... regarding on the body imprinted on the cloth was by mere contact with the severely wounded body alone of the tortured Christ. This idea was supported by scientific theories. One of the favorite theories of scientific Shroudies was that the image was not in itself a miracle, but that it was the by product of one, the Resurrection. This is the Nuclear Flash ... amount of radioactive Carbon-14 would have increased and the Shroud would appear to be much younger than it really is. (Picknett & Prince 2000, p:103.) There was a second category of theories to account for the formation of the ima...

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... much ambiguity involved as that of 2 Cor 12:7. Questions arise from Paul's metaphorical use of "skovkoloy th/: sarkiv." There are questions about the dative use of th/: sarkiv. Theories abound as to what the thorn is2. These vary from eyesight3 to malaria, from sexual temptation4 to human enemies5 or even a satanic enemy6. How was this thorn received? Was it ... with any certainty what the skovkoloy th/: sarkiv is when perhaps the Corinthians themselves did not know.8 It would also be wasteful to just give another survey of the various theories of what this phrase refers to over the cen...

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... to show that this passage of Luke 14:25-33 details the cost of being a disciple of Jesus Christ, even to the point of losing family. Context There are multiple theories regarding the authorship of the Gospel of Luke. However, the gospel itself does not tell us anything specific about his methods but hints at many possibilities of who the true ... same author which is Theophilus. A second observation is that Acts refers to the first treatise, which is understood as the gospel. A third observation is the two books have very similar language and style of writing. Fourth, they both have com...

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... it completely illogical to challenge the existence of God as Dr. Peter Kreeft says in his article Unpacking the first cause argument of God that "In more abstract philosophical language, the proof goes this way.  Every being that exists either exists by itself, by its own essence or nature, or it does not exist by itself. If it exists by ... essay "Why I am not a Christian" is a fine piece of art by Bertrand Russell but it is not convincible enough for the readers to believe. The author uses a lot of philosophical theories to support his argument but neither of them is good enough to c...

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