The Da Vinci Code: Of Magdalene, Gnostics, the Goddess and the Grail Released in March 2003, The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown has sold more than 4.5 million copies (as of January 2004, despite the six percent decline in hardback sales overall). It...
Directions For Judging of Persons’ Experiences
DIRECTIONS FOR JUDGING OF PERSONS' EXPERIENCESby Jonathan Edwards See to it That the operation be such upon the will or heart, not on the Imagination, nor on the speculative understanding or motions of the mind, though they draw great affections...
Dimensions
Usually, we think of the universe as comprised of 4 dimensions – spatial dimensions (length, width, height) and time. However, like “super-string” physicists, kabbalists hold that the universe is comprised of 10 dimensions. These extra dimensions...
The Epistle Of Polycarp
THE EPISTLE OF POLYCARP Translated by J.B. LightfootAdapt. and mod. (c) 1990.Polycarp prologue:1 Polycarp and the presbyters that are with him unto the Church of God which sojourneth at Philippi; mercy unto you and peace from God Almighty and Jesus...
Melchizedek
Melchizedek During Abram's sojourn in Canaan this priest and king met and treated him with hospitality (Genesis 14:18-20). Much mystery appears to hang about this distinguished personage. Various theories have been advanced concerning him. Some...
Babies
Babiesby G.K. Chestertonfrom the essay "In Defence of Baby Worship" from THE DEFENDANT. 1903.) The two facts which attract almost every normal person to children are, first, that they are very serious, and secondly, that they are in consequence...
PARABLE OF THE NEW SOAP
PARABLE OF THE NEW SOAP. Once upon a time in a far-away land far,far away, a young man named Joshua announced the discovery of a marvelous new kind of soap. People were skeptical at first, but they soon found that this new soap...
A different brand of faith
David Limbaugh June 20, 2001 A different brand of faith I often marvel at the leaps of faith required to allow one to believe that the miracle of human life, let alone the wonders of the physical...
EARLY CHURCH HISTORY
EARLY CHURCH HISTORY A Study of the History of the Early Church in the First Six CenturiesNotes from a course taught by Dr. James B. North Cincinnati Bible Seminary, Cincinnati, Ohio Spring 1990 NOTE: The class notes are preceded by a general...