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Why did the people not eat the lifestock in the wilderness?

Answered by . March 19, 2012 - 10:05 pm

The focus here is on the people’s dissatisfaction with the manna that God had miraculously provided. They remembered the very interesting diet when they were in Egypt of fish and vegetables of leeks, onions and garlic. “Why couldn’t God give us something more pleasant?” Whether they had enough livestock for meat is less important in […]

How much was Jesus man, and how much was he God?

Answered by . March 11, 2012 - 3:08 pm

Jesus is man not God. 1Ti 2:5  For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, For this verse to make any sense, since there is but one God, Jesus cannot be God. The idea that Jesus, the son of God, is in some way God, […]

Where do we get the belief that all the apostles were martyred except John? What early historical writers do we put faith in as being authoritative?

Answered by . March 10, 2012 - 9:31 pm

We are largely dependent on non-biblical sources for the records of the martyrdoms of twelve. This is not surprising when we consider that most of the NT books were written before 70 AD. Acts 12:2 records the death of James, son of Zebedee, who was executed by Herod. In 2 Tim 4:6 Paul refers to […]

When was Sodom destroyed?

Answered by . March 10, 2012 - 3:41 pm

There are two ways of approaching this question — using biblical chronological information to establish an approximate date for the event, or using whatever archaeological information is available that might suggest a destruction date. Unfortunately there is very little archaeological evidence available, although that hasn’t stopped people using what is there to suggest possible dates. […]