by Asec | Nov 3, 2018 | Historical, Literary, Torah, Uncategorized
The Epistle of Barnabas is dated between A.D. 130-138, and was obviously not written by the Barnabas, but someone using that name. Nevertheless, it gives us a picture of the thought among early Christian leaders at that time. As Bacchiocchi notes, it gives us the...
by Asec | Nov 3, 2018 | Historical, Literary, Logical, Talmudic, Torah, Uncategorized
Justin Martyr was an early Christian (100 AD to 165 AD) who was martyred for his faith; but his writings demonstrate some of the attitudes towards Jews and things Jewish. For example, Justin wrote to Trypho, a Jewish contemporary, that.. We, too, would observe your...
by Asec | Nov 17, 2013 | Changed Lives, Literary, Uncategorized
A short seven-minute drama that describes how CS Lewis went from being an atheist, to being a deist, to finally believing that Jesus is the Son of God, ending with the thought: It was like when a man after a long sleep becomes aware that he is now...
by Asec | Mar 5, 2011 | Uncategorized
There was, between the years 70 AD and 325 AD (and well beyond), a great persecution of Jews by the state of Rome. This persecution was a key and overwhelming factor in the decision of the increasingly gentile church to separate themselves from the Jewish people and...
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