne_Graham_Lotz_(October_2008)Anne Graham Lotz, daughter of the late evangelist Billy Graham, believes that her generation will live to see the Rapture of the Church. Is her speculation on the timing, cutting it rather close?https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/godawa.jpgGodawaFilmwriter and author Brian Godawa encourages Christians to rethink biblical prophecy, by.... get this.... actually reading and studying the Bible.2021-11-28T22:13:01+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2019/06/28/paul-a-biography-by-n-t-wright-a-review/2024-05-12T21:53:52+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2021/11/24/founding-brothers-by-joseph-ellis-a-short-review/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/foundingbrothers.jpgFoundingBrothers2021-11-22T02:58:17+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2021/10/30/halloween-is-not-pagan/2021-11-02T20:35:38+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2021/10/29/introducing-the-cambridge-house-at-the-college-of-william-mary/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/cambridgehouse.jpgcambridgehouseThe Cambridge House, at the Crossroads, at 930 Jamestown Road, in Williamsburg, Virginia. With close proximity to the campus of the College of William and Mary, the Cambridge House is one of the newest Christian study centers.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/cotherman.jpgcotherman2021-10-30T18:51:09+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2021/10/08/william-lane-craig-on-the-historical-adam/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/barron-craig.jpgBarron-CRAIG2022-04-26T23:27:02+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2021/09/24/have-we-finally-found-sodom-the-ancient-city-destroyed-by-fire-and-brimstone/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/sodomblast.jpgsodomblast(Credit: Nature article, September 20, 2021, in Scientific Reports)2021-10-06T01:01:07+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2021/09/13/the-death-of-john-shelby-spong-but-his-ghost-lives-on/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/spong.jpgSpong2021-09-18T00:24:29+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2021/09/11/remembering-september-11-1683/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/king_john_iii_sobieski.pngKing_John_III_SobieskiKing John II Sobieski praying for Christian victory, for his Polish forces, against the Ottomans, outside of Vienna, on September 11, 1683.2025-08-25T23:20:39+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2019/12/27/best-books-i-read-in-2019/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/righteousmind.jpgRighteousMindThe Righteous Mind, by Jonathan Haidt. Best book I read this year. Though written by an atheist, Haidt makes sense of why different Christians (and people in general) think so differently.2021-12-18T17:18:06+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2019/12/08/the-madness-of-crowds/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/douglasmurray.jpgDouglasMurray2022-05-25T22:47:48+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2021/08/30/the-rise-and-fall-of-summer-2021/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/kabul-saigon.jpgkabul-saigonHelicopter rescues from the top the U.S. Embassy in Kabul, in 2021 (on the left), versus helicopter rescues from the top of the "real" United Embassy in Saigon, in 1975 (on the right)https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/saigon.jpgsaigonThe famous Hugh Van Es photo, that sticks in the minds of many people, who lived through the 1970s, that remember the tragic Fall of Saigon, after an extremely controversial and highly destructive war in Southeast Asia.2021-11-24T02:03:14+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2014/02/11/nabeel-qureshi-seeking-allah-finding-jesus/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/nabeel.jpgnabeelNabeel Qureshi, a young Muslim turned Christian apologist, has today published his first book, Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus: A Devout Muslim Encounter Christianity2021-08-27T18:46:07+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2021/08/20/judaism-before-jesus-exploring-the-history-between-the-old-and-new-testaments/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/silentyears.pngsilentyearsWere the 400 years after Malachi and before the New Testament really "silent?" While many Christians recognize that there was no God-inspired, prophetic writings directly associated with this time period, the extraordinary history that God was working through the nation of Israel was anything but "silent." But what do we know about those years, and does that knowledge help us to read our New Testament better? (credit: excelnetwork.org)https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/jesusjudaism.jpgJesusJudaismJesus Before Judaism: The Events & Ideas That Shaped the New Testament World, by Anthony J. Tomasino. A fine introduction to the so-called "silent years" between the Book of Malachi (Old Testament) and Book of Matthew (New Testament). Ignoring this period is like missing 20-30 minutes of the middle of the movie at movie theatre!2021-08-20T20:22:00+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2021/07/17/why-progressive-christianity-is-the-new-liberal-mainline-and-the-effort-not-to-toss-the-baby-out-with-the-bathwater/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/ryanburge.pngryanburgeA 2018 study by political scientist Ryan Burge suggests the percentage of both Roman Catholics and Protestant Evangelicals will continue on a slight decline, for the next ten years, with Roman Catholics holding on a little better. But the most dramatic shift is the rapid decline of the liberal Protestant mainline and the rapid increase of the "Nones" or "Dones," that is those who profess to hold to "No Religion." Unless a spiritual revival happens, the "Nones" and the "Dones" will eventually quadruple the number of "Mainline" Christians.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/babyinbath.jpgSONY DSCDo not throw out the baby with the bathwater! The danger associated with "Progressive Christianity"2022-05-25T23:04:56+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2021/07/02/positively-irritating-a-review-of-jon-ritners-vision-for-ministry-in-a-post-christian-world/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/pearl.jpgpearlLessons from how an oyster makes a pearl can help the Christian church to be positively irritating in a Post Christian World.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/jonritner.jpegJonRitnerJon Ritner, author of Positively Irritatinghttps://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/churchboard.jpgchurchboardParticularly for large churches, attending to the business matters of the church is essential. But is it pushing out the more important spiritual matters of encouraging believers to be brothers and sisters, fathers and mothers, together as a family?https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/nakedpastor.pngNakedPastorThe church is not doing "not yet followers of Christ" a favor by hiding away from the "fine print" found in the Bible's message. https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cruiseship.jpgCruiseShipDoes your pastor feel like program director for a Christian cruise ship? If so, you might want to think about revisiting your "church growth" strategy.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/positivelyirritating.jpgPositivelyIrritatingPositively Irritating, by Jon Ritner, takes a forward-looking view of doing church in a Post-Christian World.2022-04-29T22:55:00+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2021/06/18/spiritual-lessons-during-the-pandemic/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/ontheleft.pngOnTheLefthttps://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/ontheright.pngOnTheRight2024-11-19T15:54:34+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2021/05/08/the-bible-with-and-without-jesus-jews-and-christians-reading-scripture-differently/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/biblewithwithout.jpgBibleWithWithout2024-11-23T05:24:09+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2021/04/27/john-stotts-100th-birthday/2021-05-29T18:54:25+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2021/04/09/hans-kung-dissent/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/kung.pngKungHans Küng, popular yet maverick liberal theologian of the Roman Catholic Church, as a young priest and spokesperson at Vatican II.2021-04-12T22:16:32+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2021/04/05/franklin-graham-supports-covid-vaccinations-and-gets-cancelled-for-it-by-some-of-his-followers/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/covidvaccine.jpgCovidVACCINE2021-06-24T19:57:14+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2021/03/28/passion-week-devotionals-for-mind-and-heart-in-a-pandemic-year/2021-03-28T15:21:09+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2021/03/26/the-rise-and-triumph-of-the-modern-self-carl-trueman-on-our-cultural-crisis-and-mr-potato-head/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/potatohead.pngPotatoHeadWhile still keeping the characters of "Mr" and "Mrs" Potato Head, Hasbro has removed the "Mr" from the overall brand name, which is now simply, "Potato Head." How did we get here? Carl Trueman helps us out.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/trueman.pngtruemanThe Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self, by Carl Trueman. Best book of the year.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/trueman.jpegtrueman2021-11-25T14:24:02+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2020/07/13/is-paul-contradicting-genesis-regarding-gender-in-galatians-328/2021-03-10T13:59:48+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2021/03/08/let-loose-the-seuss/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/9729098_orig.png9729098_origCritics of Dr. Seuss find the "Chinese man, Who eats with sticks" to be racially offensive, from this page from And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street, recently taken off the market, due to pressure from woke-ness critics. 2021-10-20T19:50:06+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2021/03/03/more-qanon-nonsense-march-4-as-trumps-true-inauguration-day/2021-10-19T15:36:05+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2021/02/27/welcoming-justice-carrying-on-mlks-legacy/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/marsh-perkins.jpgmarsh-perkins2021-02-27T14:26:53+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2021/02/22/nasa-perseverance-on-mars-the-most-awesome-thing-youll-see-today/2024-10-16T12:23:03+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2021/01/29/loving-those-who-wrestle-with-transgendered-experiences-a-review-of-preston-sprinkles-embodied/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/embodied-mcdowell.pngEmbodied-McDowellhttps://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/sprinkle3.pngsprinkle3https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/sprinklequote1.pngSprinkleQuote1https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/sprinkle2.pngsprinkle2https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/embodied.jpgEmbodied2023-02-18T15:04:19+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2021/02/20/were-ravi-zacharias-accusers-lying-were-the-apostles-lying-about-the-resurrection/2022-11-23T01:02:27+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2020/09/29/why-ravi-zacharias-international-ministries-rzim-should-change-their-name/2021-08-05T22:15:05+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2021/02/13/a-new-maga-make-anti-celebrity-christianity-great-again-post-ravi-zacharias-evangelicalism/2021-05-04T21:44:28+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2021/02/11/the-two-popes-why-would-a-pope-resign/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/twopopes.pngtwopopes2021-02-06T14:59:31+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2018/07/21/single-gay-and-christian-a-review-of-the-book-and-its-criticism/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/gay-lonely.jpggay-lonelyThe life of a single, gay Christian, who wants to honor Christ with his/her life, can be a lonely journey. More than anything else, people who struggle with same-sex desires need friendships, people who will simply listen to their stories (credit: image from Christianity Today's review of Single, Gay and Christian).https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/blind2.jpgblind2Jesus heals the man born blind, from a fresco at Dionysiou Monastery, Mount Athoshttps://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/mosquito.jpgmosquitoWhat was God's purpose for creating the mosquito? In our post-Fallen world, mosquitoes are nothing more than a pest, at least to most of us. But is it possible that God had a good purpose for creating the mosquito, prior to the Fall? Does thinking about the mosquito give us insight into understanding same-sex desire?https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/gregorycoles.jpggregorycoles2021-01-29T21:12:43+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2021/01/23/beware-of-false-prophets-qanon-conspiracies-and-whataboutism/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/qanon2.pngQanon2https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/qanon1.pngQanon12023-03-11T15:04:49+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2020/12/28/all-thats-good-recovering-the-lost-art-of-discernment-reading-hannah-anderson-while-thinking-about-2020/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/anderson.jpganderson2021-03-24T02:07:23+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2020/12/27/the-queens-christmas-broadcast/2020-12-27T13:48:32+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2017/12/06/ravi-zacharias-and-christian-integrity/2020-12-26T20:59:17+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2017/01/13/for-those-living-in-a-post-truth-society-a-new-book-co-authored-by-ravi-zacharias/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/zacharias-othergods.jpgzacharias-othergodsJesus Among Other Gods, by Ravi Zacharias, 2000. Perhaps my favorite Ravi Zacharias book.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/zacharias-seculargods.jpgzacharias-seculargodsJesus Among Secular Gods, by Ravi Zacharias and Vince Vitale.2020-12-26T20:57:28+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2020/12/23/the-crucible-of-faith-by-philip-jenkins-a-review/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/collins.jpegcollinsAnthony Collins, 18th century philosopher of the Enlightenment, one of the first scholars to argue against the validity of Old Testament biblical prophecy being fulfilled in the New Testament.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/jenkins.jpgJenkinsPhilip Jenkins, historian and author of Crucible of Faithhttps://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/michael-heiser.jpgA001_L013_0510LDMichael Heiser. Semitic languages and Old Testament scholar.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/singer.jpgsingerTovia Singer, Apologist for Orthodox Judaism.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cruciblefaith.jpgcruciblefaith2024-09-09T18:10:10+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2020/12/16/christmas-in-dark-places-2020/2020-12-17T01:46:04+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2020/12/14/a-call-to-repent-internally-at-rzim/2021-02-12T15:06:07+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2020/12/05/does-the-bible-forbid-christians-from-putting-up-christmas-trees/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/christmastree.gifchristmastreeTime-honored practice that sparks memories, in celebration of the coming of the Lord, who brings Eternal Life.... or insidiuous smuggling in of paganism into Christian homes? (credit: US Forest Service)2022-12-22T16:55:28+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2019/03/20/the-1-timothy-212-conundrum-i-do-not-permit-a-woman-to-teach/2020-12-07T17:08:56+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2020/11/25/be-like-the-ostrich-weathering-climate-change-by-hugh-ross-a-review/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ostrich.jpgostrichWill the ostrich be able to delay the impact of global climate change? In the contentious debate over "global warming," the ostrich may provide more help to us than draconian and unpopular carbon credit schemes.2024-06-21T11:30:10+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2020/11/15/confronting-old-testament-controversies-by-tremper-longman-a-review/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/longman.jpgLongmanDo you desire to know and love God's Word, as found in the Old Testament, but wrestle with some doubts, as to how to read it? Dr. Tremper Longman offers some vital assistance in Confronting Old Testament Controversies.2020-11-15T22:47:02+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2013/12/10/christmas-wars-then-and-now/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/raisingthetree.jpgraisingthetreeThe "War on Christmas"? Are we missing something here? Perhaps a look at church history might help.2020-11-12T00:38:11+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2020/11/01/dominion-how-the-christian-revolution-remade-the-world-by-tom-holland-an-extended-review/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/holland.jpghollandAlternative title for Tom Holland's book for the U.K. market, Dominion: The Making of the Western Mind.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/tom-holland.jpgtom-hollandTom Holland, popular British historian, and author of Dominion.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/holland-dominion.jpgholland-dominionTom Holland's Dominion: How the Christian Revolution Remade the World, is one of the best books that I have read by a secular atheist, showing why our secular world today can not exist without the Christian faith.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/secular.jpgsecularA secular creed, from sign displayed on a suburban front yard in Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina, October 3, 2020.2023-01-19T02:00:24+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2020/10/31/luther-in-real-time/2021-02-10T23:20:31+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2020/10/17/ravi-zacharias-update-celebrity-and-the-psychology-of-trust/2023-02-01T16:20:41+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2020/10/15/should-christians-vote-for-trump-eric-metaxas-david-french-debate/2024-05-03T21:00:55+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2020/10/09/does-science-make-the-biblical-doctrine-of-original-sin-obsolete-glenn-mortons-last-stand/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/edenrevision3.pngEdenRevision3Glenn Morton's simplified diagram showing how the Euphrates, Tigris, Pishon, and Gihon (Nile) Rivers flow near the Garden of Eden, buried underneath sediment, on the eastern side of the Mediterranean Sea, several million years ago (credit: Eden Was Here)https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/glenn_morton_600.jpgGlenn_Morton_600Glenn Morton (1950-2020). A maverick creationist(?), who defied labeling, finished his final book, Eden Was Here: New Evidence for the Historicity of Genesis, within days before his death.2020-12-16T22:43:44+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2020/09/26/the-whole-christ-by-sinclair-ferguson-a-review/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/wholechrist.jpgwholechrist2021-03-23T17:08:51+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2015/09/07/your-desire-shall-be-for-your-husband/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/katharine-bushnell.gifkatharine-bushnellKatharine Bushnell (1855-1946). Missionary to China and activist for women's equality, spent a lot time studying the original Hebrew meaning of Genesis 3:16 (photo credit: Boston University)2020-09-24T14:56:32+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2020/09/20/tactics-by-greg-koukl-already-my-book-of-the-year/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/tactics_10th_anniversary_zv.jpgtactics_10th_anniversary_zvGreg Koukl's Tactics is the single most important book in Christian apologetics that you would ever need.2020-09-20T13:26:24+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2020/09/17/former-evangelical-christianity-today-editor-becomes-roman-catholic/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/galli-feature-1024x683-1.jpgGalli-Feature-1024x683Mark Galli receives Communion during Mass at St. Michael Catholic Church early Sept. 8, 2020, in Wheaton, Illinois. RNS photo by Tom Killoran2022-03-19T17:23:11+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2019/12/13/were-there-humans-before-adam-was-created/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/samuel_maresius_1599-1673_by_jacob_van_meurs_i.jpgsamuel_maresius_1599-1673_by_jacob_van_meurs_iIsaac La Peyrère (1596-1675), who wrote under the pen name of Samuel Maresius. Some find him as a precursor to modern biblical criticism, but others see him as a pious scholar, who sought to solve a nagging problem in biblical chronology. He was also known as an early proponent of a type of Christian Zionism, believing that the returning Messiah would join the king of France, to set up rule in Jerusalem, and rebuild the Temple.2025-01-04T16:34:39+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2020/09/11/the-amplified-bible-how-to-use-and-how-not-to-use-it/2024-07-30T20:36:03+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2020/09/09/a-bible-qa-panel/2020-09-09T21:29:42+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2020/09/08/state-of-theology-2020/2020-09-15T14:21:54+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2020/09/03/end-of-summer-2020-a-summer-like-no-other/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/theyear2020.jpegtheyear2020The Year 2020: In One Photograph.2020-11-25T14:54:15+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2020/08/28/was-jesus-an-essene/2022-11-08T11:59:25+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2020/08/25/who-was-lilith-did-adam-have-a-first-wife-prior-to-eve/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/800px-lilith_john_collier_painting.jpg800px-Lilith_(John_Collier_painting)Lilith (1887) by John Collier in Atkinson Art Gallery, Merseyside, England (credit: Wikipedia)2022-02-08T03:50:09+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2020/08/21/angels-by-michael-heiser-a-review/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/michael-heiser-what-bible-really-says-gods-heavenly-host.jpgmichael-heiser-what-bible-really-says-gods-heavenly-hostMichael Heiser's book on Angels plunges the reader into a deeper understanding of the supernatural, as taught in the Bible.2021-02-26T00:03:54+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2020/08/14/should-christians-lift-jesus-higher-in-their-worship/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cross.jpgcrossWhen we sing "Life Jesus Higher," what do we really mean by that?2020-08-14T20:24:03+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2020/08/08/what-about-pauls-epistle-to-the-laodiceans/2020-08-08T14:33:45+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2020/08/03/2020-updates-for-english-bible-translations/2020-12-09T02:56:32+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2020/07/30/john-lewis-crosses-the-edmund-pettus-bridge-one-last-time/2020-07-30T13:40:20+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2020/07/24/what-is-critical-theory/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/blms.jpgBRITAIN-RACE-POLITICS-PROTESTActivists, some wearing face coverings or face masks as a precautionary measure against COVID-19, hold placards as they attend a Black Lives Matter march from Hyde Park, central London on June 20, 2020. - British activists continue protests sparked by the death in police custody of George Floyd, an unarmed black man, in the United States. (Photo by DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS / AFP) (Photo by DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS/AFP via Getty Images)2022-05-14T19:48:21+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2020/06/01/covid-19-christians-and-conspiracy-theories/2024-07-16T13:25:15+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2020/07/20/j-i-packer-in-his-own-words-in-15-minutes/2020-07-27T20:23:02+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2020/07/19/comet-neowise/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/neowisestonehenge_deval_960.jpgNeowiseStonehenge_Deval_9602020-07-19T13:26:56+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2020/07/18/balance-j-i-packer/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/j-i-packer.jpgJ-I-Packer2021-10-25T19:18:42+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2020/07/06/grounded-in-the-gospel-on-the-urgent-need-to-restore-catechesis-to-evangelicalism/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/grounded.jpggroundedGrounded in the Gospel: Building Believers the Old-Fashioned Way, by J. I. Packer and Gary Parrett, make a compelling case for retrieving catechesis, for today's evangelical churches.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/vince-lombardi.jpgvince-lombardiHow Vince Lombardi's emphasis on the fundamentals can help Christian discipleship in our churches2020-07-18T14:06:29+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2020/07/15/hagia-sophia-becomes-a-mosque-again/2020-08-21T03:21:58+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2020/07/10/is-the-death-of-judas-iscariot-a-bible-contradiction/2022-07-28T12:55:52+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2020/06/26/a-genetic-or-genealogical-adam-and-eve-an-alternative-to-deconstruction/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/adam-eve.jpgadam-eveS. Joshua Swamidass' The Genealogical Adam & Eve: The Surprising Science of Universal Ancestry, aspires to build bridges between Bible-believing Christians and scientists2022-09-09T03:19:05+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2020/07/02/should-christians-always-exercise-their-freedom-in-christ/2020-07-02T14:35:27+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2020/06/19/happy-juneteenth/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/charlescitycounty-lynching.pngCharlesCityCounty-Lynchinghttps://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/charlescitycounty.pngCharlesCityCounty2020-07-18T14:21:37+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2020/06/15/carl-trueman-on-critical-theory-and-j-k-rowling-as-the-victim-of-cancel-culture-and-more-on-race/2025-10-01T23:43:02+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2020/06/12/studies-in-words-by-c-s-lewis/2020-06-11T23:06:54+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2020/06/04/george-floyd-robert-e-lee-and-the-danger-of-forgetting-history/2020-07-24T17:28:13+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/deepdive/2020-05-28T13:06:31+00:00weekly0.6https://sharedveracity.net/2018/08/03/is-the-temptation-to-sin-itself-sin/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/revoice.jpgRevoiceThe Revoice Conference controversy. Is it even possible to promote LGBT+ Flourishing in Historic Christians Traditions? Some say "yes." Some say "no." Where can we have conversation to resolve these matters?https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/vasili-surikov-the-temptation-of-christ-1872.jpgvasili-surikov-the-temptation-of-christ-1872Vasili Surikov. The Temptation of Christ. 1872https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/temptation.jpgWoman holding red apple on black backgroundWoman holding red apple on black background2023-01-14T00:04:33+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2020/05/25/on-the-danger-of-overstating-apologetic-claims-for-the-christian-faith/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/crucifixion_of_saint_peter-caravaggio_c.1600.jpgCrucifixion_of_Saint_Peter-Caravaggio_(c.1600)The Crucifixion of Saint Peter, by Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, in 1601. But was Peter really crucified upside down? Well, according to Sean McDowell, Peter was most probably killed as a martyr, for his faith. But the historical record of him being crucified upside-down is difficult to substantiate (It might be true, but it may not).2021-02-10T16:38:32+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2020/05/21/happy-ascension-day/2020-05-21T18:06:05+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2020/05/19/impact-ravi-zacharias/2020-06-02T17:19:30+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2020/05/18/why-do-some-evangelical-protestants-convert-to-roman-catholicism-or-eastern-orthodoxy/2020-07-15T20:37:19+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2020/05/15/little-richard/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/littlerichard.jpglittlerichard2020-05-15T19:06:12+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2020/05/11/billy-graham-a-moral-and-spiritual-revival/2020-05-11T21:51:26+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2020/05/08/fundamentalist-rueben-a-torrey-and-the-faith-healing-controversy-at-the-moody-bible-institute/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/quaker_oats_logo_2017.pngQuaker_Oats_logo_2017https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/fundamentals.jpgfundamentalshttps://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/henryparsonscrowellh5p4p.jpgHenryParsonsCrowellH5P4PHenry Crowell: Entrepreneurial founder of Quaker Oats cerealhttps://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/moody.jpgmoodyDwight L. Moodyhttps://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/gp.jpggphttps://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/pic_torrey_01.jpgpic_torrey_01Rueben A. Torrey2025-09-22T12:04:52+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2020/05/07/does-bill-gates-want-to-use-a-covid-19-vaccine-to-give-us-the-mark-of-the-beast/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/bill-gates-thumb-700x467-224753.jpgbill-gates-thumb-700x467-224753Does Bill Gates have a plan to give everyone the "mark of the beast?"2021-05-07T18:38:05+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2020/05/05/billy-sunday-great-american-evangelist-of-the-early-20th-century/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/billyc.jpgbillycBilly Sunday. 1862-1935.2020-05-05T03:09:38+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2019/08/06/is-the-bible-good-for-women-a-review-of-wendy-alsups-critical-timely-book/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/alsup.jpgAlsupWendy Alsup.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/biblegoodforwomen.jpgBibleGoodForWomen2020-05-02T13:14:11+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2020/05/02/aimee-semple-mcpherson-on-prohibition/2020-05-02T00:56:22+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2020/04/27/blessed-by-kate-bowler-the-quandary-of-the-prosperity-gospel/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/16248505.jpg162485052020-04-27T12:54:43+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2020/04/25/a-virginia-story-of-african-american-pentecostalism/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/dp-nws-black-churches-solomon-michaux-20130429.jpgdp-nws-black-churches-solomon-michaux-20130429Lightfoot Solomon Michaux (1885 – 1968). Pentecostal Radio Evangelist, Church Planter, Business Entrepreneur, and Founder of the Gospel Spreading Farm, near Williamsburg, Virginia.2020-04-25T12:00:31+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2020/04/22/the-miracle-of-the-holy-fire/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/greekcitytimes.pngGreekCityTimesThe Holy Fire emerges from the tomb of Jesus, at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher (credit: Greek City Times)2025-05-07T02:11:01+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2020/04/20/is-there-a-difference-between-a-carnal-and-spirit-filled-christian/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/bluebook.jpgbluebookThis tract, published by the then Campus Crusade for Christ, made the rounds in Christian circles for decades, since the mid-1960s. Many have benefited from its simple message. Others have been confused by it. I was one of those in the latter category.