Category Archives: Resurrection

Church Write-Up: Easter 2017

Posted on April 21, 2017 by jamesbradfordpate

I went to two church services on Easter Sunday.  The first was the 8:30 am traditional service at a Missouri Synod Lutheran church.  The second was a United Methodist church service. Here are some of my thoughts: A.  I was … Continue reading →

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Book Write-Up: The Resurrection Fact

Posted on March 23, 2017 by jamesbradfordpate

John J. Bombaro and Adam S. Francisco.  The Resurrection Fact: Responding to Modern Critics.  New Reformation Publications, 2016.  See here to purchase the book. Allow me to quote the description of the book on Amazon, before I offer my thoughts … Continue reading →

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Book Write-Up: Taking Pascal’s Wager, by Michael Rota

Posted on December 12, 2016 by jamesbradfordpate

Michael Rota.  Taking Pascal’s Wager: Faith, Evidence and the Abundant Life.  Downers Grove: IVP Academic, 2016.  See here to purchase the book. Michael Rota teaches philosophy at the University of St. Thomas, which is in St. Paul, Minnesota.  In Taking … Continue reading →

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Book Write-Up: The Resurrection of Jesus, by Michael R. Licona

Posted on November 20, 2016 by jamesbradfordpate

Michael R. Licona.  The Resurrection of Jesus: A New Historiographical Approach.  Downers Grove: IVP Academic, 2010.  See here to purchase the book. Michael R. Licona has a Ph.D. from the University of Pretoria and has taught at Houston Baptist Seminary.  … Continue reading →

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Items from the Gospel of Nicodemus

Posted on May 13, 2016 by jamesbradfordpate

I recently read the “Gospel of Nicodemus” in The Lost Books of the Bible and the Forgotten Books of Eden.  The English translation there is what I will quote in this post. The “Gospel of Nicodemus” is also known as … Continue reading →

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Three Days and Three Nights

Posted on March 31, 2016 by jamesbradfordpate

“For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale’s belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth” (Matthew 12:40). I was talking with a man on … Continue reading →

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The Rapture and I Corinthians 15

Posted on February 13, 2016 by jamesbradfordpate

I am still reading Evidence for the Rapture: A Biblical Case for Pretribulationism.  Moody Press sent me a complimentary review copy of this book. My favorite essay in this book so far is Michael J. Vanlaningham’s “Paul and the Rapture: … Continue reading →

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Book Write-Up: How Jesus Became God, by Bart Ehrman

Posted on May 21, 2015 by jamesbradfordpate

Bart D. Ehrman.  How Jesus Became God: The Exaltation of a Jewish Preacher from Galilee.  New York: HarperOne, 2014.  See here to buy the book. How did Jesus, a Jew from a monotheistic culture, come to be seen by his … Continue reading →

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2015 Easter Ramblings

Posted on April 5, 2015 by jamesbradfordpate

For Easter Sunday, I went to church this morning.  Actually, I go to church every Sunday, but there were more people at church this morning because it is Easter. My pastor preached about the folded napkin, or burial cloth, that … Continue reading →

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Scattered Ramblings on Jesus’ Virgin Birth and Resurrection

Posted on December 21, 2014 by jamesbradfordpate

While I was walking to church this morning, I was thinking about Romans 10:9, which states: “if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, … Continue reading →

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