Religious The 25,000 fragments that make up the Dead Sea Scrolls are considered by many to be the archaeological discovery of the 20th century. They were found mostly in the decade following 1947, yet 21st-century techniques still have more to teach us about the Dead Sea Scrolls, and thus about Second Temple Judaism at the time of Jesus. A highly technical study released on June 11, 2020, in the Journal Cell examines the Dead Sea Scrolls by identifying the ancient DNA of […]
Civil Disorder and Civil Disobedience “And all the city was moved, and the people ran together; and they laid hold on Paul, and dragged him out of the temple: and straightway the doors were shut. And as they were seeking to kill him, tidings came up to the chief captain of the band, that all Jerusalem was in confusion (Acts 21:30-31).“ The 2019 Global Peace Index shows that civil unrest in the world doubled in frequency over the past decade as citizens […]
A Royal Priesthood “But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of Him who has called you out of darkness into His marvelous light. For you once were not a people, but now you are the people of God; you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy” (1 Peter 2:9,10, NAS). The Scriptures reveal that the work of the kingdom will be done […]
The Value of Experience “For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities, but was in all points tempted like as we are yet without sin” (Hebrews 4:15). by Robert Gray During the notably evil years of the Third Reich, tens of millions sufferedand died. One individual who suffered was a teenage girl named Kitty Felix Hart. In her book, The Return to Auschwitz, she explicitly details the suffering she saw and felt. As […]