The words ‘crucifixion’ and ‘excruciating’ are derived from the Latin crux = cross.
Crucifixion is primarily an extreme method of torture/punishment and is not necessarily synonymous with death. Death normally resulted from crucifixion, but in history there are cases where a crucified man survived on the cross for a few days.
The nails in Jesus’ ‘hands’ were actually driven through his wrists not his ‘palm’. ‘Hand’ in the first century covered the tips of the…

Even trained conservative clergypersons admit having difficulties explaining what our Lord Jesus Christ meant when he said “…I did not come to bring peace, but a sword…” (Mt. 10:34b) in light of Jesus’ ‘lovey-dovey’ general behavior in the New Testament.
No Muslim, even the most moderate or conservative, is in doubt about the meaning of the Holy prophet Muhammad’s statement “I will cast terror into the hearts of those who disbelieve. Therefore strike off their…

This introductory course in Christian Apologetics (a defense of the truth-claims of the Christian faith) explores two basic themes 1) Jesus Christ – the historical evidence and 2) the Bible’s reliability. The course will also explore why the mind matters in Christianity.
This is a slightly modified version of the course I teach online at the Caribbean Graduate School of Theology

Course Objectives
Each student will learn to appreciate Apologetics as an intellectual discipline and…

This introduction to the art and science of biblical interpretation will guide the student through the basics of arriving at the meaning of biblical texts by hands on work with Daniel Doriani’s CAPTOR acronym: C=Context, A=Analysis, P=Problems, T=Themes, O=Obligations, R=Reflection.
This is the exact course that I teach online for the Caribbean Graduate School of Theology.

Course Objective
Each student will acquire the fundamental tools on biblical interpretation and so be able to do responsible…

If  you are uncertain or ignorant about your facts as a writer of material purporting to be history then you hedge your bets by using vague terms, skillfully avoiding anything that anyone could double-check and blow your cover. For this reason fairy tales usually begin in an uncertain time and in an unspecified location. No sensible writer of pure fiction bares his flanks by writing what Luke wrote in his Gospel at chapter 1:5 and …