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/quickfix.jpgquickfixNo Quick Fix: Where Higher Life Theology Came From, What It Is, and Why It's Harmful, by Andy Naselli, examines why the "carnal vs. spirit-filled" Christian idea fails to adequately reflect the teaching of Scripture.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/carnalchristiaqnbogusimage1.jpgcarnalchristiaqnbogusimage12020-04-20T12:37:06+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2020/04/17/houston-we-have-a-problem/2020-04-18T01:59:48+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2020/04/17/sarah-osborns-world-6/2020-04-18T17:49:41+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2020/04/14/christians-behaving-badly/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/coronavirushell.pngCoronavirusHell2022-05-16T18:44:28+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2020/04/12/the-resurrection-gave-us-christianity/2020-04-12T12:54:51+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2020/04/10/stations-of-the-cross-in-jerusalem/2020-04-14T15:23:31+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2020/04/06/the-last-supper-in-lockdown/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/lastsupper.jpgLastSupper2020-04-07T16:42:21+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2016/12/02/daniels-seventy-weeks-1/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/gabrielicon.pnggabrieliconThe angel Gabriel, from a 10 century icon, spoke to Daniel, with a mysterious vision of "Seventy Weeks." (credit: Uncut Mountain Supply)https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/yoda.jpgMSDEMST EC002STAR WARS: EPISODE V - THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK, Frank Oz, Mark Hamill, 1980. ©Lucasfilm Ltd./courtesy Everett Collectionhttps://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/daniel9.jpgDaniel9ESV Study Bible Notes on Daniel's 70 Weekshttps://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/sirrobertanderson.jpgSirRobertAndersonSir Robert Anderson (1841-1918) is remembered by many Bible students today for his contribution to the interpretation of the book of Daniel. However, in the 19th century he was also known as a high ranking official at Scotland Yard, the second Assistant Commissioner of the London Metropolitan Police.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/larkinseventyweeks.gifLarkinSeventyWeeksOne of Clarence Larkin's (1850-1924) memorable charts illustrating how to interpret the Seventy Weeks of Daniel 9 from a dispensationalist perspective.2021-11-02T20:39:43+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2018/01/23/is-jerusalem-the-capital-of-israel-a-blog-post-compendium/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/pence-jerusalem.pngpence-jerusalemWhile many American Christians enthusiastically supported the visit of U.S. Vice President Mike Pence, an outspoken evangelical Christian himself, to the Middle East, many Middle Eastern Christian leaders refused to meet with him. Why the rebuff of the American leader, by fellow Christians?2020-04-06T14:05:55+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2020/04/05/her-majesty-on-the-coronavirus/2020-04-13T16:59:17+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2020/04/02/does-the-bible-teach-that-women-should-never-wear-braided-hair-or-jewelry/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/screen-shot-2020-03-28-at-11.41.37-am.pngScreen Shot 2020-03-28 at 11.41.37 AMHairstyling among Rome's cultural elite, during the mid-1st century.2024-12-09T23:03:38+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2020/04/01/why-would-a-good-god-create-a-killer-virus-like-covid-19-in-5-minutes/2020-05-01T21:49:53+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2020/03/30/does-the-bible-really-support-slavery-on-the-basis-of-skin-color/2020-03-30T20:58:44+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2020/03/27/sarah-osborns-world-5/2020-03-27T23:47:30+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2014/05/23/why-doubt-can-be-a-good-thing-an-lds-faith-example/2021-11-30T16:00:56+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2017/04/20/bible-answer-mans-critics-follow-up-mormonism-more-thoroughly-biblical-than-eastern-orthodoxy/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/barton-beck.pngbarton-beckDavid Barton, a controversial history popularizer, is a frequent guest on a show hosted by personality Glenn Beck, a well-known Mormon.2020-03-23T22:55:52+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2020/03/23/joseph-smiths-corrections-to-the-bible/2023-02-28T22:19:48+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2020/03/20/joseph-smiths-first-vision/2020-03-20T13:30:54+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2020/03/17/christians-and-the-coronavirus-lessons-from-church-history/2020-04-05T01:57:17+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2020/03/16/who-are-the-144000-a-case-study-in-understanding-the-book-of-revelation/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/s-gregg.jpgs-greggSteve Gregg, Bible teacher at the Narrow Path Ministries, and author of Revelation: Four Views.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/ducttapecleats.pngducttapecleatsExcuse me, while I add a little more duct tape to this Bible interpretation... Is this how you treat your Bible?https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/sg-revelation.jpgsg-revelationSteve Gregg's Revelation: Four Views, is a one-of-a-kind commentary on the Book of Revelation, comparing four different interpretation perspectives on this fascinating book of the Bible. Highly recommended.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/onefortyfour.jpgonefortyfour“Sealing the 144,000” Ottheinrich Bibel, c. 1430. Taken from Christopher Smith's blog, who has similar post on this topic (check it out).https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/onehundredfortyfourthousand.jpgonehundredfortyfourthousandFrom a 12th century commentary on Revelation 7, by Saint John of Lorvao, Portugal, depicting the 144,000. The existing ideas that attempt to decipher the 144,000 are legion.2025-09-04T14:40:12+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2018/07/04/what-is-an-altar-call-and-is-it-in-the-bible/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/asahelnettleton.pngAsahelNettletonAsahel Nettleton, the great evangelist of early 19th century New England, that nobody ever remembers any more.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/charlesfinney.pngCharlesFinneyCharles Grandison Finney, the piercing 19th century famed evangelist, who pioneered what would be come the modern "altar call."https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/anxiousbench2.pngAnxiousBench2Credit: webdesigninusa.comhttps://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/anxiousbench1.pngAnxiousBench1Sinners gathering on the "anxious bench," during the American Second Great Awakening, in the early 19th century. The "anxious bench" was the forerunner to the modern "altar call."2022-05-30T16:50:42+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2020/03/09/will-jesus-reign-for-1000-years-after-his-second-coming/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/larkin-millennium.gifLarkin-MillenniumClarence Larkin, popular dispensationalist Bible teacher of the early 20th century, produced this chart explaining the millennium.2024-09-21T15:13:40+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2020/03/07/sarah-osborns-world-4/2020-03-07T18:01:56+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2019/03/19/the-1-timothy-212-conundrum-i-do-not-permit-a-woman/2024-06-22T04:02:13+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2020/02/29/did-america-have-a-christian-founding-a-review/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/mark-david-hall.jpgmark-david-hallProfessor Mark David Hall, author of Did America Have a Christian Founding?https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/mdhall.jpgmdhall2025-08-23T18:35:16+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2019/03/13/why-the-debate-over-women-in-ministry-is-at-a-stalemate-and-what-to-do-about-it/2020-02-28T23:09:40+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2019/03/11/what-are-the-qualifications-of-an-elder-a-husband-of-one-wife/2023-11-16T22:25:17+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2019/04/18/the-church-needs-both-fathers-and-mothers-a-plea-for-unity-and-truth/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/magdalawomen.jpgmagdalawomenIf you find this cartoon in any way humorous, you might appreciate this blog post. If you this cartoon stirs up a deeply emotive response, you will probably be greatly offended at what follows, and you should start again from the beginning of this blog post series, because you are misunderstanding what I am saying.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/dustbin.jpgdustbinWill egalitarian triumph and complementarian theology die with the "baby boomers?" I would be careful not to consign complementarian theology to the dustbin of history just yet.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/mentalhealth.jpgmentalhealthNot all "men are in crisis," but a lot men are. Christians have the opportunity to reach out to men, that might lead to spiritual revival in the West. Do churches have a strategy to address the need? (iStock photo)2024-07-06T20:02:19+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2020/02/22/jonathan-edwards-sinners-in-the-hands-of-an-angry-god/2020-02-29T13:09:28+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2020/02/21/patterns-of-evidence-the-red-sea-miracle-a-review/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/mahoney.jpgmahoney2024-07-21T13:26:38+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2020/02/17/dr-martyn-lloyd-jones-on-george-whitefield/2020-02-18T02:04:57+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2020/02/15/sarah-osborns-world-3/2020-02-14T23:47:03+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2020/02/14/we-believe-in-dinosaurs-a-film-review/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/orchard-diagram800.pngorchard-diagram800While biology informed by the scientific consensus affirms a "tree of life," the Christians with Answers in Genesis believe in an "orchard of life." Yet other Christians believe in a "lawn of life." What diagram of life do you affirm, and why? 2020-02-21T03:36:39+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2020/02/10/the-trial-of-anne-hutchinson/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/anne_hutchinson_on_trial.jpgAnne_Hutchinson_on_TrialAnne Hutchinson on Trial2020-02-15T20:52:27+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2020/02/08/tenacity-john-c-whitcomb/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/whitcomb2_inline.jpgWhitcomb2_inlineJohn C. Whitcomb, Jr. 1924-20202020-02-08T23:45:05+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2020/02/03/how-does-divine-foreknowledge-precede-predestination/2020-02-06T19:09:22+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2020/02/01/sarah-osborns-world-2/2020-01-31T23:46:06+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2013/12/30/i-cant-get-no-satisfaction-in-christ-alone/2020-01-27T15:42:20+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2020/01/25/pocahontas-and-the-english-boys-a-brief-review/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/pocahontas_by_simon_van_de_passe_1616.jpgPocahontas_by_Simon_van_de_Passe_1616Portrait of Pocahontas by Simon van de Passe, in 1616, the year of her journey to England, within a year, prior to her death.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/newworld-1600x900-c-default.jpgThe New WorldNW-DF-27243 The New World , Terrence Malick's 2006 movie, "The New World," plays with the grossly, historically inaccurate idea, that Captain John Smith had a romantic affair with Pocahontas, the young Indian princess. As she was only 10 years old at the time, Malick's storyline distorts and obscures a far more interesting story. (Photo by Merie Wallace/New Line/newline.wireimage.com)2020-01-24T22:37:51+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2020/01/22/notable-deaths-r-scruton-c-tolkien-and-j-van-impe/2020-01-23T00:00:04+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2020/01/18/sarah-osborns-world-1/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/osborn.jpgosbornBlogging through Catherine A. Brekus' Sarah Osborn's World. The Rise of Evangelical Christianity in Early America.2020-01-18T16:46:31+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2017/11/22/did-the-continental-congress-publish-americas-first-bible/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/davidbarton.jpgDavidBartonPopular media personality David Barton, who travels the country, trying to educate people about the role of the Bible in American life.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/aitkenbible.jpgAitkenBibleThe Aitken Bible, the "Bible of the American Revolution," remains a source of confusion, even for many Christians today. A rare copy of this Bible is on display at the new Museum of the Bible.2020-01-11T13:11:37+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2020/01/11/neil-peart-australian-koala-rescues-a-rough-start-for-2020/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/australiafires.pngaustraliafiresAustralia's fires overlaid on a map of the United States.2020-01-25T22:31:30+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2020/01/06/great-tools-for-doing-awesome-bible-study/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/briefinsights.jpgbriefinsightsDr. Michael Heiser's Brief Insights on Mastering Bible Study. One of Dr. Heiser's several books that can help anyone make better sense of the their Bible, without having to be a total geek.2020-01-07T00:00:25+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2020/01/02/7-books-i-want-to-read-for-2020-but-not-sure-ill-get-to-but-maybe-you-will/2020-01-03T19:53:26+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2019/12/30/top-21-books-of-the-decade/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/pile-of-books.jpgpile-of-books2019-12-30T00:35:10+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2019/12/23/the-righteous-mind-why-good-people-are-divided-by-politics-and-religion-a-review/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/bigtent.jpgbigtentIs "big tent" evangelicalism, the kind inspired by Billy Graham, fading away? Perhaps the scientific research and insights, counter-intuitively coming from a secular, atheistic moral psychologist, can help Christians figure this out.2019-12-22T15:12:37+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2019/12/20/2019-clarkes-year-in-review/2020-02-07T15:43:07+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2019/12/17/the-big-conversation-the-best-debates-of-2019/2019-12-17T21:42:30+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2019/12/04/f-f-bruce-on-biblical-inspiration-and-interpretation/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/ffbruce.jpgffbruceOn my to-read list is Tim Grass' biography of F.F. Bruce (1910-1990), one of best British biblical scholars in a hundred years.2019-12-07T01:32:03+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2019/11/23/mister-rogers-neighborhood/2019-11-24T14:04:20+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2019/11/25/can-we-still-believe-the-bible-a-review/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/manchurian.jpgmanchurianWhat can a 1962 film classic, and the Korean War, tell us about what it means to have sensible way of believing the Bible to be true?https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/blomberg.jpgBlomberg2019-11-26T08:12:00+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2019/09/20/the-fool-and-the-heretic-a-review/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/falk-wood.jpgFalk-WoodDarrel Falk and Todd Wood: Unlikely dialogue partners, in an on-going in-house Christian debate.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/fool-and-the-heretic-1.jpgFool-and-the-Heretichttps://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/darrelfalk.jpgDarrelFalkDarrel Falk. Evolutionary Creationist scientist.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/fool-and-the-heretic.jpgFool-and-the-Heretic2025-12-30T04:44:00+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2015/06/21/creationisms/2019-11-15T13:32:42+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2019/11/10/intelligently-designed-phillip-e-johnson/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/phillip-e.-johnson.pngPhillip-E.-Johnson2019-11-15T13:29:05+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2019/11/13/dois-rosser-founder-of-icm-moves-onto-glory/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/doisrosser.jpgDoisRosser2019-11-13T22:47:47+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2019/11/04/his-dark-materials-the-seductive-power-of-atheist-childrens-novels/2019-11-07T20:05:19+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2019/10/31/bishop-robert-barron-at-the-graves-of-tolkien-and-lewis/2019-11-04T02:11:42+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2019/11/01/carl-trueman-on-why-i-am-a-protestant/2019-11-02T22:49:55+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2019/11/02/when-a-theologian-goes-rogue-david-bentley-harts-universalism/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/dbh.jpgdbhDavid Bentley Hart.2024-04-02T22:07:12+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2019/10/30/does-free-speech-still-matter/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/freespeech.jpgfreespeech2019-10-30T18:51:22+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2019/10/25/what-is-a-christian-conscience/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/lecraebaptism.pngLeCraeBaptismHip-hop artist Lacrae was "rebaptized" in the River Jordan, in September, 2019, at the same location I was "rebaptized" in 1994. I question whether or not Lecrae's (or my own) "rebaptism") was biblically sound. But in the end, the issue of baptism has been so contentious within the history of the church, that it is perhaps better off placed within the category of conscience, a topic where Christians can be free to agree to disagree.2019-10-25T12:34:12+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2019/10/21/invasion-of-the-nones/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nones.pngnonesThe Pew Research Center reports an increase on Americans who have no religious affiliation. Is this an alarming trend?2026-01-04T13:37:17+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2019/10/20/indelible-grace-god-himself-by-matthew-smith/2019-10-20T20:23:35+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2019/10/18/is-christianity-a-useful-fiction-to-explain-the-world-or-is-it-the-ultimate-truth/2019-10-18T21:32:45+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2019/10/14/the-silver-chair-c-s-lewis-against-the-seduction-of-secularism/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/silverchair.jpgsilverchair2019-10-17T16:04:57+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2019/10/11/is-the-word-homosexual-in-the-bible/2024-01-29T20:59:34+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2019/10/09/pray-for-syrian-christians/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/syria-security.jpgSYRIA-SECURITY2019-10-09T21:35:12+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2019/10/08/edmund-burke-on-social-media/2019-10-08T03:09:46+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2019/09/27/reflections-on-seven-years-of-internet-blogging/2019-10-07T14:34:04+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2019/10/05/are-we-charged-to-rightly-divide-or-rightly-handle-the-word-of-truth/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/new_river_gorge_bridge_by_donnie_nunley.jpgnew_river_gorge_bridge_by_donnie_nunleyThe New River Gorge Bridge, at one time the world's longest single span bridge, is just a short drive off of the Midland Trail, through West Virginia (Photo by Donnie Nunley, at Wikipedia)2019-10-07T00:24:59+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2019/09/25/outgrowing-god-why-sometimes-good-scientists-make-for-bad-historians/2020-11-27T23:12:52+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2019/09/13/did-god-create-the-world-as-perfect-or-as-good/2023-06-01T17:29:35+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2019/09/12/what-is-the-bible-in-5-minutes/2019-09-12T12:05:34+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2018/07/13/the-last-days-according-to-jesus/2019-09-10T01:31:54+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2019/09/09/unbelievable-the-big-conversation-in-90-seconds/2019-09-09T03:32:30+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2019/09/07/who-are-the-young-christian-apologists/2019-11-02T20:02:15+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2019/02/09/does-carbon-14-radiometric-dating-undermine-the-bible-or-confirm-it/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/radiocarbon_sub1.jpgradiocarbon_sub1Carbon14 Dating: Friend or Foe to the Christian?? (follow this link to the Australian National University, for the technical details)https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/roberteisenmann.jpgRobertEisenmannRobert Eisenmann, at Cave 4 at Qumran, where the Dead Sea Scrolls were found.2022-08-24T01:28:57+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2019/08/25/netflix-goes-conspiracy-theory-with-the-family/2019-08-29T21:04:10+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2019/08/24/when-flat-young-earth-apologetics-run-off-the-rails/2019-09-16T14:29:45+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2019/08/20/is-it-ok-for-christians-to-doubt/2019-09-03T18:04:48+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2019/06/18/the-problem-with-words/2019-08-10T23:36:00+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2019/07/30/jamestown-1619-remembered/2019-09-10T20:36:20+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2019/07/26/kissing-the-purity-and-courtship-culture-goodbye/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/ikdg.jpgikdgThis book will soon be a collectors item, as the publisher will cease further printings, per the request of the author.2020-05-28T18:50:08+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2019/07/24/how-well-do-you-know-what-other-people-believe/2019-07-24T22:22:17+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2019/07/21/was-von-braun-a-creationist/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/vonbraun.jpgVonBraun2019-07-22T15:56:17+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2019/07/19/apollo-11-the-moon-landing-remembered/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/apollo11.pngApollo112021-04-28T18:07:34+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2019/07/16/are-you-a-lukewarm-christian/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/laodicea.jpgLaodiceaThe ancient city of Laodicea, an early church city site, mentioned in the Book of Revelation. (Credit: Rjdeadly - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=19781425)https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/laodiceapipes.jpgLaodiceaPipesOriginal clay pipes in Laodicea, dating to the New Testament period, that were used to transport hot springs water from nearby Hierapolis, as Laodicea had no useful water supply of its own. 2022-06-14T12:52:21+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2019/07/09/david-bartons-creative-re-interpretation-of-the-founding-fathers/2019-07-14T20:25:28+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2019/07/07/concluding-thought-on-owen-barfields-history-in-english-words/2019-07-08T00:43:05+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2019/07/05/conservative-and-liberal-as-christian-labels/2019-07-09T14:06:24+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2019/07/01/apologetics-norman-geisler/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/geisler.jpggeislerNorman Geisler. 2019-07-02T01:13:47+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2019/06/23/lead-us-not-into-temptation/2019-06-24T01:09:41+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2019/06/22/verbicide/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/thinkingoutsidethebox.gifthinkingoutsidetheboxFrom Bilbo's Random Thought Collection (https://bilbosrandomthoughts.blogspot.com/2011/12/justifiable-verbicide.html)2019-06-25T12:51:08+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2019/06/22/how-christians-change-words/2019-06-22T03:05:38+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2019/06/20/how-modernity-influenced-the-evolution-of-english-words/2019-06-20T01:44:11+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2015/03/04/inerrancy-summits-and-the-valleys-of-interpretation/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/dsc05562.jpgDSC05562The saddle between Grays and Torreys Peaks in Colorado.2019-06-07T11:59:49+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2019/06/05/andy-stanley-and-jeff-durbin-an-unbelievable-discussion-about-apologetics/2019-07-26T18:34:28+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2019/06/01/to-know-with-certainty-a-perfect-present-for-a-high-school-graduate/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/leesouthard.pngLeeSouthard2019-06-01T22:32:04+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2019/05/24/pagans-a-review/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/romecollliseum.pngRomeCollliseumRome's famous Colosseum, right before dusk (October 2018). https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/templeofvestas.pngTempleOfVestasThe Temple of Vesta, in the Roman Forum, was a site for "pagan" cultic activity, back to the 7th century before Christ. The temple was eventually closed during the late 4th century C.E., when Christianity became the official religion of Rome.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/img_0135.jpgIMG_0135Veracity blogger, on-site, at the Roman Forum, in 2018, where the "pagan" culture of Rome reigned supreme, until the story of the Crucified and Resurrected One superseded it.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/pagans.jpgpagansPagans: The End of Traditional Religion and the Rise of Christianity, by James J. O'Donnell, tells the fascinating story of how "pagan" Rome became Christian Rome.2019-05-24T23:42:24+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2019/05/18/rachel-held-evans-reflections-on-warren-wiersbe-bonhoeffer-and-the-crisis-of-big-tent-evangelicalism/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/warren-wiersbe-2.jpgwarren-wiersbe-22023-10-26T16:47:47+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2019/05/04/rachel-held-evans-has-died/2019-05-05T02:52:45+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2019/04/26/about-vaccine-hesitancy-having-a-conversation/2020-03-07T17:45:08+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2019/04/25/pray-for-rachel-held-evans/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/rhe.jpgRHERachel Held Evans.2019-04-25T12:45:39+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2012/11/08/common-vs-saving-grace-pluralism-1/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/watercooler.jpgwatercoolerJesus is the Living Water. https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/frogboiling.jpgfrogboilingIf we do not make a careful distinction between common grace and saving grace, we risk losing the effectiveness of Christian witness in the face of religiously plural world.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/atheists.pngatheistsThis cartoonist understands the problem. It is very difficult to address the challenge of religious pluralism without coming across to others as being arrogant. Humility is often in short supply.