Antony Simon was the quintessential evangelist, pastor, teacher, missionary. We called him Anthony. People who knew him called him Tony or Antony. But for some reason our family called him Anthony. He was one of my husband’s best friends. Antony Simon was the pastor...
• “I serve Jesus Christ the eternal King. I will no longer serve your emperors. It is not right for a Christian to serve the armies of this world.” ~ Marcellus the Centurion, 298AD, spoken as he gave up his post in the army of Emperor Diocletian because of his faith....
(Quora Question) As a Christian, what is something that God has said (in the Bible) that you disagree with?: My Answer: In Song of Solomon, which can be seen partly as an allegory to the relationship of Christ and the Church (*1), it is written You are altogether...
BIG QUESTIONS OF LIFE The following are significant topics and big questions on Quora. I believe that the Big Questions of life are put here by God as a Writing on the Wall, similar to the divine writing in the story in the Book of Daniel. I firmly believe that God...
To follow up on my History of Myth post on Quora, here is the chapter “MYTH BECAME FACT” from GOD IN THE DOCK by C.S. Lewis My friend Corineus has advanced the charge that none of us are in fact Christians at all. According to him historic Christianity is something...
STORY OF SCRIPTURE The Word in the World Pentateuch For thousands of years the people of God had no full copy of God’s Word. The Israelites of the Exodus had the word of Moses, and the books he was writing. Otherwise it was hearsay. The judges had a couple more books....
What is the Bride of Christ? We know that the Church is the bride, but WHAT is this bride? Some implications seem, almost, vulgar. But it is a concept repeatedly used in Scripture, in the Wisdom books, in the Prophets, and most emphatically from Christ himself and...
What is the connection between Alexander, the Persian Mastiff (Sarabi dog), and the Turkish Kangal? Where did the dog come from? Which breed was Alexander's dog? This article explores this mystery in depth. The Sarabi dog is featured in the novel TRUNK OF SCROLLS: A...
We are all like leaning trees, learning to bend to adversity. “Then I noticed one crooked tree on the river. It leaned over the river as if there was a time it was going to fall in.” I tilted my hand at an angle. “But the tree’s top half was as straight as the others...