Tag: history

  • a Brief Apologetic for Doctrine

    an apologia or apologetic Doctrine (of the Common Era) Defined A doctrine is a set of principles or beliefs, especially religious ones. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary Synonyms: teaching, principle, belief, opinion Quite simply EVERYONE has doctrines WE believe, beliefs and opinions WE teach unyieldingly or perhaps underpinning our speech subtly. Due to its everyday…

    Do you REALLY believe? Is DOCTRINE of the Bible a line in the sand for you? OR has DOCTRINE of the COMMON ERA become a blurred line in the sand of 21st century CE?
  • The Connection of Christ’s Missions

    a timeline of ACTS of the Apostles Twenty-first century followers of the Lord Jesus Christ and believers less immersed in Scripture tend to oversimplify the journeys and any connection of apostles of the first century church. Our helpful, but partial view tends to look something like this: a Connection of Apostles JESUS CHRIST is the…

    google map of Paul's route in Acts 18 from Corinth via Ephesus to Caesarea a connection between the Apostles' 2nd and 3rd missionary journeys
  • Asia – Let’s Not Go There – Acts 16

    The importance of this juncture in Paul’s journey, now with Silas and Timothy, cannot be overemphasized as these apostles are sent out beyond Asia into all the world of Euro-Asia. Asia – the BIG picture Growing up geographically-challenged (as my 5th grade teacher surely would have confirmed) in a small village far distant from Paul’s…

    Asia Europe Africa 21st c. view from Google Earth