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/techsupport.jpgtechsupport"Computer support. How can I help you today?" https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/coexist-3.jpgcoexist 3Bumper Sticker Theology for a New Age: To borrow from Rodney King during the 1992 Los Angeles riots, "Can we all get along?"2019-04-22T13:25:06+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2019/04/21/why-the-new-testament-did-not-give-us-christianity-in-90-seconds/2019-04-20T12:37:29+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2019/04/15/notre-dame-cathedral-spire-collapse/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/notredame3.pngNotreDame3https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/notredame2.pngnotredame2https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/notredame1.jpgnotredame1Notre Dame on Fire.2019-04-17T21:57:47+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2019/04/12/an-interdenominational-church-asks-what-are-the-core-doctrines-of-the-faith/2024-02-12T17:50:41+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2019/03/30/a-modest-proposal-to-make-peace-between-complementarians-egalitarians/2019-04-10T14:23:24+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2019/04/07/resources-on-the-complementarian-vs-egalitarian-discussion/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/women-church.jpgwomen-churchhttps://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/paulgender.jpgpaulgenderhttps://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/women-2views.jpgwomen-2viewshttps://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/women-4views-ivp.jpgwomen-4views-ivp2024-08-25T23:12:45+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2019/03/28/the-mystery-that-church-eldership-reminds-us-of/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/madeformore.jpgmadeformoreHannah Anderson's Made for More, though beneficial to men, is written primarily for women. She looks past the tired debates of women's "roles" in the church toward what it means to created in the image of God. Kathy Keller calls Anderson's book "Refreshing."2019-03-28T11:52:59+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2019/03/24/is-evangelicalism-on-a-slippery-slope-regarding-gender/2019-03-26T02:29:29+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2019/03/23/reviewing-patterns-of-evidence-the-moses-controversy-movie/2019-03-30T03:44:36+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2019/03/22/so-whats-the-deal-with-this-women-will-be-saved-through-childbearing-stuff-anyway/2019-06-27T01:42:26+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2019/03/21/the-1-timothy-212-conundrum-i-do-not-permit-a-woman-to-authority/2019-04-01T12:37:05+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2019/03/18/who-was-mary-magdalene/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/ivanov_yav_hrista_mari1.jpgIVANOV_YAV_HRISTA_MARI1Appearance of Jesus Christ to Maria Magdalena (1835) by Alexander Andreyevich Ivanovhttps://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/marymagdalene.pngMaryMagdalene2022-08-05T14:05:17+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2019/03/17/metoo-and-the-church-the-abuse-of-women-1-peter-37-egalitarian-vs-complementarian-solutions/2019-04-18T19:01:57+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2019/03/16/on-the-outsourcing-of-womens-ministry/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/rachelhollis.jpgRachelHollisRachel Hollis' self-help books have received scathing reviews, as being theologically weak. And yet she remains the leading New York Times bestselling Christian woman author. Christian women are eating this stuff up. Does anyone see a problem with how women are being taught in our churches?2024-07-02T13:26:19+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2019/03/14/lame-complementarian-and-egalitarian-biblical-arguments/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/lame.pnglame2019-03-14T20:29:27+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2019/03/09/an-easy-question-should-women-serve-as-deacons/2024-05-25T02:12:37+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2019/03/07/can-women-serve-as-elders-deacons-or-pastors/2019-03-07T22:24:07+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2019/03/02/can-charismatic-and-liturgical-christians-worship-together/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/eucharismatic.jpgeucharismaticAndrew Wilson displayed this diagram, from a 1990s UK Christian magazine. I find it amazing that during the most incredible period of the growth of the church, in the early centuries of the Christian movement, the person who drew this diagram considers this to be an era of steep "decline," before relegating 900 years of medieval church history, which effectively created cultural infrastructure of Christendom, as being the "Dark Ages of Church Life."https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/wilson-spirit-sacrament.jpgwilson-spirit-sacramentSpirit and Sacrament: An Invitation to Eucharismatic Worship, by Andrew Wilson, is probably the best written case for defending the union and expression of charismatic and liturgical worship in the church. Plus, the book is short and exceptionally well written.2019-03-05T13:06:39+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2019/03/01/augustine-on-learning-how-to-agree-to-disagree-well/2019-03-01T19:34:58+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2019/02/21/announcement-immaculee-ilibagiza-at-william-and-mary-february-22/2019-02-21T16:04:25+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2017/10/18/our-lady-of-kibeho/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/kibeho-photoset1.jpgkibeho-photoset1From William and Mary's production of Our Lady of Kibeho2022-02-08T20:02:37+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2014/05/30/a-year-of-biblical-doubting-2/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/rhe-project-ciy_gate_sign_close.jpgRHE-project-ciy_gate_sign_closeIn verse 23, a "Proverbs 31" woman is described as someone whose husband "is respected at the city gates". Here, blogger and author Rachel Held Evans praises her husband "Dan" at the Dayton, Tennesse welcome sign.2019-02-20T13:43:49+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2019/02/17/does-dark-matter-really-matter/2019-02-17T13:04:38+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2019/02/11/what-is-an-elder-of-a-church/2019-02-14T20:36:11+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2019/02/02/supporting-vaccination-loving-our-non-believing-neighbors/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/vaccination.jpgvaccinationVaccines2019-02-12T20:16:00+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2019/02/01/which-books-of-the-bible-do-churches-tend-to-ignore/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/books-of-bible-preaching.jpgbooks-of-bible-preaching2019-02-01T23:00:32+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2019/01/26/irresistible-by-andy-stanley-a-review/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/irresistible.jpgirresistibleIrresistible: Reclaiming the New that Jesus Unleashed for the World. Pastor Andy Stanley overstates the central theme in his argument, but his critics could learn something from him as well.2024-05-13T16:18:53+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2019/01/21/super-blood-wolf-moon-lunar-eclipse/2019-01-21T23:03:08+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2019/01/17/was-pauls-philosophical-speech-at-mars-hill-in-athens-a-failure/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/raphael-mars-hill.jpgraphael-mars-hillSt. Paul Preaching at Athens, by Raphael (1515-6).2024-04-24T21:28:58+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2016/07/13/racism-police-authority-and-the-misinterpretation-of-the-bible/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/bju.jpgBJUBob Jones University, Greenville, South Carolina.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/bob_jones_sr.jpgBob_Jones,_SrBob Jones Sr (1883-1968), as a young evangelist. Jones founded an influential fundamentalist university in Greenville, South Carolina. However, he was also known for preaching against racial integration (credit: Wikipedia)https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/mississippiburning.jpgMississippiBurningFBI posted looking for three civil rights workers in Neshoba County, Mississippi, June 21, 1964.2019-01-14T13:30:03+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2019/01/14/why-communication-is-hard/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/british-american-idiot.jpg-large.jpgbritish-american-idiot.jpg-large2019-01-26T22:13:47+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2019/01/11/did-abraham-receive-the-call-to-go-to-canaan-while-in-haran-or-in-ur/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/haran_sechem.jpgharan_sechem2025-12-01T21:20:05+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2019/01/08/do-you-really-want-jeremiah-2911-to-be-your-life-verse/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/jeremiah29-11.pngJeremiah29-112019-07-29T17:21:22+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2019/01/04/epiphany/2019-01-04T23:55:59+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2019/01/03/virtual-reality-church/2019-11-08T14:33:40+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2018/12/29/assorted-best-of-2018-blog-posts/2018-12-30T23:38:01+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2018/12/24/earthrise-50-years-since-apollo-8/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/EarthRise.jpgap_18350061825162The iconic "Earthrise" image taken by astronaut Bill Anders on Apollo 8 on Christmas Eve 1968. Friday marked the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 8 liftoff (William Anders, NASA)2018-12-25T03:29:28+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2018/12/21/are-the-christmas-stories-in-the-bible-fact-or-fiction-in-4-minutes/2018-12-21T16:24:48+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2018/12/18/the-micah-52-christmas-prophecy-and-how-king-james-only-apologetic-arguments-only-tell-part-of-the-story/2025-09-01T14:58:37+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2016/04/27/are-baby-dedications-biblical/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/babydedi_small.gifbabydedi_smallIs the contemporary practice of baby dedication taught within the Bible?2018-12-16T13:50:44+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2018/12/15/best-books-of-2018/2018-12-14T23:41:21+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2018/12/08/does-n-t-wright-deny-the-doctrine-of-penal-substitutionary-atonement/2018-12-25T09:19:03+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2015/10/22/why-n-t-wright-can-be-both-fascinating-and-frustrating/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/wright.jpgWrightNicholas Thomas Wright. British New Testament scholar, retired Anglican bishop, ... and agitator among more than a few conservative, evangelical Protestants.2022-09-28T03:14:09+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2018/12/01/a-fake-news-jesus-why-jesus-myth-ers-should-take-a-trip-to-rome-for-christmas/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/sanclementcourtyard.pngSanClementCourtyardBasilica of San Clemente courtyard, on a beautiful day in Rome (October, 2018)https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/mithrassanclemente.jpgMithrasSanClementeBasement Mithraic temple, underneath the Basilica of San Clemente (from the church guidebook)https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/sanclemente.pngEntrance to the Basilica of San Clemente, in Rome (my wife has her back to me, as she is reading the entrance sign to the right of the door).https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/mithrasvatican.pngMithrasVaticanMithras slaying the cosmic bull, at the Vatican Museum (from Clarke Morledge's Android phone)https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/stephenpinker-jesusmyth.pngStephenPinker-JesusMyth2020-11-28T02:58:43+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2012/12/23/have-a-merry-mithras/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/mithras-sol.jpgmithras-solAnother early Christian era Roman bas relief depicting Mithras, Sol (the sun-god) and others joining in a banquet.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/mithras-bull.jpgMithras-BullRoman bas relief from 2nd or 3rd century depicting Mithras, a central figure of the "Mystery Religions" of the early Christian era, killing a bull.2021-05-26T02:35:46+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2018/11/26/is-belief-always-a-prerequisite-for-baptism/2018-11-26T15:05:37+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2015/12/23/nunc-dimittis-as-sung-by-natalie-dessay/2018-11-26T14:50:26+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2013/12/24/the-quirinius-question/2018-11-24T15:01:43+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2018/11/21/the-bible-rocks-and-time-a-review/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/christianity-and-age-of-the-earth.pngChristianity-and-Age-of-the-EarthDavis A. Young's 1982 classic book that straightened out my cognitive dissonance, in college.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/brt-young.jpgBRT-YoungThe Bible, Rocks and Time. Davis A. Young and Ralph F. Stearley make a definitive and exhaustive case for Old Earth Creationism, from a geologist perspective.2024-01-01T19:05:54+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2018/05/19/did-king-james-order-his-kjv-translators-to-conceal-the-true-meaning-of-baptism/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/stbartholomew-font.jpgstbartholomew-fontA baptismal font in England, dating back to 1405, large enough to be used for full infant immersion, throughout the Reformation period. Saint Bartholomew the Great Church in London.2024-01-16T13:09:27+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2016/11/24/squanto-thanksgiving-and-the-rest-of-the-story/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/squanto.jpgsquantoSquanto sculpture at Pilgrim Hall Musuem in Plymouth, Mass. (Credit: Wall Street Journal)2018-11-17T14:09:43+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2018/11/09/a-hobbit-a-wardrobe-and-a-great-war-a-reflection/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/hobbit-wardrobe.jpghobbit-wardrobehttps://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/worldwarone.pngWorldWarOneA young British soldier, J.R.R. Tolkien served in the World War One battle depicted here, the Battle of the Somme2018-11-11T14:39:54+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2018/11/04/veracity-biker-blogger-down-but-back-up/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/bikeaccident.pngbikeaccident2018-11-05T10:57:21+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2018/11/05/bigamy-the-reformation-and-the-slippery-politics-of-expediency/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/melanchthon.jpgmelanchthonPhilip Melanchthon (1497-1560), a leader of the magisterial Reformation in Germany (credit: Wikipedia)https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/margarethe_von_der_saale_2.jpgMargarethe_von_der_Saale_2Margarethe von der Saale (1522-1566), Wife #2 of Philip of Hesse (credit: Wikipedia).https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/christensachsenhessen.jpgChristenSachsenHessenChristine of Saxony (1505-1549), Philip of Hesse's wife #1. She remained married to Philip, after he had take wife #2.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/wartburg-philipp-von-hessen.jpgWartburg-Philipp.von.HessenPhilip I, Landrave of Hesse (1504-1567). Does the scandal of Philip's marriage provide any lessons for Christians today? (credit: Wikipedia, portrait by Hans Krel, 1490-1565)2018-11-04T13:57:55+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2018/11/03/the-legacy-of-christian-anti-semitism-a-report-from-rome/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/20181008_154621.jpg20181008_154621Inside the Great Synagogue of Rome.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/img_0133.jpgIMG_0133Just a few hundred feet down the street from the Great Synagogue of Rome, marks the spot where Nazi trucks came in, October 16, 1943, and abducted Jews to be taken off to Auschwitz, for extermination.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/20180925_162805-2.jpg20180925_162805-2Rome's Great Synagogue, finished in 1904.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/img_0132.jpgIMG_0132Veracity blogger, in front of the Church of San Gregorio a Ponte Quattro Capi (Note the presence of the police officer behind me, just to my right, and his police vehicle to the left of the church door.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/20180925_141723.jpg20180925_141723https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/20181008_142334.jpg20181008_142334Inscription from Isaiah 65:2-3, from the Church of San Gregorio a Ponte Quattro Capi, overlooking the Jewish Ghetto.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/romejewishghetto.jpgRomeJewishGhettoThe Jewish Ghetto in Rome: Via Rua in Ghetto, (rione Sant'Angelo), by Ettore Roesler Franz (c. 1880)2018-11-03T23:05:10+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2018/11/01/the-history-of-the-english-standard-version/2018-11-01T03:09:09+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2018/10/31/here-we-stand-the-reformation-at-501-in-three-minutes/2018-10-30T13:22:10+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2018/10/25/the-bible-is-reliable-or-is-that-just-your-interpretation/2025-04-15T17:39:45+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2015/04/29/taking-the-bible-literally/2018-10-24T20:30:33+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2018/10/12/a-parable-zionism-18/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/filetmignon.giffiletmignonOK. Filet mignon beats a cheeseburgerhttps://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/cheeseburger.jpgcheeseburgerNothing like a good cheeseburger.... or is there?2018-10-16T11:35:15+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2017/08/16/remembering-robert-e-lee-a-plodding-journey-towards-christ/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/lee-cox.jpglee-cox2019-05-04T02:34:10+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2018/09/19/return-to-zionism/2018-09-20T01:00:21+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2018/10/08/a-tentative-conclusion-zionism-17/2018-11-19T20:23:44+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2018/10/05/one-more-time-with-martin-luther-and-vampires-zionism-16/2018-09-20T00:31:41+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2018/10/02/fulfillment-timeframe-1948-past-or-future-zionism-15/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/us-recognizes-israel-1948.jpgus-recognizes-israel-1948President Harry Truman's letter, in 1948, recognizing Israel as nation-state.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/israel-1948-550.jpgisrael-1948-550What is the "big deal" about 1948 and Israel?2018-09-20T00:28:22+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2018/09/28/the-shifting-theological-landscape-regarding-the-land-zionism-14/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/shifting-sands.jpgshifting-sandsChanges in theology over the years has shifted the conversation regarding the land promise for Israel.2018-09-20T00:24:48+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2018/09/26/has-the-church-replaced-israel-zionism-13/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/replacement.jpgreplacementThe specter of "replacement theology" still haunts the history of "covenant theology." But does that necessarily mean that covenant theology is antisemitic?2018-09-30T10:30:01+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2018/09/23/a-covenant-theology-perspective-zionism-12/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/covenants.jpgcovenantsDispensationalist Bible teacher Clarence Larkin taught the covenants of the Bible, but not in the same manner as the older "covenant theologians" have taught. Click on the image for more detail.2018-09-30T10:24:23+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2018/09/21/a-dispensationalist-perspective-zionism-11/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/larkintypes.jpgLarkinTypesClarence Larkin was a famous dispensationalist Bible teacher in the 20th century, largely due to his influential maps, such as this one about typology in the Bible. Click on the image for more detail.2018-09-20T00:14:35+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2018/09/17/statements-is-social-justice-a-gospel-issue/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/socialjustice.pngSocialJustice2019-02-01T23:56:16+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2018/09/02/assorted-best-of-summer-2018-blog-posts/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/summer.jpgsummer2018-09-13T17:33:22+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2018/09/03/brazil-museum-fire-catastrophe/2018-09-03T19:09:59+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2018/09/03/explore-god/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/wonder.jpgWonder2018-09-03T15:23:48+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2018/08/31/c-s-lewis-reflections-on-the-psalms-redux/2023-03-24T00:17:24+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2018/08/21/the-csb-apologetics-study-bible-a-review/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/apologetics-csb-students.jpgapologetics-csb-studentsApologist Sean McDowell was the general editor for the Apologetics Study Bible for Students. Get this for that young person in your life!https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/csbworldview.jpgcsbworldviewThe CSB Worldview Study Bible, for those who want a "big picture" approach to Christian apologetics.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/holman-apology.jpgholman-apologyBy far, this is my favorite apologetics commentary on the Bible, though it only covers the Gospels and Acts. However, the CSB Apologetics Study Bible, being reviewed here, is more user-friendly book, designed for use by someone new to Christian apologetics.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/csb-bible.jpgcsb-biblehttps://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/csb-apologetics.jpgcsb-apologetics2024-02-24T15:01:02+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2018/08/17/such-were-some-of-you-the-language-of-christian-identity/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/elvisdriverslicense.pngElvisDriversLicenseA driver's license tells us a lot about a person's identity, but there is a deeper question for Christians: How should a believer identify themselves?2018-08-19T21:17:04+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2018/08/11/willow-creek-and-dumpster-fire-christianity/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/dumpsterfire.pngdumpsterfire2018-08-16T00:41:19+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2018/08/09/a-meditation-on-psalm-104/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/creatures-psalm104.jpgcreatures-psalm104Psalm 104 is a tribute to God's creation: But does it also help to resolve a great debate among Christians, as to the age of the earth?2019-05-15T15:06:03+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2018/07/27/what-al-mohler-gets-right-and-wrong-about-the-revoice-conference/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/revoice_conference.jpgRevoice_conference2018-09-07T20:55:29+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2018/07/26/the-historical-adam/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/craigupdate.pngCraigUpdate2018-07-26T17:47:26+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2018/07/20/historian-tom-holland-on-why-he-was-wrong-about-christianity-in-5-minutes/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/dinosaur-eden.jpgdinosaur-edenHumans existing side-by-side with dinosaurs, at Answers in Genesis' Creation Museum, in Kentucky, in stark contrast with the narrative every public school educated child learns from the modern scientific consensus, namely, that the dinosaurs died out millions of years before modern humans entered the scene.2018-07-20T23:34:29+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2018/07/17/andy-stanley-responds-to-his-critics-again/2023-02-01T03:06:25+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2018/07/17/the-romanovs-a-hundred-years-later/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/the_romanovs_1913.jpgthe_romanovs_1913Tsar Nicholas II and family, in 1913 (credit: public domain)2018-07-17T22:30:37+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2018/07/14/the-book-of-psalms-in-9-minutes/2018-07-14T16:54:49+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2018/07/01/perspectives-on-spirit-baptism-five-views-a-book-review/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/perspective_spirit_baptism.jpgperspective_spirit_baptism2018-07-05T03:38:15+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2017/06/04/pentecost-why-the-charismatic-movement-freaks-out-respectable-evangelicals-and-what-we-can-all-learn/2018-06-30T18:29:42+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2018/06/29/do-the-new-atheists-get-their-history-right/2018-06-29T22:00:53+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2018/06/16/what-was-the-sin-of-sodom-taking-a-closer-look/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/sodom-and-gomorrah.jpgSodom-and-GomorrahThe destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, by Jules Joseph Augustin Laurens. What was the sin that led to Sodom's destruction?https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/jackphillips.pngJackPhillipsColorado cake artist, Jack Phillips, who recently won a Supreme Court case, in a United States freedom of religion case, that opponents say legitimizes discrimination against gay persons.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/mullins-craig.pngMullins-CraigDave Mullins and Charlie Craig, the same-sex couple who were offended when Jack Phillips, a Colorado evangelical Christian, and a cake baker, refused to bake a particular cake supporting their marriage.2018-08-07T21:20:05+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2018/06/23/c-s-lewis-reflections-on-the-psalms/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/reflectionsonthepsalms.jpgReflectionsOnThePsalms2021-09-10T01:34:33+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2018/06/13/podcasts-for-the-thinking-christian-2018-update/2018-06-13T23:59:32+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2018/05/30/yanny-vs-laurel-vs-jesus/2018-05-30T23:12:53+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2018/05/28/indiana-jones-egyptian-chariot-wheels-in-the-red-sea-the-true-cross-and-fringe-archaeology/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/chariot-wheels.jpgchariot-wheelsAnother chariot wheel, encrusted in coral, that Ryan supposedly found in the Gulf of Aqaba, as shown in a television documentary. It is too bad that no other archaeologist, Christian or non-Christian, has been able to confirm the existence of this chariot wheel.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/chariot-wheel-660x330.jpgchariot-wheel-660x330A photograph of one of Ron Wyatt's "Egyptian chariot wheels", from his website.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/ronwyatt1.pngRonWyattRonWyatt, a Christian "Indiana Jones." Archaeologist... or fraud?2023-08-30T19:02:06+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2018/05/25/what-did-you-think-of-the-royal-wedding-sermon/2018-05-26T16:32:16+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2018/05/16/the-jerusalem-question-what-is-covenant-theology-vs-dispensationalism/2018-05-25T23:55:04+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2018/05/12/should-the-old-testament-be-unhitched-from-christian-faith-acts-15-and-andy-stanley/2018-07-10T22:11:28+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2018/05/04/augustine-and-the-jews-by-paula-fredriksen-book-review/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/horner.jpghornerBarry Horner's Future Israel. A real eye-opener, but brace yourself for a slide down a slipper slope.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/gibson.jpgGibsonMel Gibson, creator of the movie, the Passion of the Christ.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/st-jerome.jpgst-jeromeSaint Jerome (347-420 A.D.). Translator of the Latin Vulgate... and sometimes promoter of anti-Jewish ideas.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/fredriksen-augustine.jpgfredriksen-augustineAugustine and Jews, by Paula Fredriksen, is a scholarly attempt to appreciate how Saint Augustine sought to reformulate a Christian theology that would guard against anti-Jewish sentiment. Are there lessons here that we can learn from today?2018-05-08T18:03:09+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2018/04/26/james-comey-william-and-mary-and-truth/2018-04-30T22:01:24+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2018/04/30/why-should-the-devil-have-all-the-good-music-larry-norman-christian-rock-and-evangelical-identity/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/people.jpgPeopleLarry Norman (at the lower right) with his hit band, People!. "I Love You" was the hit song.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/carternorman.jpgCarterNormanLarry Norman at the White House, with then President Jimmy Carter. At that concert, with the President attending, he sang "The Great American Novel."https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/onlyvisitingthis.jpgonlyvisitingthishttps://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/lnorman-thornbury.jpgLNorman-ThornburyGregory Alan Thornbury's Why Should the Devil Have All the Good Music?: Larry Norman and the Perils of Christian Rock2023-01-23T23:41:43+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2017/02/04/bill-nye-visits-the-ark-encounter/2018-04-19T17:59:54+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2018/04/17/fragments-of-truth/2018-04-18T03:42:24+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2018/04/16/four-views-on-creation-evolution-and-intelligent-design-a-book-review/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/fourviewscreation.pngFourViewsCreationhttps://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/meyer.jpgmeyerhttps://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/haarsma.jpghaarsmahttps://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/ross.jpgrosshttps://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/ham.jpgHamhttps://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/fvoceaid.jpgfvoceaid2020-08-16T02:14:48+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2018/04/15/paul-apostle-of-christ-the-movie/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/siemiradski_fackeln.jpgSiemiradski_FackelnNero's Torches , 1876, by Henryk Siemiradzki (1843–1902). Nero used Christians as torches in Rome, in the last days of Paul.2018-04-16T01:17:44+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2018/04/07/one-question/2018-04-07T22:04:35+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2018/04/04/mlk-i-have-been-to-the-mountaintop/2018-04-04T21:25:17+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2018/04/02/the-easter-effect/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/lahorechristians.pngLahoreChristiansPakistani Christian worshipers during an Easter Mass in Lahore, 2015. PHOTO: LIGHTROCKET/GETTY IMAGES (as in the Wall Street Journal article) 2018-04-02T11:59:51+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2018/04/01/resurrection-day/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/st-johns-kingwilliam.jpgst-johns-kingwilliamSt. John's Church in King William County, Virginia, one of the many historic, colonial era churches, where the altar always faces East.2018-04-13T18:51:17+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2018/03/31/did-jesus-descend-into-hell-explained-in-3-minutes/2025-12-23T15:06:10+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2018/03/30/the-heart-of-the-gospel-the-death-of-christ-explained-in-90-seconds/2018-04-05T20:31:37+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2018/03/28/chrislam-rick-warren-and-the-internet-lie-that-never-dies/2025-01-01T17:48:52+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2018/02/26/remembering-billy-graham-americas-pastor/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/justasiam.jpgjustasiamJust As I Am, Billy Graham's 1997 memoir, tell his own story, but Grant Wacker's biography of Graham goes much deeper.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/graham1961.jpggraham1961Billy Graham, 1961, preaching in Tallahassee, Florida (credit: Florida State Archive)https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/billy-graham-elder.jpgbilly-graham-elderBilly Graham in his twilight years. What will Graham's theological legacy look like for the next generation?https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/billygraham-614x400.jpgbillygraham-614x400Billy Graham, in the early years, as a Youth For Christ evangelist.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/americas_pastor_billy_graham.jpgamericas_pastor_billy_grahamGrant Wacker's America's Pastor: Billy Graham and the Shaping of a Nation, offers a lot to think about.2018-03-28T23:34:08+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2018/03/24/what-happens-when-a-believer-in-jesus-dies/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/cabriggs.jpgCABriggsCharles August Briggs (1841-1913), in Presbyterian circles, was judged a heretic, due to his denial of the doctrine of biblical inerrancy. This negative association with Briggs often obscures the fact that he held some rather provocative views on purgatory, that are worth think about.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/purgatory-medieval.jpg©Photo. R.M.N. / R.