I have written a book (the first of two) that exposes what I have been led to understand: the star of Bethlehem is the sun. In the book published – The Star of Bethlehem: The Timing of the Life of Jesus – I fully explain the Gospel stories of Luke 2:1-20 and Matthew 2:1-12 and how that which is stated there fully endorses this central theme of the sun as the star.  The sun is a central element of astrological birth charts, which was cast by astrologers (the Magi), well in ad

They heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden at the time of the evening breeze, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden. But the Lord God called to the man, and said to him, “Where are you?” He said, “I heard the sound of you in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.” He said, “Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree of which I commanded you not t

Jesus said, “Then the kingdom of heaven will be like this. Ten bridesmaids took their lamps and went to meet the bridegroom. Five of them were foolish, and five were wise. When the foolish took their lamps, they took no oil with them; but the wise took flasks of oil with their lamps. As the bridegroom was delayed, all of them became drowsy and slept. But at midnight there was a shout, ‘Look! Here is the bridegroom! Come out to meet him.’ Then all those bridesmaids got up and

We do not want you to be uninformed, brothers and sisters, about those who have died, so that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope. For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so, through Jesus, God will bring with him those who have died. For this we declare to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will by no means precede those who have died. For the Lord himself, with a cry of command, with

Moses went up from the plains of Moab to Mount Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, which is opposite Jericho, and the Lord showed him the whole land: Gilead as far as Dan, all Naphtali, the land of Ephraim and Manasseh, all the land of Judah as far as the Western Sea, the Negeb, and the Plain—that is, the valley of Jericho, the city of palm trees—as far as Zoar. The Lord said to him, “This is the land of which I swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying, ‘I will give it to you

“From the wilderness of Sin the whole congregation of the Israelites journeyed by stages, as the Lord commanded. They camped at Rephidim, but there was no water for the people to drink. The people quarreled with Moses, and said, “Give us water to drink.” Moses said to them, “Why do you quarrel with me? Why do you test the Lord?” But the people thirsted there for water; and the people complained against Moses and said, “Why did you bring us out of Egypt, to kill us and our chi

In June, 1558 (on the 27th), Nostradamus finished writing a letter that would be sent to his king, Henry II of France.  The letter was...

Bring me a sword. For some reason, I have been thinking about King Solomon’s wise decision that solved who the rightful mother of a baby was, so I thought I would refresh my memory about that judgment.  Here’s what I realized: The two women who argued they were the mother were prostitutes. Both women lived together in the same house. Both women gave birth to sons, one three days before the other. The second-born son died because his mother “lay on him … during the night.” The

The prophet Joel is known to have said, “And afterward, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, your young men will see visions.” (Joel 2:28, NIV)  This prophecy is one that explains how the people of God will have proof of God, through prophetic abilities in ordinary people, rather than depending on some Temple-bred lineage of offspring who are trained in the various prophetic arts.

Notice the altars upon which the offerings were placed. For the past week I have been looking deeply at the story told in chapter 4 of the Book of Genesis, which tells of Cain & Abel.  I have been amazed at what I see there, but what I see may seem difficult for many Christians to accept. I say this in the light of the recent televised “debate” between a Scientist and a Creationist – where the Creationist believes the earth is only 6,000 years old.  There seems to be so much

In the original Star Wars movie, there was a scene where Obi-wan, Luke, R2D2 and C3PO have cruised into a settlement, only to be stopped and questioned by Stormtroopers who are checking for wanted people & droids.  The script goes like this:

In the Gospels, Matthew, Luke, and John tell of a servant of the high priest having his right ear cut off in the garden at Gethsemane, when Jesus was arrested.  John named the disciple who used a knife to cut off an ear as Simon Peter and he also named the servant who had his ear cut off as Malchus.

I have already posted about Adam and adam , where the use of “ adam ” in Genesis 1 is different from the “ adam ” of Genesis 2 and beyond.  Now, I would like to add a few comments about what one can see written into the story of “big-A Adam.”

So much is  in the news today about the issue of gay marriage.  Recently, clerks in Utah County (Provo, Utah) were threatened by the Fed for not allowing homosexuals to register for marriage licenses .  The reason the clerks were hesitating was said to be because they figured the ruling would be argued more in court.  Now, all this is a sign of the breakdown of the religious fabric of the United States of America, because (supposedly) the only thing that prevents homosexuals

Let me first make a disclaimer.  The first half of this article can come across as an accusatory rant, where I seem to have no blame in the topic whatsoever, while everyone else does.  Let me make it clear that is the wrong impression to come away with.  In this article I address “you.”  This has to be seen as the second person “you,” a personal, friend-to-friend “you,” and not the third person, “you,” an “I don’t know you” “you.”  It means “you” reading this article, and as

Do these sayings mean anything to you?

The latest statistics (Census-based) show that the United States of America still has over 75% of its population claiming to be Christian, with another 10% believing in some form of God or higher being.  This posting is directed towards those calling themselves Christian.