Truth #07: JESUS COULD HAVE EASILY SURVIVED THE CROSS … Please take note of the following highly unusual circumstances of Jesus’ crucifixion: * Anomaly A) Luke 23:16 & John 19:1, the only two New Testament references to the physical “torture” Jesus endured prior to his crucifixion, say only that he was “flogged”. Thirty-nine lashes […]
This was an event-full year of service & travel … I finished up my Hawaiian stint of caring for Bay & Prince (the two dogs for whom I was the caregiver) through May, during which time I took a three-week hiatus in March to travel to the Midwest where I gave a day-long seminar in […]
*Truth #08: JESUS COULD HAVE EASILY ESCAPED HIS TOMB … Initially note that in three of the four Gospel accounts of the discovery of “the empty tomb”, the stone covering its entrance had been already removed before the witnesses’ arrival (see Mark 16:4, Luke 24:2 & John 20:1). In the divergent account (Matthew 28:2-3), it […]
I remained in Chicago for the majority of 2007, helping out in a variety of ways — as a nanny for two different families, as a house-sitter and a plant caregiver and as a volunteer for a civil law firm’s “innocence project” (working to get wrongfully convicted men released from prison) … In my “spare […]
Truth #09: THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF JESUS’ BURIAL ARE UNUSUAL … There are actually quite a few details surrounding Jesus’ “burial” that are just as intriguing as his quite unusual “death” … Feel free to consider the following elements thereof: * Intriguing Detail A) First & foremost, Jesus was actually not buried at all, but […]
After leaving the Big Island in November of 2005 to visit with family and friends in Germany, I returned to Wildwood, Georgia — to the farm of my Mom & Stepfather, in early 2006. It was then that, after being asked to do so, I relayed to my family members there what I had rediscovered […]
Truth #10: HEALING HERBS WERE BROUGHT TO JESUS … Admittedly, while the Bible seems to have Nicodemus (see John 19:39) & several women (see Mark 16:2 & Luke 24:1) bring spices to anoint the body of Jesus for burial, in all probability this was not the case. Rather, Biblical evidence somewhat decisively suggests that these […]
Upon arriving in Honolulu, I soon realized that the passenger ferries that I was certain carried folks between the various islands did not exist! So, I had to either come up with a plane ticket to the Big Island or remain indefinitely on Oahu. Still, after my successful stint selling hand-made hemp & glass jewelry […]
Truth #11: POST-CRUCIFIXION ANOMALIES TESTIFY TO JESUS’ SURVIVAL OF THE CROSS … The post-crucifixion events portrayed in the Bible contain a number of unusual happenings & occurrences that seem to indicate that Jesus survived his ordeal on the cross. Once again, feel free to consider the following evidence from the Bible itself: *Initially, we […]
In summation, then, what we have here is a fresh, quite reasonable and Biblically sound alternative explanation of the Easter Story – one that can appeal to each & every person on the planet (regardless of his or her religious affiliation, or even his or her lack thereof) … It is also an explanation that […]
After my 45+ day stint in the “spiritual wilds” of southern Mexico, I returned to the United States in search of a place of solitude in which to digest what I had learned and experienced there. Arriving in San Diego with five dollars to my name, I really didn’t know where that sanctuary would be […]
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