-G. OjédaMedieval depiction of purgatory, Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry (credit: Wikipedia).2018-06-01T21:58:40+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2014/10/17/left-behind-a-good-thing-or-a-bad-thing/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/a_thief_in_the_night.jpgA_Thief_in_the_NightLong before the popular Left Behind books and films by Tim LaHaye and Jerry Jenkins, a Christian filmaker, Russell S. Doughten, in 1972 produced the classic (though some say a bit cheesy) A Thief in the Night, a visual experience that haunted a great many youth groups in dispensationalist churches throughout the 1970s.2018-07-18T12:29:14+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2016/09/02/who-is-the-all-israel-in-romans-11/2024-07-06T00:28:01+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2018/03/14/stephen-hawking-pi-day-and-god/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/piday.pngPiDayhttps://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/god-hawking-tweet.pngGod-Hawking-Tweethttps://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/shawking.jpgSHawking2018-04-06T16:29:04+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2018/03/10/are-the-kingdom-of-heaven-and-the-kingdom-of-god-different/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/sound-bites.jpgsound-biteshttps://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/koh-kog.pngKOH-KOGHow many times is "Kingdom of Heaven" vs. "Kingdom of God" found in each of the four Gospels? Matthew takes the "Kingdom of Heaven" prize. Luke loves "Kingdom of God." Mark is a mix. John does not say much about the "Kingdom" at all. Took this image from a great discussion found at StackExchange on Biblical Hermeneutics (great stuff).https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/king-1000x600.jpgking-1000x600I really like this image, taken from the Think blog, a fantastic, Bible-geek blog run by some pastors out of the UK.2018-03-10T23:09:47+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2018/02/28/woody-allen-and-billy-graham/2018-02-28T23:30:03+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2017/06/18/does-the-prophet-amos-predict-a-literal-rebuilding-of-the-temple-in-jerusalem/2018-02-23T16:28:51+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2018/02/21/can-science-tell-us-nothing-reliable-about-the-past-only-the-bible-can-do-that/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/bible-science.jpgBible-scienceTrue followers of Jesus trust God's special revelation, the Bible. But can they trust God's natural revelation, as understood by science?2018-04-24T14:35:58+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2014/07/09/deborahs-dance-women-in-church-leadership/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/tango.jpgtangoDance!https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/aimee.jpgMcPherson PreachesRadio evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson (1890-1944). A modern day Deborah? Or a sensational character leading evangelicalism into the tragic morass of contemporary feminism? (Photo credit: Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)2020-05-02T13:17:38+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2015/05/07/are-jesus-words-really-in-red-letters/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/redletter.jpgredletterCan we trust that what we read in the Gospels are really the words of Jesus?2019-06-15T13:08:46+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2018/02/18/tortured-for-christ-the-movie/2018-03-09T13:49:24+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2018/01/06/was-the-reformation-a-mistake-a-book-review/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/nichols_stephen-300dpi.jpgNichols_Stephen-300dpiStephen Nichols. Ligonier Ministries teacher, carrying on the late R. C. Sproul's teaching baton.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/vanhoozer.jpgvanhoozerKevin Vanhoozer, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, and Levering's Protestant respondent.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/levering-003-art.jpgLevering-003-ARTMatthew Levering. University of Saint Mary of the Lake. Roman Catholic theologian engaged in dialogue with Protestant evangelicals.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/keith-melody-green.jpgkeith-melody-greenKeith and Melody Green. Contemporary Christian Music, and the complicated story of anti-Roman Catholic polemics.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/reformationmistake.jpgReformationMistake2018-02-17T22:54:56+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2017/05/09/is-it-a-stretch-the-big-bang-and-the-bible/2018-02-16T13:29:51+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2018/02/05/jordan-petersons-lessons-for-christians/2021-05-02T02:38:21+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2018/02/01/life-on-mission-a-review/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/life-on-mission.pngLife-on-MissionThis graphic, from Life on Mission, is a useful tool for how Christians might be able to share their faith with they non-believing friends.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/lifeonmission.jpgLifeOnMission2018-02-01T18:35:46+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2015/11/24/inerrancy-and-interpretation-a-extended-review-of-five-views-of-biblical-inerrancy/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/mustard-seed.jpgMustard-Seed-The parable of the mustard seed as a teaching tool. Do not think you can understand the meaning of a text without understanding the purpose of the literary genre being employed.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/descentmodernist.pngDescentModernistDescent of the Modernists, E. J. Pace, 1922. Many have slid down a slippery slope towards unbelief. But is such a slide inevitable? I think not.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/fiveviews.jpgfiveviewsZondervan's Five Views of Biblical Inerrancy, the book mainly under review here. The best introduction to the present conversation, as it is only place I know where the most important and diverse points of view are available in one volume. Highly recommended, but you have to be pretty motivated to tackle the subject.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/iandi.jpgiandiPeter Enns Inspiration and Incarnation (2005 and 2015) is the book the reignited the contemporary debate over inerrancy.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/inerrantword.jpginerrantwordLigonier Ministries' God's Inerrant Word (1974) is an older collection of essays meant to defend biblical inerrancy. The essays in the book were uneven, though I found two my J. I. Packer to be the most helpful.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/archer.jpgarcherBooks like Gleason Archer's Encyclopedia of Bible Difficulties have helped countless believers wrestle with specific challenges to biblical inerrancy. Most "discrepancies" in the Scripture can be easily resolved. On the other hand, such massive tomes can prove intimidating and discouraging to others who struggle with doubts about the Bible.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/wright-scripture.jpgwright-scriptureN.T. Wright's Scripture and the Authority of God (2013) is a contemporary restatement emphasizing the Bible's supreme authority in matter's of Christian faith and practice. Wright affirms the priority of the Bible without getting bogged down into the technical details often associated with "inerrancy."https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/battlebible.jpgbattlebibleHarold Lindsell's Battle for the Bible (1976) sounded a call for the church to come back to its roots in the Bible. Unlike other books, Lindsell named the names of other evangelicals he thought were compromising the inerrancy of Scripture. Even sympathetic critics today conclude that Lindsell's book was divisive and unhelpful, but that his basic concern was indeed correct.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/5viewsinerrancy.jpg5viewsinerrancyFive Views of Biblical Inerrancy: A serious treatment of a difficult subject, yet broad enough in perspective to allow readers to formulate their own view.2021-02-09T00:06:24+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2018/01/19/why-the-reformation-still-matters-a-brief-review/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/stillmatters.jpgstillmatters2018-01-29T14:04:41+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2018/01/28/the-power-of-the-third-rail-jim-shaws-story-a-review/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/thirdrail.jpgThirdRail2018-01-28T20:00:27+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2013/12/03/bible-secrets-revealed-via-the-history-channel/2018-01-26T23:49:35+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2017/06/09/where-did-the-baptism-in-the-holy-spirit-come-from-2/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/copticchrismation.jpgcopticchrismationBaptism and chrismation in a Coptic Christian church, one of the churches of the East.2018-01-26T22:46:46+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2018/01/22/theocast-evangelical-discretion-is-advised/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/theocast.jpgTheocast2018-01-23T11:12:35+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2018/01/20/the-churching-of-women/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/victoria.jpgVictoriaActress Jenna Coleman plays Queen Victoria, with her first child (photo credit: ITV Picture Desk)2018-01-22T15:38:32+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2018/01/15/indulging-with-a-treasury-of-merit-by-completing-the-afflictions-of-christ/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/the-crown-of-suffering1.jpgthe-crown-of-suffering1https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/the-saints-by-fran-angelico.jpgthe-saints-by-fran-angelicoThe Communion of Saints, by Fran Angelico2025-05-06T20:40:31+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2018/01/12/is-heaven-and-hell-biblical/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/butler.jpgbutler2021-07-10T21:19:32+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2018/01/05/was-luthers-bible-the-first-german-language-bible/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/wenceslaus.jpgWenceslausA German language Bible, authorized by "Good King Wenceslas" predated Luther's German translation of the Bible by over one hundred years.2018-01-05T16:09:06+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2016/10/15/did-an-army-of-600000-israelites-conquer-the-land-of-canaan/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/img_joshua.jpgimg_joshuaThe traditional Sunday School image shows Joshua leading about 600,000 armed Israelites into the land of Canaan, across the river Jordan. But was that really the size of Joshua's army?https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/jordanriver.jpgjordanriverDid some 2 million Israelites, including their 600,000+ army, cross the river Jordan? (photo credit: ExploringBiblelands.Com)https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/new_jersey.gifnew_jerseyThe combination of Israel and the Palestinian territories is roughly equal in size to New Jersey, but Israel/Palestine is more densely populated (~13 million Israel/Palestine vs. ~9 million New Jersey) ...(graphic source: http://www.iris.org.il/sizemaps/new_jersey.htm)2023-07-06T13:32:34+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/toolbox/teaching-materials/2017-12-29T21:52:25+00:00weekly0.6https://sharedveracity.net/2017/12/29/2017-year-in-review/2017-12-29T14:45:19+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2017/12/26/theistic-evolution-was-everything-perfectly-good-before-the-fall/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/micheangelofall.jpgMicheangeloFallMicheangelo's depiction of the Fall of Humanity, in the Sistine Chapel. Did evil enter the world, when Adam and Eve sinned, or did evil sneak its way into the world prior to the Fall?2018-04-22T00:37:39+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2017/12/23/mission-for-rohingya/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/rohingya.jpgRohingya2017-12-23T13:10:09+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2017/02/23/is-genesis-history-or-is-del-tackett-confusing-film-viewers/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/tackettfilm.jpgtackettfilm2018-01-16T21:20:23+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2017/12/08/how-the-reformation-almost-killed-christmas/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/williamsburginn2017.pngWilliamsburgInn2017The Williamsburg Inn, at Colonial Williamsburg's Grand Illumination, 2017, celebrating the coming of the Christ, during the Christmas Advent season.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/puritanchristmasban.jpgPuritanChristmasBanIn 1569, Puritans in New England sought to ban Christmas celebrations, as they were thought be "Satanic practices." Only the most contrarian Christians are that severe today. How did Christmas win against Puritan opposition?2017-12-18T12:42:43+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2017/12/17/the-reformation-for-your-christmas-book-list/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/d-macculloch-reformation.jpgD.MacCulloch-ReformationDiarmaid MacCulloch's The Reformation is my top pick for understanding the Reformation of the 16th and 17th centuries, but it will require a great deal of intellectual investment to benefit from it.2017-12-19T22:12:41+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2017/12/15/reformation-r-c-sproul/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/rcsproul1985.jpgrcsproul1985R.C. Sproul (1939-2017), on camera, recording one his many Ligonier conference sessions, back in 1985.2017-12-15T22:54:24+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2017/12/02/john-calvin-and-the-servetus-affair/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/arminius.jpgArminiusDutch Reformer Jacob Arminius (1560-1609), never met Calvin, being much younger, but his name is forever attached with the controversy over "Calvinism"https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/castellio.jpgcastellioSebastian Castellio (1515-1563), at one-time a colleague of Calvin in Geneva, fell out of favor with the great Genevan pastor, due to his theological views, and called for the end of the death penalty for the crimes of theological heresy.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/bolsec.jpgbolsecJerome Bolsec (died 1584), a French Carmelite theologian-turned-Protestant who first publicly challenged John Calvin, on the doctrine of predestination. Unable to persuade Calvin, Bolsec eventually returned to Roman Catholicism.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/michael_servetus.jpgMichael_ServetusMichael Servetus (1509? - 1553)2017-12-08T13:05:51+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2017/11/25/reformation-dialogue-at-regensburg-an-attempt-to-heal-that-failed/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/regensburg.jpgRegensburgRegensburg, in the 16th century.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/bucer.pngbucerMartin Bucer (1491-1551). Forgotten, and sometimes maligned Reformer at Strasbourg.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/contarini.jpgContariniGasparo Contarini (1483-1542). Italian Reformer within the Roman Catholic Church.2017-12-08T13:01:24+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2017/12/05/lady-jane-grey-a-protestant-martyr/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/mary-tudor.jpgmary-tudorMary I, Catholic queen of England, who cut short the reign of Lady Jane Grey.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/ladyjanegrey.jpgLadyJaneGreyThough the legendary 1833 portrait, by French Romantic artist Paul Delaroche, is somewhat sensationalized, the story of Lady Jane Grey reveals of a young woman with great faith in Christ.2017-12-05T23:31:35+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2017/11/28/what-is-the-apocrypha-in-six-minutes/2017-11-28T13:40:07+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2017/11/24/on-a-mission-from-god-the-jesuits/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/st_ignatius_of_loyola.jpgSt_Ignatius_of_LoyolaSaint Ignatius of Loyola. 1491-1556. (Credit: Wikipedia)https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/silence.jpgsilenceMartin Scorsese's 2016 film, Silence, tells story of Jesuit priests caught in the thick of Japanese shogun persecuted of Catholic Christians, in the early 17th century. This critically acclaimed film is based on a book by Shūsaku Endō. 2017-11-23T14:59:42+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2017/11/16/the-museum-of-the-bible/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/motb.jpgmotbThe Museum of the Bible, in Washington, D.C., opens November 17, 20172024-03-14T15:55:42+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2017/11/14/a-tribute-to-dick-terman/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/terman-w-phyllis.pngTerman-w-PhyllisPhyllis and Dick Terman, and some Veracity blogger dude.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/terman-dick-n-clarke.pngTerman-Dick-n-ClarkeVeracity blogger (me!) with William and Mary Professor Emeritus, Dick Terman.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/dickterman.pngDickTerman2017-11-17T15:34:20+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2017/11/08/genesis-paradise-lost-the-big-bang-and-dogs-who-eat-homework/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/genesis-pd.jpggenesis-pd2017-11-12T03:44:46+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2017/11/11/parking-space-23-and-the-story-of-john-knox/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/parkingspace23.jpgparkingspace232023-12-05T19:52:39+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2017/11/09/menno-simons-in-eight-minutes/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/dirkwillems.jpgDirkWillemsThe Dutch Anabaptist, Dirk Willems, was chased across a frozen pond, by one of his persecutors. When his persecutor fell through the ice, and feared for his life, Willems had compassion on the man, and pulled him out of the frozen waters to safety. Willems was then apprehended, and days later, was executed for his Anabaptist beliefs.... Who are the Anabaptists? A brief look at one of their prominent leaders, Menno Simons, tells the story.2017-11-09T22:59:32+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2013/02/01/contradiction-or-difference/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/pinnacle.jpgpinnacleJesus carried up to a pinnacle of the Temple, by James Tissot , a watercolor between 1886 and 1894. Was Jesus taken up to a pinnacle in the Temple prior to being taken up to a high mountain and shown the kingdoms of the world, or is the order reversed? Does the chronology really matter?2024-07-08T20:44:14+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2017/11/04/a-whos-who-of-the-reformation/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/virginqueenelizabeth.pngVirginQueenElizabethElizabeth I of England (1533-1603)https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/henry-viii.pnghenry-viiiKing Henry VIII (1491-1547)https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/johncalvin.pngjohncalvinJohn Calvin (1509-1564)https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/zwingli.jpgzwingliUlrich Zwingli (1484-1531)https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/jan_hus_2.jpgJan_Hus_2John Huss (1369-1415)https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/john_wycliffe_at_work.jpgJohn_Wycliffe_at_workJohn Wycliffe (1320s-1384)2017-11-05T12:10:33+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2017/11/02/the-five-solas-of-the-reformation-what-do-you-believe/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/five_solas.jpgFive_Solas2017-11-04T18:40:06+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2017/10/30/what-were-luthers-ninety-five-theses/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/diet-wurms.pngdiet-wurmsThe Diet at Worms: Anton von Werner (credit: Wikipedia)2017-10-30T23:45:25+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2017/10/28/the-haunted-legacy-of-martin-luther/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/lasvegas.jpglasvegasMourners pray after the October, 2017 Las Vegas shooting. From European antisemitic acts of terror to senseless shootings in America, our world is filled with violence. Are we willing to look to Jesus, as the one who can cure this sickness of the human heart?2017-11-01T22:20:05+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2017/10/26/crisis-at-marburg-2/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/communion.jpg"This is my Body... This is my Blood." Matthew 26:26-27. Literal or symbolic interpretation?https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/zwingliandluther.jpgMartin Luther draws the line in chalk against Huldrich Zwingli in their disputation at the Castle of Marburg. The conflict between Luther and Zwingli split the Protestant Reformation into different "Lutheran" and "Reformed" movements.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/john-calvin.jpgJohn Calvin, the young French Reformer, who inherited the leadership of the Swiss Reformed movement from Zwingli.2017-10-26T22:18:10+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2017/10/24/birdwatching-and-the-reformation/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/painted_bunting_dannybales4.jpgpainted_bunting_dannybales4Pastor Claude Marshall hopes to see one of these one day in the wild, the American Painted Bunting2017-10-26T22:02:49+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2017/10/25/sola-scriptura-not-nuda-scriptura/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/bible-study.jpgBible-Studyhttps://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/solascriptura.jpgsolaScriptura2017-10-25T22:09:39+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2013/03/23/crisis-at-marburg/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/communion.jpgcommunion"This is my Body... This is my Blood." Matthew 26:26-27. Literal or symbolic interpretation?https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/john-calvin.jpgJohn-CalvinJohn Calvin (1509-1564)https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/zwingliandluther.jpgzwingliandlutherMartin Luther draws the line in chalk against Huldrich Zwingli in their disputation at the Castle of Marburg. The conflict between Luther and Zwingli split the Protestant Reformation into different "Lutheran" and "Reformed" movements.2017-10-26T21:50:27+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2017/10/21/what-was-the-reformation-all-about-in-three-minutes/2017-10-21T15:02:16+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2017/10/19/erasmus-and-his-revolutionary-greek-new-testament/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/erasmustext_lastpage_rev22_8_21.jpgErasmusText_LastPage_Rev22_8_21The last page of Erasmus' Greek New Testament. The Dutch scholar had no access to the last six verses in the final chapter or Revelation, so he had to back-translate those verses from the Latin in the Greek.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/423px-holbein-erasmus.jpg423px-Holbein-erasmusDesiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam (1466-1536), by Holbein. Influential scholar of medieval Christian humanism (credit: Wikipedia)2017-10-19T22:55:36+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2017/10/10/why-people-hate-the-sermon-on-the-mount-virginia-stem-owens/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/virginia-owens.jpgVirginia-OwensVirginia Stem Owens2017-10-10T12:44:04+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2017/10/09/eric-metaxas-on-martin-luther/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/metaxas-luther.jpgmetaxas-luther2017-10-09T22:20:23+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2017/10/07/john-hus-a-journey-of-no-return/2017-10-06T23:36:13+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2017/10/01/imputation-the-chocolate-chips-in-luthers-theological-cookie/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/chocchipcookie.pngchocchipcookieWhat "chocolate chips" are in your theological cookie, regarding your justification?https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/chocolatechips.jpgchocolatechipsIs something missing in your Gospel cookie?2017-10-01T12:12:37+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2017/09/28/mortal-sin-venial-sin-and-the-sin-that-leads-to-death/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/bridgeillustrate.gifbridgeillustrate2025-02-10T03:51:34+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2017/09/23/does-the-roman-catholic-church-still-sell-indulgences/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/johann-tetzel-1.jpgJohann-tetzel-1Johann Tetzel, 16th century indulgences promoter, and "used car salesman." Tetzel avoided visiting Wittenberg, Germany, seeking to directly avoid the barbs of Martin Luther's scathing critique (credit: Wikipedia)2020-08-30T13:55:34+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2017/09/22/september-23-end-times-nonsense/2017-09-22T22:00:03+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2017/09/21/humans-came-from-east-africa-southeastern-europe-or-somewhere-else/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/crete.jpgcreteHominin footprints, by the shore of an island, near Crete, discovered by a Polish researcher.2017-09-21T22:59:29+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2017/09/18/remembering-nabeel-qureshi/2017-09-23T13:13:41+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2017/09/16/did-luther-intend-to-start-the-reformation-in-seven-minutes/2017-09-16T14:25:59+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2017/09/15/statements-a-reforming-catholic-confession/2017-09-16T14:20:24+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2017/09/14/statements-what-does-nashville-have-to-do-with-chicago/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/nashvillestatement.pngnashvillestatement2017-09-16T14:10:45+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2017/09/08/pray-for-nabeel-qureshi/2017-09-16T23:29:27+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2017/09/02/perfect-solar-eclipses-and-the-wobbly-table-of-young-earth-apologetics/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/tableleg.pngtablelegLooking for a napkin to prop up that short table leg? You might be better off with a different, more sturdy table.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/colander.pngcolanderA colleague of mind brought a colander to the eclipse viewing party, where you can make out dozens crescents from the partial eclipse (cling on image to expand, to get a closer look).https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/eclipse1.pngeclipse1The Great American Eclipse of 2017 brought a few hundred observers to a viewing party at the College of William and Mary2018-09-01T23:15:40+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2017/08/31/the-book-of-malachi-in-seven-minutes/2017-08-31T23:05:45+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2017/08/26/is-the-church-joels-army/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/locustswarmmadagascar.jpgLocustSwarmMadagascarLocust swarm in Madagascar, as in the days of the Book of Joel. A sign of judgment against God's people, or a symbol for the church?2017-08-26T16:41:18+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2017/08/25/the-book-of-joel-in-seven-minutes/2017-08-25T23:27:46+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2017/08/21/why-the-september-23-2017-prophecy-of-the-revelation-12-sign-is-totally-bogus/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/virgo.jpgvirgoThe constellation Virgo. Foreboding a fulfillment of the Book of Revelation? I think not.2017-08-21T14:29:45+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2017/08/19/the-book-of-haggai-in-five-minutes/2017-08-19T16:09:53+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2017/08/17/are-eclipses-signs-from-god/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/1040px-solar_eclipse_1999_4_nr.jpg1040px-Solar_eclipse_1999_4_NR2017-08-26T18:56:19+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2017/08/13/moving-beyond-confusion-with-the-baptism-in-the-holy-spirit-7/2021-08-17T05:30:25+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2017/08/11/power-to-witness-in-the-baptism-in-the-holy-spirit-6/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/mlj-joyunspeakable.jpgMLJ-JoyUnspeakableMartyn Lloyd-Jones' classic Joy Unspeakable is penetrating examination of the Scriptures regarding the baptism in the Holy Spirit. Though not fully persuaded by the argument, I concur with Lloyd-Jones' hunger for revival.2017-08-11T22:31:39+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2016/01/18/kirk-camerons-monumental-missed-opportunity/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/monumental.jpgmonumentalKirk Cameron's 2012 film, Monumental, is worth seeing, but only if accompanied by good, historical scholarship to correct the inaccuracies and misguided theology.2017-08-10T12:19:13+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2017/08/09/canaanite-dna-and-biblically-illiterate-journalism/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/siddon-exca.jpgsiddon-excaAn ancient Canaanite skeleton gives us clues to the DNA history behind a people group in the Middle East. (Credit: Dr. Claude Doumet-Serhal)2017-08-10T02:19:36+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2017/08/07/why-facebook-can-never-be-the-church-and-why-christians-need-to-think-differently/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/daytimer.jpgdaytimerRemember the "Day-Timer?" It was all the latest rage in the late 1980s, for time management, but now replaced by the folks at Google, Apple, and Microsoft. Does the church get taken captive by the latest trends in the corporate world?https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/zuckerberg.pngZuckerberg2018-09-09T13:26:10+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2017/08/03/the-book-of-zechariah-in-eight-minutes/2018-04-15T23:51:06+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2017/07/27/the-book-of-nahum-in-five-minutes/2017-07-27T21:58:45+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2017/07/20/the-book-of-obadiah-in-five-minutes/2017-07-20T23:15:32+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2017/07/16/prophecy-fulfilled-in-the-baptism-in-the-holy-spirit-5/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/baptism-fullness-stott.jpgbaptism-fullness-stottJohn R. W. Stott's Baptism and Fullness is a classic, biblical exposition of "Spirit Baptism," though it lacked sufficient enough attention to the fulfillment of Old Testament prophecy, for the "baptism in the Holy Spirit." Nevertheless, Stott is highly recommended.2017-07-16T14:02:24+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2017/07/13/thinking-about-ditching-your-copy-of-the-message-consider-this/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/message.jpgMessage2017-07-16T14:00:14+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2017/07/13/the-book-of-zephaniah-in-five-minutes/2017-07-13T22:59:17+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2017/07/10/on-robert-e-lee-statues-the-reformation-and-the-danger-of-forgetting-history/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/luther-in-dc.pngLuther-in-DCMartin Luther statue, in Washington, D.C. Beloved Protestant Reformer, but promoter of Jewish hatred, later in life. Should his statue be removed next? I hope not.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/leestatue.pngLeeStatueRobert E. Lee statue being removed from a New Orleans monument (credit: Scott Threlkeld/ AP)2021-07-10T02:17:01+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2017/07/07/historic-jesus/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/jamestownveracity.pngJamestownVeracity2017-07-09T13:44:30+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2017/07/06/the-book-of-habakkuk-in-seven-minutes/2017-07-06T22:06:04+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2017/07/06/mark-hitchcock-revelation-video-course-one-day-sale-today/2017-07-06T21:47:37+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2017/07/04/is-the-baptism-in-the-holy-spirit-a-second-blessing-experience-4/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/jwesley3.jpgjwesley3John Wesley, the 18th century evangelical leader, whose heart was "strangely warmed," years after he had committed himself to follow Christ.