The universal concept of atonement

December 16th, 2009 by E. I. Sanchez || Leave a comment »

Up to the advent of modern psychology, is it true that all cultures of the ancient world had had a concept of atonement? And thus, a concept of sin (dare I say Original Sin)?

Come Ye Sinners

December 13th, 2009 by E. I. Sanchez || Leave a comment »

It took me a while but I finally found a decent version of Come Ye Sinners so I bought it in iTunes. I don't know why our worship team doesn't just record itself and sell some tunes.

New Testament Scholars that deny Jesus ever Existed

December 11th, 2009 by E. I. Sanchez || 5 comments »

I'm preparing for a lesson on Christmas and I want to discuss the fact that there are some New Testament Scholars that deny there ever was a historical Jesus ...and I wish there was a list of contemporary scholars that hold this position. By scholars I mean people who got a PhD in New Testament History/Studies).

Through Google, I found this one which looks pretty good but I don't know how trustworthy it might be.

So if you're reading this and know of some NT Scholars that hold Jesus is a myth, please leave a comment with a link or Scholar Name.

The Pluralization of Christmas

December 9th, 2009 by E. I. Sanchez || 4 comments »

This morning I attended a "Winter Program" at the Park District where my son attends preschool. At the beginning, I didn't get that most of the songs were about Christmas but had no "Christmas" word in them.

But then that old tune came on: We Wish you a Merry Christmas. And the "We wish you a Merry Christmas" had now become We Wish you a Happy New Year... We Wish you a Happy New Year ... We Wish you a Happy New Year ...

I finally got it. All these songs were missing the reason for the season: Christ.

Now - this is not something new. People have been sterilizing Christmas for a long time but I thought my little community was safe.

And yes - one could say it's karma. After all, we took December 25 from the pagans and now the Pluralists are taking it away from us. Sniff.

When I complained to the wife about the "Happy New Year" interference she replied: It's called a "Winter Program" not a "Christmas Show"... I predict one day it will be called a Christmas Show and it won't have anything to do with a Savior Being Born... What are your predictions?

Engineering Achievements: 20th vs. 21st Century - Where will you be?

December 4th, 2009 by E. I. Sanchez || Leave a comment »

I must say that the following makes me so jealous. Nostalgic. I wish I could borrow more time to see all of these goals and dreams come alive. Reverse-Engineering the Brain sounds so exciting!!!

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