Monday, April 1, 2013 at 01:47PM 
By Stephen Andrews
Just when it looked as though his utopian project of a divine kingdom on earth had been a complete failure and his disciples had retreated into profound grief, loneliness and disillusionment, the news of his empty tomb began to spread in Jerusalem. Hours later Jesus himself appeared to large crowds, assuring them
Monday, April 1, 2013 at 01:42PM 
“We all need to work at being good, just as we work at anything else that really matters.”
–Alain De Botton
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Comment by Tim Hein
IN EARLY February, popular British philosopher Alain De Botton released his ‘Manifesto for Atheists,’ listing a supposed ten new virtues, in response to his feeling that being virtuous had become “a strange and depressing notion.”
The best-selling author of Religion for Atheists (2012) said he was hoping to promote overlooked virtues including resilience and humour.
De Botton told the media: “There’s no scientific answer to being virtuous, but the key thing
Monday, April 1, 2013 at 12:34PM 
From top: Josephus, Tacitus and Pliny. Although these writers were opposed to the Christians, their accounts of the raw facts about Christian origins and practice exactly correspond with the raw facts in the New Testament.
Epiphanies From a Lifetime, Part 2
By Paul Barnett
First, a quick summary of Part 1*:
For theology to be true depends on what happened historically.
Epiphany 1: The historical source material for Jesus is very close to Jesus. In the case of Galatians it is a mere 15 years after the crucifixion and resurrection. Information about Tiberius, the Caesar under whom Jesus was executed, is approaching
Monday, April 1, 2013 at 12:13PM 
If everything we do in order to be ‘united to God in holy fellowship’ is a sacrifice, why do we need the sacrifice of Jesus?
We have no sacrifice – no costly gift able to reconcile us to God – apart from the sacrifice of Christ. Christ has given us Himself to be our one sacrifice. We can do nothing to reconcile ourselves to God