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/220px-martyn_lloyd-jones.png220px-Martyn_Lloyd-JonesMartyn Lloyd-Jones, Puritan Sealer (credit: Wikipedia)2024-02-08T19:58:51+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2017/07/02/is-speaking-in-tongues-the-sign-of-the-baptism-in-the-holy-spirit-3/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/wimber.jpgwimberJohn Wimber (1934-1997) founded the Vineyard Church, now a worldwide movement that spearheads the revival of "signs and wonders," in the charismatic "Third Wave." (credit: Wikipedia)https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/afm_on_azusa_street.jpgAFM_on_azusa_streetApostolic Faith Mission, on Azusa Street, the birthplace of Pentecostalism (credit: Wikipedia)https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/dennisbennett.jpgdennisbennettDennis Bennett, the Episcopal priest who encouraged the charismatic revival movement in the 1960s.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/william_j-_seymour.jpgWilliam_J._SeymourWilliam Seymour, the main preacher behind the Azusa Street Pentecostal Revival.2017-07-03T14:46:59+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/toolbox/2017-07-02T10:54:02+00:00weekly0.6https://sharedveracity.net/2017/06/30/pluralism-in-your-face/2017-07-01T13:21:47+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2017/06/29/the-book-of-micah-in-seven-minutes/2017-06-30T00:15:17+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2017/06/24/truth-in-a-culture-of-doubt-brief-book-review/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/truthincultureofdoubt.jpgtruthincultureofdoubt2017-06-24T12:57:55+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2017/06/23/charismatic-shift-evangelist-greg-laurie-joins-the-southern-baptists/2025-09-02T17:27:29+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2017/06/22/the-book-of-hosea-in-seven-minutes/2017-06-22T22:59:32+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2017/06/15/the-book-of-amos-in-seven-minutes/2017-06-16T11:40:03+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2017/06/13/the-elusive-quest-for-the-best-bible-translation/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/andynaseli.jpgandynaseli2017-06-15T12:01:58+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2017/06/12/loving-day-and-the-sin-of-previous-generations/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/bazille.pngbazilleVirginia judge Leon Bazille's handwritten theological justification for banning interracial marriage. He ends by saying, "The fact that [God] separated the races shows that he did not intend for the races to mix."2022-11-23T21:01:13+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2017/06/07/what-is-the-baptism-in-the-holy-spirit-1/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/globalpentecostal.jpgglobalpentecostalFired up by enthusiasm, the theology of "the baptism in the Holy Spirit," is taking over the globe. But what is it exactly? (photo credit: Getty Images, Economist magazine)2017-06-09T23:11:05+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2017/06/02/history-in-charleston-french-protestants-come-to-south-carolina/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/gustavusvasa.pngGustavusVasaOlaudah Equiano (alias "Gustavus Vasa") exhibit in the Slave Mart museum, in Charleston, SC.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/slavemart.pngSlaveMartThe Charleston Slave Mart Museum, originally a private slave market that opened after the public slave trading ended in Charleston, in the early 19th century.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/josephmanigaulthouse.pngJosephManigaultHouseJoseph Manigault, descendant of French Protestant refugees, built this grand Charleston home, from the wealth he gained from African slave-labored rice production.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/frenchhuguenotchurch2.pngFrenchHuguenotChurch2The French Huguenot Church in Charleston, South Carolina, one of the many church buildings in the "Holy City."2018-11-14T03:51:32+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2017/05/24/idols-and-images-ten-commandments-yes-but-how-do-you-list-them/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/bach-hausmann.jpgbach-hausmannHausmann's 1746 portrait of Johann Sebastian Bach, a German Lutheran composer of fine Christian music. But he had been from Scotland, he might have been destroying church organs instead. https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/220px-andreas_bodenstein.jpg220px-Andreas_BodensteinAndreas Karlstadt, One-time colleague of Martin Luther's, in the reformation of the church.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/dirck_van_delen_-_beeldenstorm_in_een_kerk.jpgDirck_van_Delen_-_Beeldenstorm_in_een_kerkIconclasts in a church (1630), Dirck van Delen (1604-1671). Wikipedia.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/tencommandments.jpgtencommandmentsMoses and Aaron, with the Ten Commandments: Aron de Chaves (1674)2017-05-24T13:46:30+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2017/05/21/who-is-clarke-morledge/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/who-is-clarke-morledge.pngWho-Is-Clarke-Morledge2017-05-24T13:49:30+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2017/05/16/should-a-christian-have-a-dream-catcher-in-their-car/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/coca-cola-pendant.jpgcoca-cola-pendantA popular Coca-Cola pendant, before the Nazi's adopted the swastika as their symbol.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/dreamcatcher.jpgdreamcatcher2021-10-17T02:18:04+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2017/05/08/whistling-past-the-graveyard/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/vlog-graphic_002.png~Vlog-Graphic_0022017-05-08T20:57:02+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2017/05/08/faith-bible-college-class-opportunity/2017-05-08T13:41:01+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2017/05/07/the-breaking-of-the-bread-or-whatever-you-call-it/2017-05-09T00:51:50+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2017/04/30/should-christians-hold-all-things-in-common-like-the-early-church-did/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/hutterites.jpghutteritesMembers of a Hutterite colony, an Anabaptist group that practices sharing a "community of goods."2017-04-30T12:19:44+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2017/04/26/veracity-goes-video/2017-04-28T20:04:19+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2017/04/25/taking-matters-into-your-own-hands/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/youtube1.pngYouTube1https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/veracityplate.pngVeracityPlate2017-04-27T23:38:23+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2015/11/09/the-peculiarity-of-seventh-day-adventism-3/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/greatcontroversy.jpggreatcontroversyEllen G. White's most famous book, The Great Controversy, lays out a detailed scheme of historicist interpretation of bible prophecy.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/cornflakes_in_bowl.jpgCornflakes_in_bowlI am not convinced by the Adventist reading of church history with respect to the "apostasy" over the "Sunday" Sabbath. Nor do I want to give up my love for a good cheeseburger, but I am with the Adventists on this one: I love frosted corn flakes!!https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/millerite_1843_chart_2.jpgMillerite_1843_chart_2William Miller's prophecy chart, identifying the Second Coming of Christ in 1843 (credit: Wikapedia, click on for more detail).2022-05-16T15:22:01+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2017/04/22/why-this-christian-thinks-the-march-for-science-is-not-such-a-good-idea/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/arkanimals.jpgarkanimalsAnimals entering Noah's ark, by Dutch painter Jacob Savery II (photo credit: Getty Images, Bridgeman Art Library). So, how did this set up animals eventually produce today's tremendous biodiversity. A proposal by Young Earth Creationists may surprise you.2017-04-22T12:55:28+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2017/04/18/the-bible-answer-man-becomes-eastern-orthodox/2017-04-19T17:57:56+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2017/04/16/the-case-for-christ-easter-for-believers-and-skeptics/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/strobel.jpgstrobelLee and Leslie Strobel, 1972.2020-05-12T03:18:48+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2017/04/13/the-beautiful-gate-holy-week-ezekiel-mary-and-the-return-of-christ/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/boccaccio.jpgboccaccioMeeting at the Golden Gate, by Boccaccio Boccaccio, 1514-1515, at Cremona Cathedral. From the New Testament apocryphal literature, the Protoevangelion of James, the parents of the EverVirgin Mary, Joachim and Anna, met at the Golden or Beautiful Gate, after both received a visit independently from the Archangel Gabriel, promising them the birth of their child (credit: Web Gallery of Art).https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/golden_gate_jerusalem_2009.jpgGolden_Gate_Jerusalem_2009The Golden Gate of Jerusalem, that some identify as being the Beautiful Gate of Acts 3.2017-04-14T10:41:50+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2017/04/10/egypts-coptic-christians-and-the-unity-of-the-body-of-christ/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/copticchristians.jpgCopticChristiansCoptic Christians celebrating Christmas Eve in Cairo. Notice that they follow an ancient tradition of men gathering on one side and women on the other (photo credit: Associated Press, Amr Nabil)https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/coptic-massacre.pngcoptic-massacrePalm Sunday terror in blood-stained Coptic Christian church in Egypt, 2017 (credit: Agency France-Presse)2017-04-12T18:16:06+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2017/04/09/why-different-christians-recite-the-lords-prayer-differently/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/didache.jpgdidacheA surviving Oxhyrhynchus Didache fragment, from the 4th century. See Brice C. Jones' website for more information.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/thomascranmer.jpgThomasCranmerThomas Cranmer, 16th century Archbishop of Canterbury, who guided King Henry VIII's efforts to standardize an English version of the Lord's Prayer.2019-06-16T13:57:17+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2017/04/07/vatican-ii-embracement-and-pope-francis-roman-catholicism-today/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/xl_300px-martin-luther-1967.jpgxl_300px-Martin-Luther-1967Martin Luther, a "heretic" or "a witness to the Gospel?" How has the Roman Catholic communion changed in 500 years? (credit: Finland stamp from 1967, from ETWN web page)2017-04-07T22:06:55+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2017/04/05/a-modest-defense-of-the-billy-graham-rule/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/grahambarrowsshea.jpgGrahamBarrowsSheaGeorge Beverly Shea, Billy Graham, and Cliff Barrows, the young evangelists, who sought to live lives above reproach.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/woman-at-the-well.pngwoman-at-the-wellJesus meets the woman a the well.2017-04-06T10:14:04+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2014/10/06/lectio-divina-spiritual-formation-3/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/imagination-bible.jpgimagination-bibleImagination. Is there such a thing as a godly imagination in the life of a believer in Christ?2018-05-01T01:56:35+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2013/05/21/transformation-dallas-willard/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/willard1.jpgwillardDallas Willard. Pioneer for the renewal of spiritual formation in the contemporary church.2017-04-04T12:24:45+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2017/04/01/ivor-noel-hume-and-the-evidence-for-faith/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/cwf-cascades.pngcwf-cascadesColonial Williamsburg restoration specialists, probably late 1960s or early 1970s. Ivor Noël Hume is standing on the fair left. My father, George Alan Morledge, is seated in the center of the photo, where you can see that both of his hands are clasped loosely together.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/ivornoelhume.jpgIvor Noel Hume, in the filming of "Search for a Century," a 1970s Colonial Williamsburg production.2017-04-01T13:48:04+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2017/03/28/the-tim-keller-controversy-at-princeton-and-what-it-means-for-the-church/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/oscars-error.jpgoscars-errorIt was a shocker when the Oscars mistakenly first awarded Best Picture to "La La Land," instead of to "Moonlight." But who think that a leading Protestant seminary would do the same type of thing? (photo credit: Kevin Winter/ Getty Images)2017-03-29T17:54:17+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2017/03/27/botticelli-and-the-search-for-the-divine/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/firenze_chiesa-di-ognissant.jpgfirenze_chiesa-di-ognissantSandro Botticelli, Sant’ Agostino nello studio (Saint Augustine in the studio), Fresco, Chiesa di San Salvatore in Ognissanti, Florence. 2017-03-28T18:08:04+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2017/03/26/does-baptism-save-a-person/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/peter_preaching_jerusalem_det_hi.jpgBEN63198St. Peter Preaching in Jerusalem, c.1427 (fresco) by Masolino da Panicale, Tommaso (1383-c.1447) Brancacci Chapel, Santa Maria del Carmine, Florence, Italyhttps://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/baptism.jpgbaptism2017-03-28T14:00:43+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2017/03/24/the-niv-faithlife-study-bible-a-review/2017-03-28T19:46:17+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2017/03/23/the-shack-is-genesis-history-and-the-false-dichotomies-in-christian-films/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/young-lies.jpgyoung-liesW. Paul Young's Lies We Believe About God, is a follow-up book to The Shack, which ups the ante on the theological controversy.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/deddo-shack.jpgdeddo-shackGod, The Bible and The Shack is a short pamphlet, designed to help readers of W. Paul Young's The Shack navigate through some tough theological issues.2017-04-28T17:59:03+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2017/03/17/the-real-st-patrick-in-less-than-3-minutes/2017-03-17T14:42:45+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2014/10/07/revelation-and-the-rapture-reboot/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/revelation_clarencelarkin.gifRevelation_ClarenceLarkinClarence Larkin (1850–1924), a Baptist pastor, produced this intricately detailed chart showing the structure of the events described in the Book of Revelation according to a dispensationalist system of Bible interpretation. Note how Larkin splits the event of the Second Coming, into two parts: the first where Christ "raptures" the church and the second where the Christ comes in glory with his Church to begin the millennial reign. In between the two parts of the Second Coming is the "seventieth week of Daniel," which forms the basic narrative of the last book of the Bible.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/jndarby.gifjndarbyBefore there was Hal Lindsey, there was John Nelson Darby (1800-1882), the British Bible teacher who popularized the contemporary doctrine of the Rapture and the Dispensationalist school of biblical interpretation.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/hal-lindsey.jpghal-lindseyBefore there was Nicholas Cage in the Left Behind movie, there was Hal Lindsey, the great popularizer of EndTimes scenarious based on a dispensationlist interpretation of the Book of Revelation.2021-10-09T03:33:27+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2017/03/14/dating-the-adam-thoroughgood-house-and-while-we-are-at-it-the-earth-too/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/tree_rings-v2.jpgtree_rings-v2A tree ring sample.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/dendronchronologyearth.pngdendronchronologyearthhttps://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/bristleconepine.pngbristleconepineBristlecone Pine, with tree rings dating back even to thousands of years.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/adamtgood-sign.pngadamtgood-signHistoric landmark sign for the Adam Thoroughgood House... with the wrong date on it for when the house was built.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/adam_thoroughgood_house_by_frances_benjamin_johnston.jpgadam_thoroughgood_house_by_frances_benjamin_johnstonAdam Thoroughgood House. An historic colonial home in Virginia Beach, Virginia (credit: Frances Benjamin Johnston)2017-03-15T03:24:22+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2017/03/10/reza-aslan-cnn-and-world-religions/2017-03-11T00:44:14+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2017/03/06/should-christians-go-see-the-shack-the-movie/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/shackover.jpgshackoverPaul Young's New York Times bestselling novel about how a terrible family tragedy led to an encounter with God, is now a movie. But given the controversy of the book, should Christians go see the film?2017-09-16T12:37:41+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2017/03/02/ambassador-doug-coe/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/dougcoe.pngdougcoeDoug Coe (credit: A. Larry Ross)2017-03-03T03:19:43+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2017/02/26/when-the-new-testament-writers-quote-the-old-testament-uh-are-they-crazy/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/modelcar.jpgmodelcarA model of a car helps you to envision, and anticpate, what the actual car really looks like.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/saint_matthias.pngsaint_matthiasSaint Matthias replaced Judas Iscariot among the original 12 apostles, following Judas' death, as described in Acts 1. The Bible tells us nothing more about Matthias, but one tradition says that he founded the first Christian community along the Caspian Sea (credit: Simone Martini, Wikipedia)2017-02-28T18:34:52+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2017/02/19/is-genesis-history-del-tackett-alternative-facts-and-building-a-defensible-biblical-worldview/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/grandcanyon.pnggrandcanyonThe Grand Canyon: Monument to an Ancient Earth: Can Noah's Flood Explain the Grand Canyon? is a beautiful new book, with lots of great photography, that makes the point that fossil record shows that the distribution of different animal remains are found in distinct layers, which a global flood model does not account for.2019-01-02T14:38:39+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2017/02/17/a-conversation-starter-muslims-christians-and-jesus/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/muslims-christians-jesus.jpgmuslims-christians-jesus2017-02-17T14:26:03+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2017/02/14/celebrating-frederick-douglasss-199th-birthday/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/frederickdouglass.pngfrederickdouglassFrederick Douglass, born February, 1818, into slavery. Photo colorization by Marina Amarai.2017-02-15T00:10:25+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2017/02/11/does-the-bible-speak-definitively-on-the-age-of-the-earth/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/collinsmohler.pngcollinsmohlerAlbert Mohler and C. John Collins at the Evangelical Free Church of America Theology Conference, 2017 (Henry Center, Trinity International University)https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/cjohncollins.jpgcjohncollinsC. John Collinshttps://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/albert_mohler.jpgalbert_mohlerAlbert Mohler2023-01-22T14:28:13+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2017/01/31/a-covenant-for-small-groups-discovering-authentic-christianity/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/stedman.jpgstedmanRay Stedman, the California Bible teacher, who inspired Dick Woodward to write A Covenant for Small Groups.2017-02-12T23:28:09+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2017/01/24/hidden-figures/2017-02-12T23:33:00+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2017/01/19/why-christians-need-to-be-wary-of-the-prosperity-gospel/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/paulawhite.jpgpaulawhitePastor Paula White, evangelist and one of the prayer leaders for 58th United States Presidential Inauguration.2017-01-21T22:46:07+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2017/01/17/dick-woodward-on-bbn-radio-this-week-jan-16-20/2017-01-18T13:11:37+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2017/01/07/huston-smith-and-the-doctrine-of-religious-pluralistic-experimentalism/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/religionman.jpgreligionmanHuston Smith's classic on comparative religion studies: The Religions of Man.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/wcorduan.jpgwcorduanWinfried Corduan's Neighboring Faiths: A Christian Introduction to World Religions, is a great alternative to Huston Smith's textbook, The Religions of Man.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/hustonsmith.jpghuston smith at sagrada 9-23-2012, age 93Huston Smith (1919-2016), pioneering scholar in the field of comparative religious studies, died on December 30, 2016.2017-01-16T20:24:44+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2017/01/15/loving-vs-virginia-vs-the-bible/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/richard-mildred-loving.jpgrichard-mildred-lovingRichard and Mildred Loving2021-10-08T16:26:03+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2015/10/03/noahs-curse/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/goldenberg-ham.gifgoldenberg-hamDavid M. Goldenberg's scholarly book, The Curse of Ham, can help even non-academics better understand how the connection between race, slavery, and the Bible developed in Western cultural history.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/haynes-noah.jpghaynes-noahNoah's Curse tells us a lot more about how the Bible can be misinterpreted with devastating consequences, and less about what the Bible really say.shttps://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/800px-ksenophontov_noah.jpg800px-Ksenophontov_noahNoah curses his son Ham, a 19th-century painting by Ivan Stepanovitch Ksenofontov. Ham looks pretty white to me here, but for thousands of Christians in the American South, from at least the 19th century to recent times, they thought Ham (or his son Canaan) had black skin.2023-08-10T18:13:42+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2017/01/10/a-visit-to-a-mega-megachurch/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/nickell.pngnickellScott Nickell, associate pastor of Flatirons Community Church, in preaching mode.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/img_20160806_160754_124.jpgimg_20160806_160754_124You might think this is secular rock concert, but it it is not. This is worship time at Flatirons Community Church.2017-09-25T22:38:25+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2016/12/31/clarkes-books-of-2016-and-a-quick-year-in-review/2017-01-01T15:12:43+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2016/12/30/andy-stanley-and-critics-who-shoot-first-and-ask-questions-later/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/johnwayne.jpgjohnwayne2016-12-30T22:22:10+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2014/12/08/exodus-gods-and-kings-and-the-min-and-max-of-digging/2016-12-26T20:12:14+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2016/12/24/the-incarnation-in-three-minutes/2016-12-24T21:25:48+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2016/12/21/daniels-seventy-weeks-5/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/yodachristmas.pngyodachristmas2023-03-27T12:37:05+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2016/12/16/daniels-seventy-weeks-4/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/hoehner.pnghoehnerHarold Hoehner (1935-2009), the Dallas Seminary professor who modified Sir Robert Anderson's calculations of Daniel 9, to give us the most recognized form of the dispensationalist teaching on the "Seventy Weeks" prophecy.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/70weeks.gif70weeksThe primary traditional alternative to the more modern, dispensationalist reading of Daniel 9:24-272016-12-19T18:42:25+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2016/12/17/john-glenn-christian-faith-and-the-god-of-creation/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/annie_and_john_glenn_1965.jpgAnnie and John Glenn (1965)Annie and John Glenn, in 1965. They where married for 73 years, until his death in December, 2016.2016-12-19T02:25:12+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2016/12/15/people-disagreed-with-jesus-about-the-bible-too/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/jesus-talking.pngJesus talking2016-12-15T23:42:28+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2016/12/12/classic-thinking-thomas-oden/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/thomasoden.jpgthomasodenThomas C. Oden wrote A Change of Heart, a theological memoir of how as a thinker he made the journey from Protestant Liberal to a truly evangelical and broadly ecumenical man of faith.2016-12-13T03:48:21+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2016/12/11/daniels-seventy-weeks-3/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/hannegraff.jpghannegraffHank Hanegraff, the "Bible Answer Man" on many Christian radio stations, is no fan of the "gap" theory of how to interpret Daniel 9's "Seventy Weeks."2016-12-11T14:41:06+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2016/12/07/single-mindedness-helen-roseveare/2016-12-08T02:03:39+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2016/12/06/daniels-seventy-weeks-2/2016-12-07T05:05:53+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2016/10/22/jonahs-nineveh-and-modern-day-mosul/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/ninevahwalls.jpgninevahwallsThe walls of ancient Nineveh. The walls were excavated and rebuilt in the 20th century, but the Islamic State has damaged this archaeological site in last few years.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/jonahstomb.pngjonahstombIn July, 2014, militants of the Islamic state blew up the Tomb of Jonah, a memorial site with significance for both Muslims and Christians, as it honored the famous Old Testament prophet, called to preach in the city of Nineveh, now part of modern-day Mosul, in northern Iraq.2017-10-14T22:11:19+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2016/11/30/when-did-advent-celebrations-start/2019-12-27T02:09:16+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2014/11/11/review-james-bryan-smiths-the-good-and-beautiful-god/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/tgabg.jpgTGABGSpiritual formation author James Bryan Smith has the right aims in mind, but he delivers a "so-so" message in a way that can confuse evangelical readers.2018-03-07T01:28:53+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2016/11/23/resounding-cliff-barrows/2016-11-24T01:27:04+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2016/11/22/lewis-kennedy-huxley-and-the-end-of-the-age-of-innocence/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/lkh.jpglkh2016-11-22T23:23:50+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2016/11/18/was-jericho-a-city-or-a-military-fortification/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/jericho-from-the-air.jpgjericho-from-the-airThe ruins of ancient Jericho, scarred by over a hundred years of archaeological digs, as seen from the air.2016-11-20T13:30:42+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2016/11/11/remembering-my-dad-on-veterans-day/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/burtonisland.pngburtonislandUSS Burton Island, Navy ice breaker, 1954.2016-11-14T19:25:27+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2016/11/08/g-k-chesterton-on-the-2016-american-presidential-election/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/gkchesterton.jpggkchestertonG. K. Chesterton (1874-1936)2016-11-08T20:36:43+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2016/11/06/jen-hatmaker-and-the-frustrated-evangelical-response-to-lgbtq/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/jenhatmaker.pngjenhatmakerThe Babylon Bee, a Christian satire website, unloaded a clever piece on Jen Hatmaker today, expressing the type of dismay that many evangelical Christians are thinking. But are we really hearing the message underneath Jen Hatmaker's public pronouncement?2020-07-09T15:43:53+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2016/11/01/why-the-reformation-still-matters/2016-11-02T01:38:46+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2016/10/28/jack-chick-and-the-real-halloween-scare/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/pumpkin.jpgpumpkinWhat scares you this Halloween? Afraid of what God might do to you, or afraid of missing out on discovering who God created you to be? It makes a difference.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/bigdaddy.gifbigdaddyJack Chick wrote the most famous anti-evolution track in the world, Big Daddy?, a collaborative effort with Kent Hovind, who is controversial even among Young Earth Creationists. For a evolutionary creationist critique of Jack Chick's tract, you can read this analysis at the Letters to Creationists blog.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/jackchick-thiswasyourlife.pngjackchick-thiswasyourlifeJack Chick, fundamentalist cartoonist, died at age 92, on October 23, 2016. His most popular comic book tract was This Was Your Life.2016-11-06T13:44:40+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2016/10/25/kirk-camerons-revive-us-national-family-meeting/2016-10-25T23:56:10+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2016/10/21/one-reason-why-john-stotts-stand-against-martyn-lloyd-jones-mattered/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/john-stott.jpgJohn R. W. Stott. Open to the charismatic movement... yet cautious.2016-10-22T02:19:54+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2016/10/09/nat-turners-virginia-slave-rebellion-hollywood-and-how-we-read-the-bible/2016-10-20T22:21:46+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2016/10/18/who-is-the-antichrist/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/carter.jpgcarterPresident Jimmy Carter. Peanut farmer turned 1970s apocalyptic figure.