Gay Marriage: Analysis Of Newsweek's Article
Post 1: The Beginning
Post 2: Journalistic Integrity
Post 3: Bible And Marriage
Post 4: Homosexuality and the Bible
Post 5: Remaining Issues
Dr. Darrell Bock is Research Professor of New Testament Studies at Dallas Theological Seminary. He also is Professor for Spiritual Development and Culture there. He is an Editor at Large for Christianity Today and is a Past President of the Evangelical Theological Society (2000-2001). He is the author of over twenty books and is a New York Times Best Selling author. He has been blogging on this site since May, 2006.
Thank you so much; I have one more.. The age seems just right. 30 -70 ad. is when Jesus died; the rest to follow. Given 1000 years or so ossuaries and tombs in that area were used i.e.600 bc. to 300 ad.; the timeframe matches great they all died at that time. The timeframe chances are 1 in 10 wich is ten times the chances to add. I really thank you and hope for a great book. It will be better to have all the possible arguments to refute before they arise. The other is that if Jesus was the first to die and they moved His bones they would have had a smaller more insignificant ossuary; his was smaller and plain. I am a Christian and if no answers am leaning on Him orchestrating this fing to separate..spew the lukewarm out of his mouth in the last days?? Below is an eail I answered with to some friends regarding stats that you have not received. Thanks again.. Jeff Wallen
I get so twisted up by stats.. Even the dating is the right time 30 ad to 80 ad. out of 1000 years of possibilities. My thought was what are the chances? 600 to 1..w/Mary attributed to Jesus..6000 to 1 then w/ Jesus ossuary diff from the others 60000 to 1 then the dating 6000000 to 1.. The name grouping is out of a small sampleing.. I hope we can come up with some stuff. I thought at first Smuggling Jesus body in but then Judah son of Jesus threw me off. I think maybe God may have had inspired another middle class family to name their kids names what they were for that grouping. God sent a deceptive spirit before. Weeding out the luke warm in the last days? Rob said that that partained to another people group though way back then. I hit a breaking point yesterday. I cried all day. I have a lot to live for but my sandy foundation needs hardening. Pray for me..us.
Do you think they thought by what they said that they meant that he will come back right then or to keep looking up because no one knows the day or the hour?
Thank you Jason. I just have such a hard time with the chances. It also seems that our side is using things like location and class to justify the improbability rather than looking for the high improbabilities..like what are the chances that could of happened, etc.? Then lowering statistics based on their own assumptions. I do believe in God and that there is a plan. I have a friend that is going to do a study with me to help strengthen my foundation. Maybe this tomb or cave..was brought into light 25 years later as it were; right after the Divinci Code as God allowed according to a greater plan. HE God may have enabled a family or ? or allowed Satan to deceive people as part of His greater plan. Sin existed prior to the earth being formed. Satan became full of Himself which God had to enable as he enabled eve to fall from perfection to selfishness. Crazy? I just think way too much. It is so hard for me to brush over and ignore statistics and facts.The woman found to be attributed to Jesus.. Mary, Martha, or Sarah.. Whom ever it was.. The fact that there was a DNA test that did not match.. Was that fact figured in the stats as well? She could have just as well been a sister.. But found w/ a son? Some think the Gnostic Gospel was stating the name Mary and reading the inscription deciphered in Hebrew was Sarah. In the 4th. century AD. they read Greek right? The Nostic stating these things because they may have found it back then and read it in Greek. This could have been a farce long ago? Random but just interesting and thought it may also help..It is not factored in the stats as I can see that she could have also been attributed to one of the other men an a wife ..say Mathew; or even a sister..this should greatly increase the improbability right? Keep me in your prayers and thanks again! Jeff