For birth is an aid towards an individual’s becoming famous, and distinguished, and talked about; viz., when a man’s parents happen to be in a position of rank and influence, and are possessed of wealth, and are able to spend … Continue reading Subverted, overturned and shook
From Origen’s defense of the Christianity against Celsus: And now, our Jesus, who is reproached with being born in a village, and that not a Greek one, nor belonging to any nation widely esteemed, and being despised as the son … Continue reading Celsus? Exactly!
Revision after revision! Not all have been revised but quite enough! Just wait 10 years and then upon further discovery…. Trust Jesus over whatever it may be that you are trusting over Him and may God bless you for it! “For a day in your courts is better than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of wickedness. For the Lord God is a sun and shield; the Lord bestows favor and honor. No good thing does he withhold from those who walk uprightly. O Lord of … Continue reading Revision after revision
“How lovely is Your tabernacle, O Lord of hosts! My soul longs, yes, even faints For the courts of the Lord; My heart and my flesh cry out for the living God. Even the sparrow has found a home, And … Continue reading Even the sparrow
And Celsus having promised to make us acquainted, in a subsequent part of his work, with the doctrines of Judaism, proceeds in the first place to speak of our Saviour as having been the leader of our generation, in so far as we are Christians, and says that “a few years ago he began to teach this doctrine, being regarded by Christians as the Son of God.” Now, with respect to this point—His prior existence a few years ago—we have to remark as follows. Could it have come to pass without divine assistance, that Jesus, desiring during these years to … Continue reading Could it have come to pass
In the next place, since our opponents keep repeating those statements about faith, we must say that, considering it as a useful thing for the multitude, we admit that we teach those men to believe without reasons, who are unable … Continue reading Why not God?
Moreover, since he frequently calls the Christian doctrine a secret system (of belief), we must confute him on this point also, since almost the entire world is better acquainted with what Christians preach than with the favourite opinions of philosophers. … Continue reading Absurd
Jesus, however, is at all times assailed by false witnesses, and, while wickedness remains in the world, is ever exposed to accusation. And yet even now He continues silent before these things, and makes no audible answer, but places His defence in the lives of His genuine disciples, which are a pre-eminent testimony, and one that rises superior to all false witness, and refutes and overthrows all unfounded accusations and charges. Origen. 1885. “Origen against Celsus.” In Fathers of the Third Century: Tertullian, Part Fourth; Minucius Felix; Commodian; Origen, Parts First and Second, edited by Alexander Roberts, James Donaldson, and … Continue reading While wickedness remains
From Grok but always fact check your AI and God bless The earliest archaeological mentions of King David (or more precisely, references to him or his dynasty) come from extrabiblical inscriptions, as no direct contemporary inscriptions from David’s lifetime (traditionally dated to around the early 10th century BCE, ca. 1010–970 BCE) have been found naming him personally. The most widely accepted and earliest confirmed reference is the Tel Dan Stele, a basalt stone inscription discovered in 1993 at Tel Dan in northern Israel. It dates to the mid-9th century BCE (around 841–800 BCE), roughly 150–200 years after David’s reign. Written … Continue reading Earliest mentions of King David
“[1] Do not keep silent, O God! Do not hold Your peace, And do not be still, O God! [2] For behold, Your enemies make a tumult; And those who hate You have lifted up their head. [3] They have taken crafty counsel against Your people, And consulted together against Your sheltered ones. [4] They have said, “Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation, That the name of Israel may be remembered no more.” [5] For they have consulted together with one consent; They form a confederacy against You: [6] The tents of Edom and the … Continue reading They that hate thee
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