What about the "Priory of Sion" and Other Gospel Accounts?
by Kirk Durston
Origin of the Priory of Sion
The author, Dan Brown, claims before he begins his novel that the following is fact:"The Priory of Sion-a European secret society founded in 1099-is a real organization. In 1975 Paris's Bibliotheque Nationale discovered parchments known as Les Dossiers Secrets, identifying numerous members of the...... >Read More
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Reliability of New Testament Documents
by Robert Montgomery
The Bible is an extraordinary document: It was written over a period of 1500 years, in three different languages (Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek), by 40 different authors from very different walks of life including kings, peasants, fishermen, a herdsman, a doctor, scholars, etc. Yet in spite of such diverse conditions...... >Read More
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Fact or Fiction: The Jesus Family Tomb
by Larry Chapman
If it really was Jesus' Tomb ––
One, why don’t Cameron and Jacobovici cite scholars who disagree with their conclusions? For example, in 1996, when the British Broadcasting Corp. aired a short documentary on the same subject, archaeologists challenged the claims. In fact, the vast majority of archaeologists dispute...... >Read More
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faith,
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Jesus Christ,
Jesus Family Tomb,
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Fact or Fiction: The Jesus Family Tomb
by Larry Chapman
Originally published on Y-Jesus.com.
More controversial than The Da Vinci Code?
Get out of the way Dan Brown–The Da Vinci Code hype may be surpassed by an even bigger controversy about Jesus Christ–the claim that archaeologists have discovered his tomb!
In a new Discovery TV documentary, producer James...... >Read More
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faith,
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Jesus Christ,
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Mary Magdelene,
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The Jesus Tomb? 'Titanic' Talpiot Tomb Theory Sunk from the Start
by Ben Witherington
continuation of Dr. Witherington's analysis of the Jesus Tomb
5) One more thing of importance. The James ossuary, according to the report of the antiquities dealer that Oded Golan got the ossuary from, said that the ossuary came from Silwan, not Talpiot, and had dirt in it that matched up with the soil in that particular...... >Read More
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The Jesus Tomb? 'Titanic' Talpiot Tomb Theory Sunk from the Start
by Ben Witherington
Remember the tale of the Titanic? How it was supposed to be impregnable, and nothing could poke holes in it? How it would never be sunk? Well all I can say is that human hubris knows no bounds, and that hasn’t changed in the last century.
On April 15th 1912 the supposedly leak proof Titanic rammed into... >Read More
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faith,
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Jesus Christ,
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Is Jesus God? Did Jesus Ever Claim He Was God?
watch video by philosopher Michael Horner
Is Jesus God? Investigate these intriguing claims...
The earliest followers of Jesus all seemed pretty convinced that Jesus was fully God in human form. Paul said, "He is the image of the invisible God...in him all the fulness of God was pleased to dwell." John said that Jesus created the world. Peter...... >Read More
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God,
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Scientist Tests the Holy Books of Major Religions
Read philosopher Michael Horner's blog
I was born in Montreal and raised in Vancouver,... >more
If I Had Faked the Resurrection
I set out as a young man to debunk Christianity. I met... >more