We have released a series of 7 lessons on 4 CDs on the prophetic fulfillment in Jesus of the seven Jewish festivals of Leviticus 23. Entitled Seeing Jesus in the Feasts of Israel, we examine both the plain and implicit fulfillments by Jesus found in the annual Jewish feasts. His death and burial and resurrection, the preaching of the gospel, His second coming, the Judgment, and eternal rest with Him in heaven were all (unknowingly) celebrated each year by the entire Jewish nation beginning 1400 years before His arrival.Continue Reading
November 2007
Responding to Attacks on the New Testament Documents
The Christian community and western culture in general have been pummeled lately with books, magazine articles, movies and television specials purporting to expose the faulty foundations of the New Testament and Christian faith. Examples include The Da Vinci Code (book and movie), the Gospel of Judas (book and TV), various theories about the gnostics and their writings, Mary Magdalene, Brad Ehrman’s Misquoting Jesus, and many more! Invariably, a stream of men and women with D.D.s and Ph.D.s after their names from prestigious universities are presenting claims that the original New Testament documents are corrupted, other documents have been suppressed, that ugly truths about Jesus or others have been kept hidden, etc.
Believers may feel both assaulted and helpless in the face of such “firepower” and media blasts. Here are four suggestions:Continue Reading