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/antichrist.jpgantichristLuca Signorelli. The Deeds of the Antichrist (1499-1504). Signorelli portrays the devil counseling the Antichrist. With an American Presidential election coming around the corner, I wonder who so-called "prophecy experts" might be pick as the one and only Antichrist?https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/correction.jpgcorrectionIn February, 2015, this "correction" showed in a North Carolina newspaper. I am so glad we finally got this story straight, aren't you??.... Well, I guess with President Obama's term coming to a close, I suppose his chances of remaining a viable "antichrist" candidate are becoming slim.2016-10-19T00:21:22+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2016/08/31/video-romans-9-11-panel-discussion-night-one/2016-10-18T17:07:12+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2016/09/07/video-romans-9-11-panel-discussion-night-two/2016-10-18T17:06:31+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2016/10/07/why-american-evangelicals-are-confused-about-what-the-bible-teaches/2016-10-15T20:55:39+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2016/10/02/andy-stanley-responds-to-his-critics/2016-10-27T01:14:27+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2016/09/15/the-final-update-to-the-english-standard-version-esv/2016-10-02T12:20:01+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2016/09/30/why-many-americans-are-leaving-faith-behind/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/chart.pngchartOne out of four Americans now describe their religious affiliation as being "None." What is behind this shift in American spiritual demographics? (credit: PRRI, at http://prri.og)2016-09-30T12:11:47+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2016/09/28/final-update-to-the-esv-well-not-exactly/2016-09-28T23:13:55+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2016/09/27/the-en-gedi-scroll-deciphered-virtually/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/f10-large.jpgf10-largeTimeline showing where the En-Gedi scroll fits in, relative to the Dead Sea Scrolls and much later discoveries of the preserved Hebrew Bible.2016-09-28T11:38:49+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2016/09/24/when-a-jew-rules-the-world-joel-richardsons-defense-of-future-israel-an-extended-review/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/steven-anderson.jpgsteven-andersonSteven Anderson, King-James-Only pastor in Tempe, Arizona, and Internet sensation, narrates the film Marching to Zion, a stiff and unbending reaction to Christian Zionism, to the extreme.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/halabi.jpghalabiPalestinians protest against the arrest of the director of World Vision's Gaza program. World Vision provides counseling services to children traumatized by violence, but these services have been shut due to the investigation and accusations from the Israeli government.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/kaiser.jpgKaiserWalter C. Kaiser. Former president of Gordon-Conwell Seminary, Old Testament scholar, and friend of future Israel.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/zions-christian-soldiers-2.jpgZions-christian-soldiers-2I would recommend that readers get a copy of something like Stephen Sizer's Zion's Christian Soldiers, and read it alongside of Joel Richardson's When a Jew Rules the World, and then form their own conclusion. In theologian Gilbert Bilezikian's review of an early Sizer version of this title, "I'm grateful for this book's advocacy of the church as the Bridge, instead of Israel as the bride and the church as the concubine." How is that for a provocative endorsement!!?https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/joelrichardson-theislamicantichrist.jpgJoelRichardson-TheIslamicAntichristJoel Richardson became a New York Times best selling author in 2009, with The Islamic Antichrist. Richardson should not be confused with another popular prophecy writer, Joel C. Rosenberg, even though both Joels appear at many of the same biblical prophecy conferences together.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/justinmartyr.jpgjustinmartyrJustin Martyr, 2nd century Christian apologist. An early advocate of an anti-Judaic "replacement theology," but who oddly embraced a premillennial view of the End Times.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/joelrichardson1.jpgjoelrichardsonJoel Richardson, author of When a Jew Rules the World. Richardson blogs at joelstrumpet.comhttps://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/joelrichardson.jpgjoelrichardsonYoung author, Joel Richardson, makes a measured yet passionate plea for a premillennial view of the End Times, that includes a definite future for ethnic Israel, as an antidote to Christian Antisemitic sentiment.2018-01-15T14:27:12+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2016/09/23/andy-stanley-and-the-bible-told-me-so/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/andystanley.jpgandystanleyMegachurch pastor Andy Stanley. Promoter of Biblical truth... or compromiser?2016-09-25T12:39:00+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2016/06/30/the-parting-of-the-ways-zionism-2/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/chrysostom.jpgChrysostomJohn Chrysostom (347-407). Popular Bible teacher in Constantinople (modern day Istanbul, Turkey), knows for his fiery preaching. Yet critics consider some of his sermons to be anti-Judaistic (credit: Orthodox Church in America).https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/ercole_de_roberti_destruction_of_jerusalem_fighting_fleeing_marching_slaying_burning_chemical_reactions_b.jpgDestruction of Jerusalem by Ercole de' RobertiThe destruction of Jerusalem by the Romans in 70AD -- a painting by David Roberts (1796-1849).2016-09-17T14:57:52+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2016/09/11/is-islam-a-religion-of-peace/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/spencer-muhammad.jpgspencer-muhammadRobert Spencer's The Truth about Muhammad paints a very different portrait of the founder of Islam, as compared to the work of popular author Karen Armstrong, who describes Islam as a religion of peace. How do you figure out who is telling the right story?2023-11-13T02:54:16+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2016/08/30/why-second-timothy-was-written-under-pauls-authority-and-why-we-should-care/2024-04-21T16:46:16+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2016/08/25/why-proof-texting-has-its-limitations-zionism-10/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/cherry-picking.jpgcherry-pickingCherry picking verses out of the Bible to support a particular view is easy. But how does that verse fit within "whole counsel of God" in Scripture? (Acts 20:27)2016-08-29T10:22:28+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2016/08/28/questions-about-romans-9-11/2016-09-04T21:28:22+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2016/08/24/the-promise-of-the-land-in-the-new-testament-zionism-9/2016-08-25T04:08:45+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2016/08/21/announcement-romans-9-11-panel-discussion/2016-08-22T14:33:13+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2016/08/20/the-promise-of-the-land-in-the-old-testament-zionism-8/2016-08-20T21:09:07+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2016/08/18/william-and-mary-confederate-memory-faith-and-the-power-of-symbols/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/confederateflag.jpgConfederateFlagThe "Battle Flag of Virginia" was based on Saint Andrew's Cross, an early Christian symbol, where the cross was turned to form an "X." https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/wm-confederate.jpgWM-ConfederateThe College of William and Mary will replace a plaque commemorating Confederate soldiers, formerly on display at the Wren Building, with a new plaque remembered W&M students who fought on both sides of the Civil War.2025-01-24T16:15:04+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2016/08/15/what-is-the-church-2/2016-08-15T22:37:46+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2016/08/12/what-is-the-church-1/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/church.jpgchurchWhat is a the "church?"2016-08-12T20:23:09+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2016/08/08/how-to-have-a-good-conversation-about-the-rapture/2016-08-08T16:13:07+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2016/08/07/god-dwells-among-us-a-review/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/bealekim.jpgbealekimG. K. Beale and Mitchell Kim's God Dwells Among Us: Expanding Eden to the End of the Earth offers a grand portrait of how the theme of the temple throughout the Bible propels the church forward into mission to a dark and hurting world.2016-08-08T00:25:17+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2016/08/03/four-views-on-the-land-promise-a-zionism-cheat-sheet/2016-08-04T01:12:21+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2016/07/29/forgotten-christians-zionism-7/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/bloodbrothers.jpgBloodBrothersCan Palestinian Christians become the bridge to bring about peace between Israelis and Muslim Arabs? Elias Chacour, in Blood Brothers, says, "Yes."2016-07-29T23:07:30+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2016/07/29/eric-metaxas-replacement-theology-once-again/2016-09-30T22:42:55+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2016/07/27/the-holy-land-today-zionism-6/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/israel-map.gifisrael-mapIsrael today (credit: geology.com)2016-07-27T22:17:44+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2016/07/25/enraptured-tim-lahaye/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/lahaye.jpgLaHayeTim LaHaye (April 27, 1926 - July 25, 2016)2016-07-26T00:06:12+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2016/07/09/__trashed/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/jewish_refugees_liverpool_1882.jpgJewish_refugees_Liverpool_1882Jewish refugees in Liverpool, 1882, fleeing pogroms.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/85750.jpg1389.4 Holocaust AA warehouse at Auschwitz, storing clothes of camp victims, after liberation in January 1945. Everyone should visit the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (Credit: National Archives)2016-07-25T21:57:12+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2016/07/22/dueling-narratives-zionism-5/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/israelforeignassistance.jpgIsraelForeignAssistanceSource: foreignassistance.gov, Graphic by Forbes.comhttps://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/balfourproject.pngBalfourProjectThe extent of the Zionist vision of the Promised Land, according to Genesis 17:7-8. The current borders of Israel are but a fraction of this area (image credit: The Balfour Project, Stephen Sizer)2016-07-23T00:04:33+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2016/07/17/theodor-herzls-quest-zionism-4/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/220px-gws_balfour_02.jpg220px-Gws_balfour_02Lord Arthur Balfour (1848-1930), British political leader behind the Balfour declaration, promising a home for the Jewish people in Palestine (credit: Wikipedia)https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/225px-theodor_herzl.jpg225px-Theodor_HerzlTheodor Herzl (1860-1904), one of the chief visionaries behind modern Zionist, the desire for a Jewish state in Palestine (credit: Wikipedia)2016-07-18T15:12:38+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2016/07/07/noahs-ark-comes-to-kentucky/2016-07-07T14:00:48+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2016/07/02/the-replacement-theology-of-eric-metaxas/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/book-keepit.pngbook-keepitEric Metaxas, If You Can Keep It, encourages our culture to consider the legacy of American exceptionalism. I like a lot of what Metaxas has to say. But does he take us down the right road theologically?2019-01-13T08:17:36+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2016/06/27/what-is-christian-zionism-zionism-1/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/flag-of-israel-4-zachi-evenor.jpgFlag-of-Israel-2015-04-08Is the secular nation state of Israel a fulfillment of Bible prophecy? Veracity tackles a "hot potato."2021-07-13T00:26:15+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2016/06/24/o-death/2016-06-25T00:41:23+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2015/06/19/on-the-use-of-metaphor-in-genesis-one/2021-10-06T04:21:15+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2016/06/20/transgender-intersex-and-christian-love/2017-06-30T11:43:00+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2016/06/16/is-the-european-union-the-beast-of-revelation/2016-06-16T22:57:03+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2016/06/14/a-lesson-from-orlando-responding-to-fear/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/fear.pngFear2016-06-15T14:17:08+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2015/08/22/rearranging-predjudices/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/quebeccity_stairs.pngQuebec City Stairshttps://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/quebeccity_2.pngLe Château FrontenacLe Château Frontenac, Quebec Cityhttps://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/quebeccity_01.pngRearranging Predjudices in Quebec CityBlending in in Quebec City, August, 20152016-06-13T09:06:12+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2016/06/10/christian-passion-about-israel-can-we-talk/2023-12-14T18:35:41+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2016/06/06/the-wrong-jesus-for-the-right-young-graduate/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/wrong-jesus.jpgwrong-jesusGreg Monette, a young scholar with Logos Bible Software and the Navigators, has written the perfect book to curious minds to sort out fact from fiction regarding who was and is Jesus.2016-06-06T21:28:43+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2016/05/30/who-is-a-true-jew/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/jew.jpgjewWho is a "true" Jew, according to the New Testament? 2020-02-24T21:56:36+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2016/06/03/when-god-spoke-greek-a-short-review/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/timlaw.jpgtimlawWhen God Spoke Greek: The Septuagint and the Making of the Christian Bible. 2016-06-03T21:11:00+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2016/05/21/destiny-disrupted-a-history-of-the-world-through-islamic-eyes/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/destinydisrupted.jpgdestinydisruptedhttps://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/wmbgmosque.pngWmbgMosqueIslamic Center in Williamsburg, Virginia2016-05-22T12:40:24+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2016/05/16/on-disputable-matters/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/disputablematters.jpgdisputablemattersAccept the one whose faith is weak, without quarreling over disputable matters.(Romans 14:1 NIV, photo credit: Anglicans Ablaze)2016-06-15T19:09:41+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2016/05/15/why-liberal-christianity-is-a-dead-end/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/dead-end.jpgdead-end2016-05-15T18:55:30+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2016/05/13/hugh-ross/2016-05-17T10:26:18+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2016/04/22/when-is-a-gentile-not-a-gentile-or-pagan-or-heathen/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/heather.jpgheatherThe purple wildflower, heather, covers much of rural Scotland. In early medieval times, a person living among these heather fields, was considered to be a "heathen," or "from the countryside." However, in Christian usage, the term has taken on a number of meanings, sometimes controversial.2021-11-24T03:00:39+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2016/05/05/the-civil-war-as-a-theological-crisis/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/noll.jpgNollMark A. Noll's The Civil War as a Theological Crisis shows us that the failure to read the Bible properly can have devastatingly tragic results.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/img_20160504_175645_864.jpgIMG_20160504_175645_864A steep, dugout embankment defending Redoubt #1, off of Quarterpath Road, where Confederate troops waited for advancing Federal soldiers to attack from Tutter's Mill Pond below, during the Battle of Williamsburg. Sadly, relatively very few of my fellow Williamsburg neighbors even know that this place even exists.2016-05-05T14:13:46+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2016/05/01/he-is-risen-in-the-east/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/pascha.jpgPaschaThe Resurrection of Christ, by St. Isaac of Syria Skete (Boscobel, Wisconsin), credits the Orthodox Wiki.2016-05-01T23:52:38+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2016/04/29/bono-and-eugene-peterson-on-the-psalms/2016-05-05T10:33:57+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2016/04/20/four-views-on-hell/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/robbell.jpgRobBellFormer Michigan megachurch pastor, now California surfer, Rob Bell, unnerved many Christians with his doubts about hell, but the lack of "fire and brimstone" preaching in our churches todays leaves a lot of questions open about the nature of hell.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/time-bell.jpgtime-bellWhy are Christians so squeamish about talking about hell? Is it because we question its existence, or is it because we are not really sure what hell really is?2025-07-14T01:46:56+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2016/04/10/is-everyone-a-child-of-god/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/children-of-god.jpgchildren-of-god"So in Christ Jesus you are all children of God through faith (Galatians 3:26 NIV):2016-04-12T21:25:59+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2016/04/08/the-fear-of-death/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/brutoncourtyard.jpgBrutonCourtyardBruton Parish Church courtyard... where my parents remains are buried.2016-04-09T11:50:41+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2016/04/04/a-remembrance-of-my-dad/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/gam-recentphoto.jpegGAM-RecentPhotoGeorge Alan Morledge (May 28.1930 - March 14, 2016)2016-04-08T12:39:12+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2016/02/23/navigating-the-esv-vs-niv-2011-debate-2/2016-04-04T09:11:19+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2015/06/15/splendor-elisabeth-elliot/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/elisabethsep07.jpgElisabethSep07Elisabeth Elliot.2016-04-04T09:10:40+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2015/06/25/ginny-woodward-wrapped-in-a-bundle-of-life-with-god/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/ginny-johnson-woodward.jpgGinny Johnson Woodward2016-04-04T09:10:16+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2015/11/27/basic-islam-part-5/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/uncomfortable2.pngUncomfortablehttps://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/walter1.pngWalterhttps://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/rana.pngRanahttps://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/qureshi.pngQureshihttps://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/gabriel.pngGabrielhttps://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/murray.pngMurrayhttps://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/ali.pngAli2016-04-04T09:09:46+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2016/03/26/did-jesus-rise-from-the-dead/2016-04-01T08:49:22+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2013/04/09/manual-philosophy/2016-03-14T08:42:23+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2016/03/13/basic-islam-part-6/2016-03-13T20:58:05+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2016/03/10/battle-for-the-estudy-bibles/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/niv-vs-esv.pngniv-vs-esvIf you were looking for an eStudy Bible, what would look for?2016-03-10T18:31:44+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2016/03/03/did-the-apostles-die-as-martyrs/2020-05-12T16:19:04+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2016/02/21/charles-c-ryrie-and-his-study-bible/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/ryrie.jpgryrieThe Ryrie Study Bible. One of the most influential aids for understanding the English Bible for decades.2016-02-21T14:07:21+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2016/02/19/east-meets-west-francis-and-kirill-made-history-last-week/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/francis-kirill.pngFrancis-KirillRoman Catholic Pope Francis and Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill made history in February, 2016. (Photo credit: Edgar Jimenez / Flickr | Larry Koester / Flickr)2016-02-19T22:50:09+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2016/02/18/the-fellowship-of-christian-athletes-and-the-story-of-don-mcclanen/2016-02-19T03:12:50+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2016/02/11/people-to-be-loved-why-homosexuality-is-not-just-an-issue/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/peopletobeloved.jpgPeopleToBeLovedPeople To Be Loved: Why Homosexuality is Not Just an Issue, by Preston Sprinkle. Moving past the culture wars to love people with biblical truth.2016-02-13T16:45:12+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2016/02/06/c-s-lewis-the-scandal-of-particularity-science-revelation/2016-02-11T10:22:48+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2016/02/04/do-atheists-just-suppress-the-truth-in-unrighteousness/2016-02-05T15:18:01+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2016/02/02/the-eagle-and-child-in-all-of-us/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/20160201_1530431.jpg20160201_153043.jpghttps://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/20160201_1349071.jpg20160201_134907.jpghttps://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/20160201_1442411.jpg20160201_144241.jpghttps://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/20160201_1444191.jpg20160201_144419.jpghttps://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/20160201_1534011.jpg20160201_153401.jpghttps://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/20160201_153043.jpg20160201_153043.jpghttps://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/20160201_134907.jpg20160201_134907.jpghttps://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/20160201_144241.jpg20160201_144241.jpghttps://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/20160201_144419.jpg20160201_144419.jpghttps://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/20160201_153401.jpg20160201_153401.jpg2016-02-05T15:04:08+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2016/01/22/the-righteous-shall-live-by-faith/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/paul-rembrandt.jpgPaul-Rembrandt"Saint Paul, Rembrandt van Rijn (and Workshop?), c. 1657" by Rembrandt - National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C..: credit: Wikipedia)https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/septuagint.jpgseptuagintCodex Sinaiticus, includes the earliest complete copy of the Septuagint (LXX), the Greek translation of the Old Testament used by the early church (credit: bible archaeology.org)https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/mluther.jpgMLutherMartin Luther (1483-1546), by Cranach (credit: Wikipedia)https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/habakkuk.jpgHabakkukHabakkuk, one of the minor prophets, has a major message in the Bible. (credit: Wikipedia - 18 century icon painter - Iconostasis of Transfiguration church, Kizhi monastery, Karelia, north Russia.)2019-09-23T12:59:31+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2016/01/29/a-day-at-the-museum/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/wp-1454107592049.jpgwp-1454107592049.jpghttps://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/wp-1454105046782.jpgwp-1454105046782.jpg2016-02-02T10:04:35+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2015/05/17/navigating-the-esv-vs-niv-2011-debate/2023-10-23T01:30:30+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2016/01/26/paul-moses-romans-10-and-how-new-testament-writers-use-the-old-testament/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/charlton-heston-as-moses-001.jpgCharlton-Heston-as-Moses-001Cecil B. DeMille's Moses, whom we know from the classic film as Charlton Heston, brings back the Ten Commandments, after his ascent up Mount Sinai, a theme recalled by the Apostle Paul in Romans 10.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/mss_neofiti-1.jpgTargum Neofiti. Now online at the Vatican Library. This 2nd century Aramaic paraphrase of the Old Testament, used in Jewish worship, may hold the critical clue for how Paul references Moses in Romans 10 to teach that Christ is the end of the Law.2016-01-26T23:59:16+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2016/01/25/romans-1-style-idolatry-indoctrination-for-children/2016-01-25T22:58:11+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2016/01/12/deep-dive-into-romans-why-saul-became-paul/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/deeper-dive.jpgDeeper-Divehttps://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/paul_in_prison_by_rembrandt.jpgPaul_in_prison_by_RembrandtPaul in prison, by Rembrandt (credit: Wikipedia)2016-01-13T01:20:33+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2016/01/07/second-temple-judaism-timeline/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/jerus-n4i.jpgJerus-n4iSecond Temple in Jerusalem, from the Holyland Model in Jerusalem. I saw this on my trip to Jerusalem years ago, but this photo from Wikipedia is better.2016-01-07T13:33:43+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2016/01/05/the-great-christ-comet/2016-01-06T03:35:26+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2015/12/29/top-posts-of-the-year-2015/2016-01-04T19:22:17+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2016/01/03/is-the-virgin-birth-prophecy-a-mistranslation/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/huxluther.pngHuxLutherBaptist pastor, Luther Hux, was dismayed over what he saw as liberalism creeping into the Southern Baptist seminary he attended in Wake Forest, North Carolina. The flap over the RSV rendering of Isaiah 7:14 served as further justification for him leaving the Southern Baptist Convention and becoming an independent Baptist, earlier in 1946 (Thuessen, p. 94).https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/couriermail.jpgcouriermailFrom the November 23, 1952 edition of the Courier Mail, Brisbane, Australia. Luther Hux made quite a news splash all over the world.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/gerard_van_honthorst_001.jpgGerard_van_Honthorst_001"Adoration of the Shepherds," by Gerard van Honthorst, 1622. (credit Wikipedia: The Yorck Project: 10.000 Meisterwerke der Malerei. DVD-ROM, 2002. ISBN 3936122202)https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/lutherhux.pngLutherHuxFrom the front page of the Brooklyn Eagle, a New York City newspaper, Sunday, November, 1952.2026-02-14T23:17:16+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2015/12/26/syrian-refugees-what-would-jesus-do/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/syrian-8.jpgSyrian 8A Syrian refugee family with a Lebanon Bible Society aid package. The Bible Society provides aid for around 3,000 Syrian refugee families.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/syrian-9.jpgSyrian 9Syria – Save the Childrenhttps://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/syrian-7.jpgSyrian 7Millions of Syrians escape an apocalyptic civil war, creating a historic crisis.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/syrian-6.jpgSyrian 671 refugees were found dead in a truck in Austria in August.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/syrian-5.jpgSyrian 5A wounded Syrian girl stands in a makeshift hospital in the rebel-held area of Douma, east of Syria’s capital of Damascus, following shelling and air raids by Syrian government forces on August 22, 2015. At least 20 civilians were killed, and another 200 wounded or trapped in Douma, a monitoring group said, just six days after regime airstrikes killed more than 100 people and sparked international condemnation of one of the bloodiest government attacks in Syria's war.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/syrian-4.jpgMigrants Cross Into SloveniaMigrants are escorted through fields by Slovenian police and the army as they walk from the village of Rigonce to Brezice refugee camp on Saturday. Photograph: Jeff J. Mitchell/Getty Images) Rigonce, Slovenia. (Photo by Jeff J. Mitchell/Getty Images)https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/syrian-3.jpgSyrian 3A paramilitary police officer investigates the scene before carrying the lifeless body of Aylan Kurdi, 3, after a number of refugees died and others were reported missing when boats carrying them to the Greek island of Kos capsized near the Turkish resort of Bodrum on September 2, 2015. The tides also washed up the bodies of the boy's 5-year-old brother Ghalib and their mother Rehan on Turkey's Bodrum peninsula. Their father, Abdullah, survived the tragedy.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/syrian-2.jpgSyrian 2A Dutch volunteer tries to comfort a migrant moments after arriving aboard a raft at a beach on the Greek island of Lesbos October 23, 2015.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/syrian-1.jpgAPTOPIX Mideast SyriaA sea of hungry, haunted faces looks out from a massive queue that snakes through the bombed out Yarmouk refugee camp in southern Syria. In the photo, taken on January 31, 2014 in Damascus' Palestinian refugee camp, men, women, and children were in line for aid that included desperately needed food and medical supplies. There were more than 18,000 people in the Yarmouk camp, and many were starving to death.2016-01-12T14:18:47+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2013/06/27/rosaria-butterfield-hospitality-and-the-unlikely-convert/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/rosariabook.jpgRosaria Butterfield – Hospitality and the Unlikely ConvertRosaria Butterfield – Hospitality and the Unlikely Converthttps://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/butterfield.jpgRosariaButterfieldRosaria Butterfield - An unlikely convert to Christian faith, touched by the art of hospitality.2015-12-27T14:16:33+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2013/02/15/dead-sea-scrollback/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/qumran.jpgQumranThough I did not snap this photo, I was able to see the caves of Qumran from the tour bus during a trip to the HolyLand that I made in 1994. The Dead Sea Scrolls were incredibly well preserved in this dry climate.