In the last Nugget I shared some provocative stories with you, which got some reaction from some of you. Others of you it seems are harder to motivate to respond. To refresh your minds the stories were: The removal of the Swan Quarter Church in …
The Acts of God and The Ways of God Explored Further (aPP 7)
Making Sense of the Acts of God and the Ways of God (aPP 6)
Show me Your ways Oh Lord. Exodus 33:13 He made known His ways to Moses, His acts to the sons of Israel. Psalm 103:7 We are caught between seeing the Acts of God or the things people tell us are the Acts of God and knowing …
Two Opposing Views (aPP 5)
I intend to investigate sickness and healing among other things over this series of Nuggets. There are those who feel that healing is ours by right because it is found in the atonement. The classic verse used to back up that claim is found in …
It’s God’s Fault – He Lets Bad Things Happen to Good People, the Innocent Die and the Wicked Go Unpunished (aPP 4)
Before we get into this juicy topic I thought I would pause and rewind a little. Some of you asked me where I got the ideas expressed in the last Nugget. The simple answer is from my imagination. I just wondered what would happen if …
What if . . .We Could Have the God We Want? (aPP 3)
God After Our Image All our prayers would be answered instantly. Whatever we asked for would be granted. We would have the trouble free life we all long for, even deserve. We would have perfect knowledge about everything because we deserve a full explanation on …
Bringing You All on to the Same Page (aPP 2)
A number of you have written to me with some questions, but others of you have indicated that you are looking forward to this Nugget for the answer to my doozy of a question in the first Nugget of this series. Why does God heal …
The First Nugget of A Puzzling Paradox Series
This is the first Nugget in the new series, the full title of which is: A Puzzling Paradox Pain & Praise, Suffering & Solace, Grief & Glory Why Do Bad Things Happen to Good People? (Making Sense of God When God Doesn’t Seem to Make …
Merenptah’s Stele
Egyptologists and experts in the ANE have said the activities of Israel and the Egyptian pharaohs didn’t coincide in time. They say Israel didn’t exist in the same time frame as the pharaohs of Egypt. There is no mention of Israel in any Egyptian annals …
Proof of the Exodus from Egypt
Baruch Halpern from Pennsylvania University says “The actual evidence concerning the Exodus resembles the evidence for the unicorn.” In other words a mythical animal, we have no evidence that the unicorn existed, so conversely since we have no evidence of Israel coming out of Egypt, …
The Biblical Time Frame and the Egyptian Time Frame don’t Match. So Which is Wrong?
There is significant scepticism related to the historicity of the Bible account. Baruch Halpern compares the evidence for the Bible account of the Exodus to that of the unicorn as an indication of the mythical nature of both. The problem is one of the lack …