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The BCE/CE, Or The BC/AD, Dating System?

December 15, 2024 BibleAuthenticity Comments 3 comments

Should we use the BCE/CE, or the BC/AD, dating system? There are many Christians who perceive the BCE/CE dating system to be an affront to Christianity. They see the system as an attempt to eliminate “Christ” from the calendar, just as many reject the expression “x-mas” for removing “Christ” from Christmas. Some simply appeal to arguments of tradition and familiarity with the system. For these reasons, they insist on using the BC/AD dating system.

WHY WE USE BCE/CE ON THIS WEBSITE

Why do we use BCE and CE at this website rather than BC and AD? First of all, just to clarify, we want to say that we, at this website, are not in any way promoting the ungodly secularism of the world. We also want to make clear that using either one of these dating methodologies is not a matter of right or wrong. read more

Discovery – “Evolution Will Have To Be Rewritten Again”

December 14, 2024 BibleAuthenticity Comments 0 Comment

DAVID GIFFORD / SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY Stages in human evolution, illustration. At left, Proconsul (23-15 million years ago) is shown as an African ape with both primitive and advanced features. From it Australopithecus afarensis (>4- 2.5 Myr BP) evolved and displayed a bipedal, upright gait walking on two legs. Homo habilis (2.5 Myr BP) was truly human ('homo') — The story of our species’ smooth march through evolution will have to be rewritten, says scientists

Based on a new discovery, human evolution will have to be rewritten again, for the umpteenth time. The theory of macro-evolution presents the idea that life gradually developed from non-life as a single-celled organism, and from this over many millions of years evolutionary changes took place and many types of creatures came into being, with the final result being that humans developed from ape-like creatures. One of these that is thought to be closest to humans are called “Neanderthals”. read more

Is There A Part, or Portion, of The Holy Spirit?

December 12, 2024 BibleAuthenticity Comments 8 comments

Is the Bible reliable? — What is the holy Spirit?

It is often said that the holy Spirit is “the third person of the Trinity”, the three-in-one Godhead. Can it be, however, that there can be a part of the holy Spirit, only “a portion” of the holy Spirit? Yes, this is exactly what the scriptures themselves indicate, as we will see from the following scriptures:

“The LORD then came down in the cloud and spoke to him. Taking some of the spirit that was on Moses, he bestowed it on the seventy elders; and as the spirit came to rest on them, they prophesied but did not continue”—Numbers 11:25 NAB read more

Is the Pope Infallible & Mary Sinless?

December 8, 2024 BibleAuthenticity Comments 13 comments

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The Christian Post published an article on December 8, 2024 about the First Vatican Council, which began December 8, 1869. This Roman Catholic Church Council decided that the pope, the leader of the Church cannot make a mistake about certain matters of faith, and that Jesus’ mother, Mary, never sinned. Are these claims actually Biblical? Is the pope infallible and Mary sinless? We’ll see.

Part of this article appears below:

This week in Christian history: . . . First Vatican Council begins read more

Sexual Abuse By Catholic Clergy Settled in New York

December 8, 2024 BibleAuthenticity Comments 10 comments

The state of New York has settled a class action lawsuit over sexual abuse by Catholic clergy, and others are pending. What does this tell us about the Catholic Church? What does the Bible have to say about sexual misconduct?

“Likewise, Sodom, Gomorrah, and the surrounding towns, which, in the same manner as they, indulged in sexual promiscuity and practiced unnatural vice, serve as an example by undergoing a punishment of eternal fire”—Jude 7 NAB

All types of sexual immorality are condemned by the Bible. However, the Catholic Church has often looked the other way, or even worse, has covered up such gross wrongdoing by its leaders. The Bible even foretold one of the contributing factors that has led to such wickedness. read more

How Are The Promises To Abraham Fulfilled?

December 3, 2024 BibleAuthenticity Comments 1 comment

“The promises were made to Abraham . . . God bestowed it on Abraham through a promise” (Galatians 3:17,18 NAB). But how are the promises made to Abraham fulfilled?

“Those who have faith are read more

Can Anyone Today Prove They Are A Jew From Abraham?

December 3, 2024 BibleAuthenticity Comments 11 comments

Some today strongly believe that Jews are still God’s favored people. But, can anyone today prove they are a Jew? In a sense, we can say that some of us Christians today are Americans, some are British, some are Hispanic, some are African, some are Chinese, etc. We can also say that some are male and some are female. We can also say that many are Gentiles, and a few are Jews. In another sense, we can accurately say, that, for Christians, according to the scriptures, “Here there is no Gentile or Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave or free, but Christ is all, and is in all” (Colossians 3:11 NIV). The Jews of Bible times were very conscientious of their genealogy, and kept meticulous records. Jesus of Nazareth had the irrefutable genealogy for his Messiahship. Matthew 1:1-16 provides a record of “the genealogy of Jesus the Messiah the son of David, the son of Abraham” (NIV), including “Judah” (Genesis 49:10). His birth at Bethlehem, in fulfillment of Micah 5:2 was also irrefutable (Matthew 2:1-10). A notable case in point to illustrate this fact occurred among the returning Jewish exiles when an issue arose as to who were genuine descendants of the priestly line.

“The following came up from the towns of Tel Melah, Tel Harsha, Kerub, Addan, and Immer, but they could not show that their families were descended from Israel . . . These searched for their family records, but they could not find them and so were excluded from the priesthood as unclean. The governor ordered them not to eat of any of the most sacred food until there was a priest ministering with the Urim and Thummim”—Ezra 2:59,62,63 NIV read more