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/george_orwell.jpgGeorge_OrwellGeorge Orwell wrote about the tendency to revise history into a muddle of misinformation in order to pacify people. Though Orwell had political totalitarianism in mind, is there perhaps a similar application with respect to popular distortions of church history?2015-12-26T16:25:37+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2015/12/17/do-christians-and-muslims-worship-the-same-god/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/hawkins.pnghawkinsWheaton College professor, Larycia Hawkins, in "hijab." (Facebook)2015-12-23T22:24:17+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2015/12/22/do-jews-and-samaritans-worship-the-same-god/2023-12-27T07:09:45+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2015/12/19/a-christian-response-to-the-syrian-refugee-crisis/2015-12-19T20:51:05+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2015/12/13/gloria-in-excelsis-deo-and-standing-up-against-heresy/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/st_hilary_of_poitiers_cassien.jpgst_hilary_of_poitiers_cassienHilary of Poitiers (about 300 - 367 AD), otherwise known as the "Hammer of the Arians," for his efforts to defend the doctrine of the Trinity2015-12-14T01:04:56+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2015/01/17/the-nature-of-truth/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/best-of-ogden-nash.pngThe Best of Ogden Nash2015-12-12T11:16:38+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2015/12/07/benedictus-hanukkah-and-jesus/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/antiokhos_iv.jpgKONICA MINOLTA DIGITAL CAMERASyrian king Antiochus IV Epiphanies persecuted the Jews, which later triggered the Maccabean revolt, remembered today during Jewish holiday of Hanukkah (source Wikipedia: Altes Museum, Berlin)2015-12-10T20:16:40+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2015/12/05/krampus-santas-dark-side/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/377px-gruss_vom_krampus.jpg377px-Gruss_vom_KrampusA 'Greetings for the Kampus' Christmas postcard from the early 1900s (source: Wikapedia)2015-12-05T16:18:54+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2015/11/25/thanksgiving-podcasts-to-listen-to-while-you-travel/2015-12-04T21:02:52+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2015/11/30/magnificat/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/botticelli_uffizi_37.jpgBotticelli_Uffizi_37Sandro Botticelli's Madonna of the Magnificat (1481, Italy)2015-12-04T21:00:46+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2015/12/01/how-rosa-parks-became-the-patron-saint-of-the-civil-rights-movement/2015-12-02T03:54:32+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2015/11/23/basic-islam-part-4/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/quereshi-response.pngQuereshi Response2015-12-09T18:14:45+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2015/11/21/j-i-packer-in-his-own-words/2015-11-21T13:40:44+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2015/11/10/the-wreck-of-the-edmund-fitzgerald-and-textual-criticism/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/commajohanneum.jpgCommaJohanneumCodex Sinaiticus is one of the oldest copies of the New Testament discovered by scholars within the past two centuries. In this excerpt from I John 5:7-9, it lacks the explicit reference to the Trinity, the Comma Johanneum, that made its way into the King James Bible in 1611. The colored text reads, "There are three witness bearers, the Spirit and the water and the blood." (image credit: "CODEX SINAITICUS 1 John 5:7- 8 Comma Johanneum" by Pvasiliadis - Own work. Licensed under Public Domain via Commons)2025-11-11T20:37:31+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2015/11/14/basic-islam-part-3/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/mulsimpraying.pngMulsimPraying(Photo credit: PrayForQatar.com)2015-12-09T18:10:23+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2015/11/09/basic-islam-part-2/2015-12-09T18:09:42+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2015/10/31/basic-islam-part-1/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/mecca.pngMeccaMecca, 2015 (Photo credit: Ahmad Masood / Reuters)2015-12-09T18:08:54+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2015/11/06/the-peculiarity-of-seventh-day-adventism-2/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/james_and_ellen_white.jpgJames_and_Ellen_WhiteJames (1821--1881) and Ellen White. Publishing and organizational dynamos of Adventism.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/waco_fire_wide-9203577b23bd582c55a3ac54d95e03ced5cd9573-s900-c85.jpgwaco_fire_wide-9203577b23bd582c55a3ac54d95e03ced5cd9573-s900-c85Flames erupt form the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Texas after a raid led by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms, on April 20, 1993.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/joseph_bates.jpgJoseph_BatesJoseph Bates (1792-1872), early Adventist leader who convinced Ellen G. White of the importance of the seventh-day Sabbath. In 2015, many Adventists believe that Pope Francis' recent visit to the United States anticipates a future time when the secular United States government and Roman Catholic papacy will conspire together to outlaw worship on the Sabbath (Saturdays), an event of persecution that anticipates the imminent Second Coming of Christ.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/rlnumbers.jpgrlnumbersFourth-generation Adventist, Ronald L. Numbers (now an agnostic) study of Ellen G. White asks the provocative question: Did she receive her revelations directly from God, or did she plagiarize them from other contemporary sources?https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/200px-john_harvey_kellogg_ggbain-15047.jpg200px-John_Harvey_Kellogg_ggbain.15047John Harvey Kellogg (1852-1943). Medical doctor who directed the Seventh-Day Adventist Battle Creek Michigan Sanitarium, and along with his brother, Will Keith Kellogg, the inventor of Kellogg corn flakes cereal.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/egwhite.jpgEGWhiteEllen Gould Harmon White (1827-1915). Spiritual visionary who has given shape to the contemporary Seventh-Day Adventist movement.2023-01-30T22:43:49+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2015/11/03/the-peculiarity-of-seventh-day-adventism-1/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/bencarson.jpgbencarsonBen Carson, former Director of Pediatric Neurosurgery at John Hopkins Hospital, and the subject of the film Gifted Hands, is running as a Republican candidate for the 2016 Presidential race. Carson credits his Seventh-Day Adventist upbringing, guided by his single mother, as one of main factors in his success as a brain surgeon and bringing his family out of poverty (photo credit: cnn.com)https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/2300days.jpg2300daysFound this prophecy chart to help show all of the main events of the historicist interpretation shared by William Miller.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/william_miller.jpgWilliam_MillerWilliam Miller (1782-1849). Leading of the first Adventist movement, that eventually led to the Great Disappointment of 1844.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/carsonben_031613gn.jpgcarsonben_031613gnBen Carson, former Director of Pediatric Neurosurgery at John Hopkins Hospital, and the subject of the film Gifted Hands, is running as a Republican candidate for the 2016 Presidential race. Carson credits the disciplined Seventh-Day Adventist upbringing directed by his mother as one of main factors in his success as a brain surgeon.2021-02-10T23:18:37+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2015/10/29/how-would-you-dress-for-a-halloween-party/2015-11-13T16:59:11+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2015/10/27/urbana-2015/2015-10-27T21:49:43+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2015/10/13/grandson/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/grandad.pngGrandadhttps://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/221.jpg221Whitner David Paine, b. October 8, 20152015-10-16T17:43:55+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2013/07/04/the-septuagint-and-the-original-old-testament/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/septuagintgenesis.gifseptuagintgenesisThe first part of the Book of Genesis, from the Septuagint, the early Old Testament Greek translation used by the early Christian church.2017-09-20T18:22:55+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2015/09/30/the-bible-project-romans-1-4/2015-09-30T23:32:33+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2014/02/17/who-wrote-the-bible-part-2/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/paulstomb.pngPaul's TombTake a 3-D tour of Paul's Tomb at the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls (in Rome).https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/nt-books-authors-dates_49.pngNew Testament Infographic2015-09-12T16:41:46+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2014/02/07/who-wrote-the-bible-part-1/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/areopagus-journal-spring-20.pngAreopagus-Journal-Spring-20https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/whowrotethebible1.pngWho Wrote The BibleWho Wrote The Bible?2015-09-12T16:39:50+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2013/06/29/old-testament-fit-to-hebrew-history/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/chronology.pngChronologyhttps://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/ot-screen-capture_490.pngOT-Screen-Capture_4902015-09-12T16:36:20+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2015/09/09/the-new-niv-zondervan-study-bible-is-out/2015-09-10T15:50:49+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/about/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/veracity-blavatar-96x96.pngveracity-blavatar-96x96.png2019-03-30T04:11:34+00:00weekly0.6https://sharedveracity.net/2015/08/25/blue-letter-bible/2015-08-30T13:27:16+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2015/08/29/god-wrote-a-book/2015-08-29T17:26:46+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2015/08/27/surviving-college-intellectually-as-a-christian/2015-10-02T21:58:03+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2015/08/20/the-nephilim-and-the-wisdom-of-not-knowing/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/nephelim.jpgnephelimDarren Aronofsky's Nephilim in his 2014 film, Noah. Rock-creatures that look like the tree-creatures in the Lord of the Rings?... Yeah, right.2021-04-09T11:44:41+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2015/08/15/c-s-lewis-and-the-butterfly-effect/2015-08-17T02:27:30+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2015/08/02/dr-jim-shaw-and-the-butterfly-effect/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/shaw.pngDr. Jim O. Shaw2015-08-16T21:16:06+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2015/08/07/where-did-cain-get-his-wife/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/cain_and_abel_15th_century.jpgCain_and_Abel,_15th_centuryTalk about a dysfunctional family! Cain and Abel, 15th-century by unknown German artist, from Speculum Humanae Salvationis2015-08-12T22:22:31+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2015/06/05/does-genesis-1-and-2-contradict-one-another/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/seeger-john-miles-northleach-naming-animals.jpgseeger-john-miles-northleach-naming-animalsThe Naming of the Animals, by John Miles of Northleach 1781-1849 (media credit: sothebys.com)2025-08-21T09:50:17+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2015/07/31/saint-augustine-on-the-literal-interpretation-of-genesis/2015-08-12T21:28:59+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2015/07/20/summer-heat-clarence-darrow-vs-william-jennings-bryan-in-the-scopes-monkey-trial/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/darrowbryan300.jpgdarrowbryan30020th century cultural icons: cigarette smoking, agnostic advocate for science, Clarence Darrow vs. defender of the Bible, anti-evolutionist, populist politician, William Jennings Bryan, in the heat of a Tennessee summer.2015-07-21T02:15:46+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2015/07/20/thoughts-on-literality/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/schrodingerequation.pngSchrodingerEquationhttps://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/hydrogengas.pngHydrogenGas2015-08-15T14:52:17+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2015/07/15/biblical-literacy-quiz/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/biolaquiz.pngBiolaQuiz2015-07-16T16:17:23+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2015/07/13/science-and-creation-the-question-behind-the-question/2015-07-13T21:25:58+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2015/07/10/terry-mortenson-on-the-problem-of-millions-of-years/2016-08-17T00:40:36+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2014/10/27/agreeing-to-disagree/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/johnandgeorge.jpgJohnAndGeorgeJohn Wesley (1703-1791) and George Whitefield (1714-1770) were the most well-known Christian leaders in the English-speaking world of the 18th century. Yet they struggled with each other regarding some significant points of Christian doctrine.2015-07-10T01:29:30+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2015/07/06/your-goose-is-cooked-the-martyrdom-of-jan-hus/2017-11-25T10:24:10+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2013/11/13/dinosaurs-in-hell/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/mary_higby_schweitzer1.jpgMary_Higby_SchweitzerMary Schweitzer. A mother, North Carolina State University researcher, and innovative dinosaur tissue detective. Or is she a dupe, misled by her scientific colleagues?2015-07-08T19:23:51+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2015/06/29/dinosaurs-in-hell-2/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/mary_higby_schweitzer1.jpgMary Schweitzer. A mother, North Carolina State University researcher, and innovative dinosaur tissue detective. Or is she a dupe, misled by her scientific colleagues?2015-06-29T22:37:56+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2015/06/22/so-when-is-a-day-not-a-day/2015-07-21T20:17:48+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2015/06/12/genesis-history-fiction-or-neither/2023-01-23T04:25:15+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2015/06/10/tim-keller-on-interpreting-genesis/2021-06-24T13:49:02+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2015/06/09/spiritual-diagnosis/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/excellence.pngExcellence: The Character of God and the Pursuit of Scholarly Virtuehttps://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/sphygmograph1.pngSphygmographTransmission Sphygmograph, c. 19002015-06-09T16:34:15+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2015/06/06/beyond-the-mask/2015-06-08T10:42:23+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2015/05/30/inconceivable-fallacies-in-biblical-interpretation/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/agape1.pngagapeSomeone put an "agape" tattoo on their arm...but when does a word not mean what you think it means?2019-01-05T04:09:07+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2015/05/26/the-power-of-context/2015-06-14T21:59:07+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2015/03/16/andreas-koestenberger-at-the-college-of-william-and-mary/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/kostenberger.pngkostenbergerAndreas Köestenberger. Friday, March 20, 2015. College of William and Mary. Millington 150. Sponsored by InterVarsity Christian Fellowship.2015-05-26T20:51:56+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2015/04/03/the-last-days-of-jesus/2015-05-26T20:49:35+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2015/05/12/the-reformation-study-bible-2015-a-brief-review/2015-05-17T20:27:41+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2015/05/03/in-what-sense-does-god-foreknow-before-he-predestines-romans-828-30/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/image-1.jpgImage-1Nero's Torches (Leading Light of Christianity) Henryk Siemiradzki, 1876 (credit: WikiArt, HT: John Paine)https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/foreknow.pngforeknowWhat is coming around the corner? In what sense does God foreknow that we are predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son?2015-05-04T14:07:18+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2015/04/23/does-romans-826-refer-to-a-private-prayer-language/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dog_tongue2_story.jpgdog_tongue2_storyThe "gift of tongues" as "groanings too deep for words?"2016-07-05T02:23:47+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2015/04/24/the-armenian-tragedy-and-a-plea-for-the-study-of-history/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/23-armenia-genocide-afpget.jpg23-Armenia-Genocide-AFPGetA conflict of versions of history: Armenians claim that 1.5 million of them were killed in 1915-16 in the former Turkish Ottoman Empire. Turkey has a lower figure of 500,000. (photo credit: AFP/Getty, from the The Independent)2015-04-25T13:01:50+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2015/04/22/martyn-lloyd-jones-logic-on-fire/2015-04-23T03:15:43+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2015/04/07/world-religions-the-buddha-and-the-christ/2015-04-21T11:27:28+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2014/12/28/predictable-christmas-fare-newsweeks-tirade-against-the-bible/2015-04-21T11:26:55+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2015/04/20/an-apologist-walks-into-a-bar/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/craig-at-bar.pngCraig at Barhttps://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/rf-dallas-bar.pngReasonable Faith, Dallas Bar2015-04-24T00:14:46+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2015/04/18/accessible-theology/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dts-app.pngDallas Theological Seminary Apphttps://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/thelordismyshepherd5.pngThe Lord Is My Shepherd"The Lord Is My Shepherd" by Eastman Johnson, 18632015-04-21T11:42:27+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2015/04/18/the-groaning-of-creation-in-romans-819-23/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/earthday.jpgEarthDayChristians and the call to care for the earth.2015-04-22T18:23:39+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2015/04/13/tim-keller-on-the-book-of-romans/2015-04-13T21:57:50+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2015/04/10/was-jesus-really-crucified-on-good-friday/2020-05-11T23:45:52+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2015/04/03/was-easter-originally-a-pagan-holiday/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/easter-ishtar1.jpgEaster-IshtarA few years ago, this image linking the celebration of Easter with the goddess Ishtar made its rounds on the Internet on various atheistic websites. Is there any truth to such claims? In short, this is complete nonsense. But sadly, some Christians propagate these ideas, too.2024-03-30T16:02:01+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2015/04/08/did-the-exodus-really-happen/2015-04-08T15:28:45+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2015/03/31/more-bad-blood-moon-rising/2015-04-01T18:30:54+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2015/03/29/discipleship-sandwich/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/sandwich.pngSandwichhttps://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/week-91.pngWeek-92015-03-31T23:33:49+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2015/03/28/henry-morris-and-the-case-of-the-missing-signature/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/the_genesis_flood.jpgThe_Genesis_FloodThe Genesis Flood. The 1961 classic text that upset well over a century of sophisticated evangelical views supporting "millions of years" of earth's history in favor of a radical concept of "flood geology," in attempt to bring back an appeal to a literal, 24-hour day view of Young Earth Creationism regarding natural history.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/bernardramm.jpgBernardRammBernard Ramm (1916-1992). A Baptist theologian, Ramm was one of the most influential evangelical apologists during the 1950s. Nevertheless, Ramm rejected Young Earth Creationism as needlessly creating an obstacle to unbelievers in accepting Christian faith.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/georgemccreadyprice.jpgGeorgeMcCreadyPriceGeorge McCready Price (1870-1963). A Seventh-Day Adventist, Price pioneered the idea that a global flood, corresponding to Noah's flood in the Book of Genesis, could account for the dramatic changes of the Earth's geology and fossil record, thus rendering a belief in an old-earth unnecessary.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/morris-henry.jpgMorris-HenryHenry M. Morris (1918-2006). Along with Grace Theological Seminary's John C. Whitcomb, this engineer was one of the fathers of the contemporary Young Earth Creationist movement.2015-03-29T11:54:40+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2015/03/22/inerrancy-and-infallibility/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/week-8.png2015 Personal Discipleship - Week 82015-03-25T10:26:31+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2015/03/21/responding-to-textual-criticism/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/week-7.pngPersonal Discipleship Class-Week 7https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/wallaceehrmandebate.pngWallaceEhrmanDebatehttps://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/vilify.pngVilify2015-03-27T15:38:18+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2015/03/17/tenacity-mel-rosche/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/melrosche.pngMelRoscheMelvin G. Rosche. February 27, 1921 to March 16, 2015. Photo: Brigette Weis2015-03-20T02:31:57+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2015/03/14/eulogy-for-my-mother/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/annejacksonmorledge.pngAnneJacksonMorledgeAnne Jackson Morledge (November 6, 1928 - February 24, 2015)2023-02-24T23:00:07+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2015/03/08/has-the-bible-really-been-corrupted/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/week-6.pngPersonal Discipleship Class - Week 6Click on the images inside this file to link to the online resources. (You may need to adjust your browser settings to allow the links to work, or open it in iBooks, or save it to your desktop and open it with Acrobat Reader.)https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/cocktail.pngCocktail2015-03-08T13:49:24+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2015/03/05/purim-in-5-minutes/2015-03-05T17:01:19+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2015/03/02/selma-1965-where-were-the-followers-of-jesus/2015-03-03T19:27:11+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2015/03/01/do-we-need-arguments-for-gods-existence/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/week-5.pngPersonal Discipleship - Week-5https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/stargazing.pngStargazingStargazing in the Tyrolean Alps. Photograph by Torsten Muehlbacher, National Geographic Your Shot2015-03-12T10:39:24+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2015/02/22/personal-discipleship-apologetic-reasoning/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/week-4.pngWeek 4, Apologetic Reasoning2015-02-23T00:21:02+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2015/02/21/veracitys-top-10-scorers-2015-edition/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/michaelbrown.pngMichael Brownhttps://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/ankerberg.pngJohn Ankerberghttps://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/koukl.pngGreg Kouklhttps://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/witherington.pngBen Witherington IIIhttps://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/bock.pngDarrell Bockhttps://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/kruger.pngMichael Krugerhttps://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/wallace.pngJ. Warner Wallace2015-03-02T19:34:40+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2012/02/20/gary-carter-reporting-comes-up-short/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/gary_carter_3383251.jpgGary Carter2015-02-21T12:11:50+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2015/02/19/were-the-crusaders-medieval-terrorists/2015-02-27T23:45:48+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2015/02/18/what-is-lent/2015-02-19T17:22:19+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2015/02/17/stephen-colberts-approach-to-skepticism/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/colbert-ehrman-2.pngBart Ehrman, yyyBart Ehrman (Agnostic critic of the Bible)https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/colbert-ehrman-1.pngBart Ehrman - Misquoting JesusBart Ehrman, Misquoting Jesus Interviewhttps://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/colbert-dawkins-2.pngRichard Dawkins, The Greatest Show On EarthRichard Dawkins, The Greatest Show On Earthhttps://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/colbert-dawkins-1.pngColbert-Dawkins-1Richard Dawkins, The God Delusion Interviewhttps://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/colbert.pngStephen ColbertStephen Colbert (Photo Credit: Todd Heisler/The New York Times)2015-02-20T21:57:07+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2015/02/15/why-study-the-skeptics/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/geisler.pngDr. Norman GeislerDr. Norman Geisler https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/week-3.pngPersonal Discipleship Week 3 Class Presentation2015-02-18T11:13:30+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2013/09/27/bill-nye-and-bible-guy/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/billnye.jpgbillnyeBill Nye, the Science Guy. Comedian and science educator for a generation of young people. Now a participant in the culture wars??2015-02-15T04:41:04+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2015/02/12/who-are-the-most-influential-skeptics-today/2015-02-16T22:50:46+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2015/02/09/what-about-the-cavemen/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/its_about_time_1967.jpgIts_about_time_1967Some of this Veracity blogger's distance relatives, or just a really bad TV show from the 1960s? (It's About Time).2015-02-10T22:47:02+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2015/02/10/stephen-fry-and-the-god-of-oscar-wilde/2015-02-12T22:28:20+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2015/02/08/keeping-it-real/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/week-2-keeping-it-real.pngPersonal Discipleship Week 2https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/moreland-truth.pngJ. P. Moreland: Truthhttps://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/ravi-zacharias-truth.pngRavi-Zacharias: Truth2015-02-10T22:29:47+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2015/02/06/old-earth-creationism-vs-intelligent-design-what-is-the-difference/2016-01-26T14:55:45+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2014/01/27/an-evolutionary-creation-oxymoron/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/denis_lamoureux.jpgDenis Lamoureux, St. Joseph's CollegeDenis Lamoureux, professor of science and religion at the University of Alberta, Canada, embraces "evolutionary creationism", as opposed to "theistic evolution", which sometimes carries with it a non-biblical Deistic understanding of Go.dhttps://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/poolplayer.jpgbilliards gameHow good a pool player is the The Lord of all Creation? Does God sink all of the balls in one shot, or does He take multiple shots to demonstrate His Glory? 2015-02-06T13:11:41+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2015/02/04/bill-nye-ken-ham-debate-one-year-later/2022-04-25T21:45:10+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2015/02/01/personal-discipleship-class/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/personal-discipleship-class.pngPersonal Discipleship Class2015-02-04T11:38:31+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2015/01/29/american-sniper-dietrich-bonhoeffer-and-the-christian-faith/2015-02-03T18:05:23+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2015/01/25/marcus-borg-friendly-liberal-critic/2017-10-07T13:52:51+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2015/01/23/newsweeks-continued-misunderstanding-of-the-bible/2015-01-25T14:35:57+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2015/01/19/patterns-of-evidence-one-night-showing-tonight/2018-01-05T21:17:07+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2015/01/16/more-on-newsweeks-misunderstanding-of-the-bible/2017-03-21T19:04:57+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2015/01/15/controversy-at-duke-university-islam-and-religious-plurality/2015-01-16T16:48:41+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2015/01/09/the-case-for-truth/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/j-warner-wallace.pngJ. Warner WallaceJ. Warner Wallace2015-01-10T21:01:40+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2012/10/27/can-we-trust-the-bible/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/wallace.pngDan Wallace2015-01-02T17:58:31+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2014/12/31/the-unbroken-legacy-and-billy-graham/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/zamperini.jpgzamperiniLouis Zamperini. Restless young man, U.S. Olympic runner, war hero, and sinner in need of grace who helped to define the era of Billy Graham (early publicity photo)2015-01-14T11:19:09+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2014/12/24/how-we-got-the-bible-part-3/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/philip-schaff-ecumenical.pngPhilip Schaff - Ecumenical CouncilsPhilip Schaff meticulously documented the canons of the historic ecumenical councils of the Christian church.