The latest series of programs on the cable science channels about Christianity have been generally pretty good lately. The percentage of time I spend railing about how some antiquated dogma was being passed off as fact has gone down to about 20%, as opposed to the 75% I spent last season or two. Last night’s [...]
Entries from December 2008
The Mystery Apostle
December 23rd, 2005 · No Comments · christianity, history
Tags: apostolic traditions·bible·early church·jesus traditions
Abraham of the Chaldees
December 17th, 2005 · No Comments · history
Ancient Civilization Unearthed in Syria
The Tell Hamoukar Survey 2000-2001 (University of Chicago)
Archeologists have discovered the ruins of forgotten cities older than most of the other great Mesopotamian city states, but much further north up the Euphrates valley than anyone had expected. In fact, the prevailing theories on the development of ancient civilization say that such [...]
Tags: abraham·bible·maps·mesopotamian cultures·patriarch traditions