for the Week of August 30th, 2010
What Do the "Non-Canonical" Documents Tell Us About Jesus?
It makes sense that God's appearance here on earth would not go unnoticed. If God did penetrate our material existence, we would expect there to be eyewitness accounts of some sort. In fact, we would expect much more than a simple eyewitness account, we would expect a huge "ripple" effect that would change the world forever. As it turns out, this is exactly what happened when God appeared in the small town of Bethlehem over two thousand years ago. His appearance was witnessed by reliable eyewitnesses who faithfully recorded the life of God on earth. Even more than this, God's appearance set off a tsunami of legendary accounts, distortions and fictional writings by those who were amazed by what had happened. Lives were changed, a movement was started, the calendar was reset, and the world has never been the same... (Read More) |