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/church-history-timeline.gifChurch History TimelineChurch History Timeline (credit: http://www.stspyridons.org/timeline/)2014-12-24T20:35:19+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2014/12/20/the-real-saint-nick/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/thomasnash.jpgMinolta DSCThomas Nash original 1863 print of Santa Claus visiting a Civil War camp for the Union army, on the front of Harper's Weekly. https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/596px-gentile_da_fabriano_063.jpg596px-Gentile_da_Fabriano_063Nicholas provides for "The Dowry for the Three Virgins" (Gentile da Fabriano, c. 1425, Pinacoteca Vaticana, Rome)https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/coca-cola_christmas.jpgCoca-Cola_ChristmasAmerican cultural icon every December, or beloved Christian pastor in southern Turkey in the 4th. century?2014-12-20T15:18:16+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2014/12/17/the-christmas-truce-of-1914/2014-12-23T14:50:32+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2014/11/25/the-shemitah-mystery-or-mischief/2015-08-31T12:20:11+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2014/11/21/a-first-thanksgiving-hoax/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/winslow.jpgEdward Winslow, unknown artist, 1651https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/ftcover.jpgFTcover2014-11-21T21:53:21+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2014/11/15/politcs-and-the-christian-faith/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/politicalfamily.pngPoliticalFamily2014-12-02T11:10:05+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2014/10/30/bumgarner-blues/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/172px-madison_bumgarner_on_september_3_2013.jpg172px-Madison_Bumgarner_on_September_3,_2013"Madison Bumgarner on September 3, 2013" by SD Dirk on Flickr - Originally posted to Flickr as "SF Giants Madison Bumgarner". Wikipedia 2014-11-20T19:00:03+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2014/10/19/how-we-got-the-bible-part-2/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/nt-reliability-1200.pngReliability of the New TestamentThe Bible has no peers when it comes to the number and quality of surviving ancient manuscripts. (Illustration credit: Mark Berry, http://visualunit.me/)https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/inspiration-of-matthew.pngInspiration of Saint MatthewInspiration of Saint Matthew by Caravaggio, 1602. This beautiful and angelic iconography can lead to some misguided notions about the inspiration of the Scriptures.2014-11-17T17:34:07+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2014/11/08/mark-driscoll-and-the-cult-of-personality/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/mark-driscoll.jpgmark-driscollMark Driscoll. Former pastor of the Mars Hill mega-church in Seattle, Washington.2014-11-11T18:59:54+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2014/10/31/happy-halloweener-reformation-day/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/wittenberg.pngwittenbergMartin Luther nails his Ninety-Five Theses to the Wittenberg church door. Most people associate October 31st with Halloween, but students of church history know this as "Reformation Day"2014-10-31T19:11:04+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/kaqexes/2014-10-23T23:26:26+00:00weekly0.6https://sharedveracity.net/2014/10/23/discipleship-candy/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/the-promise-and-the-blessing.pngThe Promise and the BlessingThe Promise and the Blessing, a Historical Survey of the Old and New Testaments, by Michael A. Harbin 2014-10-30T09:46:51+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2014/10/08/ben-witherington-and-darrell-bock-on-the-rapture/2019-08-11T01:54:47+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2014/09/18/the-right-tool-for-the-right-job-spiritual-formation-2/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/dewalt_impact.jpgdewalt_impactDewalt Impact Driver. You can drive some screws with this baby? Are you using the right tools to help you in your spiritual growth?2014-09-18T12:53:38+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2014/09/11/do-we-need-it-spiritual-formation-1/2014-09-11T13:00:50+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2014/09/04/wrong-kind-of-christian/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/not-welcome.jpgnot-welcomeA growing number of college campuses today are not extending the welcome mat to evangelical Christians today. Is it merely an issue regarding sexual discrimination or is it an erosion of religious freedom?2014-09-09T14:56:47+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2014/08/28/adam-vs-atoms-2/2014-08-28T12:02:50+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2014/08/21/adam-vs-atoms-1/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/just-the-facts-maam.jpgjust-the-facts-maamJoe Friday wants to interrogate Moses.. he might just have to settle for Wheaton College's John Walton.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/lostworld.jpglostworldAre Christians who look for literal scientific revelation in Genesis abusing the Biblical text? John Walton, in The Lost World of Genesis One, says "Yes", proposing a better way to interpret and honor the authority of Scripture based on pioneering research from the Ancient Near East.2014-08-22T12:05:51+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2014/08/15/persecution-in-america/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/persecutionmyth.jpgpersecutionmythEarly Christianity scholar, Candida Moss, of Notre Dame argues that Christians have overhyped the stories of martyrdom in the early church with negative impact on public discourse today in America. Is she right?2014-08-16T04:02:13+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2014/08/13/a-laymans-faith/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/john_dryden.jpgJohn DrydenPortrait of John Dryden by Sir Godfrey Kneller, 1698https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/religio-laici.pngReligio-LaiciReligio Laici, or A Layman's Faith. John Dryden's famous 1682 poem and preface are a treatise on personal discipleship.2014-08-13T10:55:15+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2014/08/08/persecution-christians-in-iraq/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/arabic-nazarene.jpgArabic-NazareneThe Arabic letter "n" signifying the word "Nasarani." The sign is being painted on Iraqi homes to mark out where the Christians live.2014-08-13T22:25:46+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2014/07/26/replacing-replacement-theology/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/zion_gate.jpgzion_gateBullet holes riddle the exterior of the Zion Gate in Jerusalem, a center of conflict during the wars of 1948 and 1967 for control of the Holy City.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/larking-2ndcoming.giflarking-2ndcomingClarence Larken (1850-1924) was an American Baptist pastor who developed charts like these that depict a dispensationalist view of the End Times. If you click on the image to expand the detail, you will see how Larkin divided the <em>church</em> on the left from <em>Israel</em> on the right. Contemporary followers of Larkin accuse "replacement theology" of wiping out Israel's place in Biblical prophecy.2020-02-17T13:53:00+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2014/07/21/announcements/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/marions-birthday_2014.pngMarion's Birthday 2014Marion's Birthdayhttps://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/heart-logo.pngHEART LogoH-E-A-R-Thttps://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/charlotte-bbq.pngCharlotte BBQWhere is this place? Sign up for the NCCA conference to find out.2014-07-22T00:32:17+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2014/02/04/debate-tonight-bill-nye-and-the-bible-guy-ken-ham/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/debate.pngdebateKen Ham and Bill Nye debate tonight. Do not expect a lot of nuance or substance, but there will be a lively discussion.2014-07-19T16:34:20+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2014/02/05/ken-ham-and-bill-nye-debate-recap/2014-07-19T16:33:32+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2014/02/15/the-tinkering-engineer-and-design/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/coyne2.jpgcoyneIn Why Evolution is True, biologist and atheist Jerry Coyne seeks to drive a wedge between intelligent design and NeoDarwinian evolution, favoring the latter. But what if the Bible and "real world" engineering both make a case that there is less of a contrast than what Coyne would have us believe? Would a little imagination from an engineer help?2014-07-19T16:31:11+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2014/02/26/what-makes-me-cringe/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/laruffa.jpglaruffa2014-10-02T17:52:13+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2014/02/19/apostles-of-reason-the-molly-worthen-thesis/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/worthen.jpgworthenMolly Worthen says that there is a "crisis of authority" within the evangelical church today. What authority holds the evangelical movement together: a commitment to Biblical inerrancy, a common "born-again" experience, a shared vision for the transformation of culture, or something else?2014-07-19T16:29:56+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2014/03/06/ash-wednesday-and-lent/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/489px-gregory_i_-_antiphonary_of_hartker_of_sankt_gallen.jpgGregory the Great (540-604) dictating the Gregorian chant2014-07-19T16:29:24+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2014/07/18/a-gideon-expose/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/room19.jpgRoom19Room 19, Central House Hotel in Boscobel, Wisconsin. Kept in the style it was in September 1898 when the first Gideon founders, Nicholson and Hill, met here. From the scramped quarters one evening came a ministry that has impacted millions of people around the world for Christ.2014-08-18T18:23:30+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2014/03/02/five-views-on-biblical-inerrancy/2014-12-05T23:35:37+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2014/03/05/personal-discipleship-2/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/homer-lifeline1.gifThe Life Line2014-07-19T16:26:27+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2014/03/07/the-road-to-spiritual-abuse/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/basic.jpgbasicAnother packed out arena for Bill Gothards's "Seminar in Basic Youth Conflicts". Where are all of these people today?2014-07-19T16:25:23+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2014/03/15/storm-of-doubt/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/482px-rembrandt_christ_in_the_storm_on_the_lake_of_galilee.jpgRembrandt (1606-1699). The Storm on the Sea in Galilee.2014-07-19T16:24:52+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2014/03/11/joy-tim-hansel/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/hansel_hospice.pnghansel_hospiceTim Hansel (center) with some friends, in a hospice care unit prior to his death.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/hansel.pnghanselTim Hansel (1941-2009). Adventurer, friend of high school kids, …. and sufferer of unbearable chronic pain.2021-06-11T19:32:06+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2014/03/13/matthews-gospel-truth/2014-07-19T16:23:55+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2014/03/15/resurrection-dick-woodward/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/dickwoodward.jpgdickwoodwardDick Woodward2014-07-19T16:23:24+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2014/03/16/cosmos-sagan-tyson-and-the-bruno-affair/2014-07-19T16:22:58+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2014/03/19/framing-john-the-baptist/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/johnthebaptist1.pngThe Virgin and Child with Saint Anne and Saint John the Baptist, Leonardo da Vinci, c. 14992014-07-19T16:22:22+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2014/03/20/the-pulpit-and-the-pew-mini-series/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/remembering-the-life-of-dr-king_c_nt.jpgFeatured Image -- 90052014-07-19T16:21:01+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2014/03/20/isaiah-and-the-servant/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/117564460_jews_361302c.jpgPersecuted Jews plead for mercy from Ferdinand and Isabella (credit: Universal Images Group / Getty Images) 2014-07-19T16:20:29+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2014/03/22/ben-witherington-reviews-son-of-god/2014-07-19T16:19:42+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2014/03/25/darrell-bock-truth-matters/2014-07-19T16:19:12+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2014/03/31/gods-not-dead-a-movie-review/2014-07-19T16:18:46+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2014/04/12/bad-blood-moon-rising/2014-07-19T16:18:14+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2014/04/09/how-to-live/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/plumbline_2.pngPlumb Line2014-07-19T16:17:22+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2014/03/26/the-lesson-of-tyre/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/limtsoftyre1.pngLimts Of Tyre2014-07-19T16:15:40+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2014/03/27/bonhoeffers-cost-of-discipleship/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/bonhoeffer_3.jpgDietrich Bonhoeffer in the courtyard of the Tegel military prison2014-07-19T16:14:59+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2014/03/29/the-case-for-easter/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/caseforeasterwebpage.jpgThe Case for Easter2014-07-19T16:14:26+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2014/04/04/noah-vs-noah/2020-08-22T00:40:05+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2014/04/02/painting-jesus/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/driving.pngChrist Driving the Merchants from the Temple2014-07-19T16:13:09+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2014/04/03/william-tyndales-gospel/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/711px-foxes_book_of_martyrs_-_tyndale.jpgWoodcut from John Foxe's The Book of Martyrs. William Tyndale (1494-1536) cries out, "Lord, open the King of England's eyes."2014-07-19T16:12:30+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2014/04/10/to-the-least-of-these-phoebe-palmer/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/download.jpgPhoebe Palmer (1807-1874). Evangelist and Social Reformer.2014-07-19T16:11:45+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2014/04/15/is-heaven-is-for-real-for-real/2014-07-19T16:10:44+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2014/04/16/the-trials-of-jesus/2014-07-19T16:10:19+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2014/04/18/syncing-up-easter/2014-07-19T16:09:17+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2014/04/19/raised/2014-07-19T16:08:26+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2014/07/16/how-we-got-the-bible-part-1/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/fromgodtous.pngFrom God To Ushttps://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/dali.pngThe Ecumenical CouncilThe Ecumenical Council2014-07-23T14:45:44+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2014/06/05/podcasts-for-the-thinking-christian/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/unbelievable.jpgunbelievableJustin Brierley's <em>Unbelievable</em> podcast from London gets Christians and non-Christians to come together to talk about important issues. Originally (and still) a live radio show, this has become my favorite podcast.2017-05-16T13:47:48+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2014/07/11/aimee-semple-mcpherson-disappearing-woman-evangelist/2016-05-03T22:58:11+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2013/10/04/the-dis-comfort-of-evolution-vs-god/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/evsg.pngEvsGHelpful evangelistic tool or yet another stumbling block for others to hear the Gospel? Ray Comfort's new video raises a controversy.2014-07-05T13:23:34+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2012/04/24/jerusalem-flyover/2014-07-04T15:43:05+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2014/07/03/oh-jerusalem-a-biographical-lament/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/alasqa.jpegAlAsqaThe Al-Aqsa mosque on the Temple Mount. The site of the assassination of King Abdullah Hussein of Jordan in 1951, and the 1969 fire started by a zealous Australian tourist, Michael Rohan, hoping to destroy the mosque in order to hasten the Second Coming of Jesus. Note a much younger Veracity blogger on the right side of the photo (1994: Clarke Morledge)https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/ottoman_surrender_of_jerusalem_restored.jpgOttoman_surrender_of_Jerusalem_restoredTurkish major (FINALLY) surrenders Jerusalem to British troops in World War One, using a sheet from the Spafford American Colony as a surrender flag.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/temple_mount.jpgtemple_mountThe Western Wall of the Temple Mount in that Holy City: Jerusalem2014-07-11T12:12:46+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2014/06/22/who-wrote-the-bible-part-4/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/kurt_aland.pngKurt AlandBiblical scholar Kurt Aland2014-07-14T22:18:48+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2014/06/27/mustard-and-chocolate/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/img_20140420_112130_291.jpgIMG_20140420_112130_291Turn the can around, there is the label. Look inside. There is the bag of dry mustard. Mystery solved!!https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/img_20140420_112025_514.jpgIMG_20140420_112025_514Can you find the mustard?2014-06-30T16:14:30+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2014/06/21/domino-theology/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/domino.jpgdominoIs your theology built on a difficult to maintain stack of dominos?2014-06-21T19:46:25+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2014/06/18/alone-yet-not-alone-reflections-on-a-much-needed-film/2014-06-18T16:29:09+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2014/06/13/martin-and-the-origin-of-the-chapel/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/martin.jpgmartinMartin of Tours cutting his cloak in half to give to a poor man. Herein lies the story of the term "the Chapel."2014-06-13T22:55:16+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2014/06/10/oliver-cromwells-crisis/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/kc1.jpgKC1King Charles I of England (1660-1649). Defender of the church of England… except in the eyes of Puritans like Oliver Cromwell. The only seated king in England ever to be tried and executed for treason.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/cooper_oliver_cromwell.jpgCooper,_Oliver_CromwellOliver Cromwell (1599-1658), Lord Protector of England, and Christian reformer of church and civil governance. A hero of liberty to some. A fanatical tyrant to others. From an unfinished portrait by Samuel Cooper (credit: Wikipedia)2025-11-02T08:45:59+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2014/06/01/in-one-short-moment-heaven/2014-06-07T20:29:26+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2014/05/31/william-lane-craigs-defenders-series/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/defenders2.pngWilliam Lane Craig's Defenders Series2014-07-09T03:36:50+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2014/05/29/alone-yet-not-alone-limited-release/2014-05-29T15:50:24+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2014/05/21/bobby-conway-contending-for-the-faith/2014-05-22T22:50:58+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2014/05/16/a-year-of-biblical-doubting-1/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/monkeytown.jpgmonkeytownRachel Held Evans first book. She's young, church-going.... and not very sure about her faith. Does she represent the future of "evangelical Christianity"?2014-05-17T00:16:34+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2014/05/15/martyn-lloyd-jones-on-the-human-condition/2014-05-16T03:30:43+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2014/05/09/following-the-emerging-jazzy-blue-heard/2014-05-16T13:06:20+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2014/05/10/rob-bell-and-don-draper-the-ad-mans-gospel/2014-05-31T16:44:28+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2014/05/02/irreplaceable-a-focus-on-the-family-film/2014-05-02T22:00:24+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2014/05/01/bart-ehrmans-challenge-to-the-divinity-of-jesus/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/birdbook1.jpgBirdBookHow God Became Jesus, by multiple authors, is a rebuttal to Bart Ehrman's book, How Jesus Became God.2015-05-26T17:56:13+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2014/04/27/this-is-my-fathers-world/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/20131228_092200.jpgWilliamsburg2014-04-30T00:07:24+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2014/04/24/a-multi-site-ministry-market/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/concert.jpgconcertIs that the Shekinah Glory? No, it is just the worship band's smoke machine on autopilot during the altar call.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/multisite.jpgmultisiteLoud music, monster-sized video screens, all in multiple locations. Is this the future of church?2014-05-22T11:42:10+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2014/04/14/a-mistaken-view-of-love/2014-04-14T16:29:20+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2014/04/07/the-case-for-easter-wrap-up/2014-04-09T04:38:14+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2014/03/09/the-wisest-most-encouraging-toughest-man-i-ever-met/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/dickwoodward.pngDick WoodwardThe Wisest, Most Encouraging, Toughest Man I Ever Met2014-05-11T00:20:51+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2014/02/23/who-wrote-the-bible-part-3/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/markup.pngMarkup of the Pentateuch according to the Documentary HypothesisMarkup of the Pentateuch according to the Documentary Hypothesishttps://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/wellhausen.pngJulius WellhausenJulius Wellhausen, the father of the modern Documentary Hypothesis2014-02-25T01:19:17+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2012/05/28/inerrant-and-infallible/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/bibleclear.pngBiblehttps://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/bible.pngBible2014-02-24T02:50:33+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2014/01/02/time-for-apologetics/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/conway-interview.jpgBobby Conway Interviewhttps://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/wlc-interview-on-fox.pngWilliam Lane Craig InterviewWilliam Lane Craig Interviewhttps://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/time.pngTime2014-02-21T01:27:06+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2014/02/13/dr-jim-shaw-saturday-215/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/lackeyclinic.pngLackey Clinic2014-02-14T11:12:15+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2014/01/28/oxymoronic-on-how-not-to-be-a-moron/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/img_20140128_171655_851.jpgIMG_20140128_171655_851Snow falling on the sundial, in front of Swem Library on the campus of William and Mary, early evening, January 28, 2014.2014-02-02T20:09:54+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2014/01/31/which-science-do-you-trust/2014-02-05T03:01:35+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2014/01/16/memory-kenneth-curtis/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/debatingdarwin.pngDebatingDarwinThanks to the remarkable vision of Kenneth Curtis (died 2011), Christian history comes alive.2014-01-25T20:00:41+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2014/01/21/four-views-on-the-historical-adam/2014-01-25T19:47:01+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2014/01/23/shibboleths/2014-01-27T17:28:14+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2014/01/25/end-of-the-beginning/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/taleoftwocities.pngTale Of Two Cities2014-02-02T22:55:12+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2014/01/14/lessons-learned-from-our-2013-symposium/2014-01-22T02:14:58+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2014/01/11/j-i-packer-thats-not-good-enough/2014-01-15T02:55:13+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2014/01/09/the-calvinist-a-poem-by-john-piper/2015-06-03T19:40:18+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2014/01/07/skip-barbara-ryan-hitting-a-wall-and-coming-back/2014-10-19T02:11:17+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2014/01/04/why-me-and-why-thats-the-wrong-question/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/whymecover.pngWhy Me?2014-01-10T18:27:06+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2013/12/28/marketplace-disciples-2/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/dickwoodward.jpgDick WoodwardPastor Dick Woodwardhttps://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/marketplacedisciples.pngMarketplace DisciplesDick Woodwards' Marketplace Disciples2014-01-04T14:26:13+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2013/12/21/lo-how-a-rose-eer-blooming/2014-01-03T18:59:29+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2013/12/31/expression-edith-schaeffer/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/edith-schaeffer.jpgedith-schaefferEdith Schaeffer, 1914-2013. Expressing a heart for Christ, warts and all, and shaping several generations of Christians.2014-01-03T18:55:30+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2013/12/19/lawrence-of-archaeology/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/lawrence-of-arabia-01.jpglawrence-of-arabia-01T. E. Lawrence, a British intelligence officer in World War I who became an Arabian legend. But how many folks know about his work in Biblical archaeology?2014-01-03T18:53:35+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2013/12/17/movement-chuck-smith/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/chucksmith.jpgchucksmithChuck Smith (1927-2013). A pastor on the move. A passion for the lost, but not without conflict.2013-12-18T14:20:06+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2013/12/01/the-first-thanksgiving/2013-12-17T22:23:12+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2013/11/29/flood-faith-and-russell-crowe/2013-12-17T22:21:16+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2013/12/07/that-all-men-may-know-his-work/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/rom-entrance.pngRoyal Ontario Museum EntranceRoyal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Ontariohttps://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/mesopotamia.pngMesopotamiaMesopotamia Exhibit at the ROMhttps://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/mosaic.pngMosaicJob 37:7 Mosaic at the Royal Ontario Museumhttps://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/rom.pngFutalognkosaurusCanada's Only Mounted Futalognkosaurus and Me 2013-12-16T02:44:13+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2013/12/14/christmas-calculus/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/qed.pngChristmas Calculus2013-12-15T03:34:21+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2013/09/17/navigating-the-young-vs-old-earth-debate/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/james_ussher_by_sir_peter_lely.jpgJames_Ussher_by_Sir_Peter_LelyJames Ussher (1581-1656), Ireland Archbishop who calculated from the Bible that the earth was created on Sunday, October 23, 4004 B.C. Throughout church history, most (but not all) Christians have embraced such a view of a "Young Earth" as taught within the pages of Holy Scripture (Wikipedia, painting by Sir Peter Lely (1618-1680).2013-12-11T01:42:17+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2013/11/26/symposium-2013-roundup-week-three/2025-04-21T14:43:27+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2013/11/19/leviathan/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/marduk-tiamat.jpgMarduk-TiamatIn the ancient Babylonia creation myth, Marduk defeats Tiamat, a sea monster. For many years in the church, the fascination with sea monsters and spiritual symbols they represent have captivated the imagination of people who read about Leviathan in the Bible. But not everyone sees things that way.2013-11-30T11:49:03+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2013/11/20/imagination-jack-lewis/2013-11-27T14:57:43+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2013/11/23/an-appearance-of-age/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/wine.jpgwineIs God's Creation like a really good wine? 2026-01-23T18:07:21+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2013/11/17/symposium-2013-roundup-week-two/2013-11-23T13:28:45+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2013/10/05/facts-faith-symposium/2013-11-19T16:28:52+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2013/11/10/symposium-2013-roundup-week-one/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/handouticon.pngHandoutFacts & Faith Handouthttps://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/2013-11-10_18-33-28_1432.jpg2013-11-10_18-33-28_143Facts and Faith Symposium attendees prepare to view the first film, Lee Strobel's The Case for a Creator, followed by a panel discussion and Q&A.2013-11-19T16:28:08+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2013/11/05/animal-death-and-suffering-before-the-fall/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/turtle-evolution.jpgturtle-evolutionMany Christians mistakenly believe that mainstream scientists have failed to produce fossil transition evidence to support the NeoDarwinian theory of evolution. This graphic from the Royal Society shows how a fossil discovery around 2008 demonstrates the link between the modern turtle and its ancient ancestors. Is there a sufficient theological reason to reject mainstream science, or Biblical reason to accept it? 2016-05-31T12:03:07+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2013/11/06/evidence-of-transformation/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/dsc03113.jpgLarge ButterflyThis large butterfly has a 10-inch wingspan.https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/dsc03120.jpgButterfly BreedingButterfly Breeding at the Niagara Butterfly Conservatoryhttps://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/dsc03071.jpgNiagara FallsNiagara Fallshttps://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/dsc03083.jpgBird at Niagara FallsWhat are you thinking?https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/dsc03035.jpgDinosaur at Toronto AirportHow come there are no dinosaurs in the Bible? I found this one at the Toronto airport.2013-11-16T14:27:13+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2013/03/01/no-compromise/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/galileo.jpggalileoWas Galileo right? Or did he lead the Christian church down the path of compromise, eventually leading to the contemporary secularization of the traditionally Christian societies, weakening the witness of the church?2021-03-02T13:54:33+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2013/10/18/2013-national-conference-on-christian-apologetics/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/ncca_1.png2013 National Conference on Christian Apologeticshttps://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/debate_1.pngRoss-Lisle DebateDr. Hugh Ross debating Dr. Jason Lislehttps://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/geislerpetzingerpaine_1.pngJohn Paine, Norman Geisler, Ken PetzingerDr. Norman Geisler, Dr. Ken Petzingerhttps://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/conwaypaine_1.pngBobby Conway, John Paine2015-05-28T10:21:37+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2013/10/31/from-the-dust/2013-11-01T14:24:29+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2013/10/26/killing-jesus-i-guess-it-all-evens-out/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/killingjesus.jpgKillingJesusFirst, there was Reza Aslan's Jesus the Zealot. Now, there is Bill O'Reilly's Killing Jesus. Both books have their merits, but I would suggest sticking with books written by less politicized New Testament biblical scholars....and if you do not have time for that, just stick with the Bible.2013-12-19T19:36:20+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2013/10/24/life-after-death-part-3/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/lighthousestairs.pngLighthouse Stairs2013-11-16T20:24:23+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2013/10/11/jonathan-edwards-on-charity-towards-the-poor/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/jonathan_edwards.jpgJonathan_EdwardsJonathan Edwards (1703-1758), pastor, theologian, philosopher, and .... advocate for a biblical social justice??2015-06-03T19:01:52+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2013/10/22/john-macarthurs-strange-fire/2014-05-04T19:07:42+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.net/2012/11/04/why-does-god-allow-evil-and-suffering/https://sharedveracity.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/woodwardsuffer.pngWoodwardSuffer2013-10-19T14:08:41+00:00monthlyhttps://sharedveracity.netdaily1.02026-04-02T20:51:45+00:00