The Narrow Path Ministries

The ancients did have fuller appreciation than we do of the concept of one's "name." In our culture, people often choose names for their children with nothing in mind but to honor a relative, who had the same name, or to be creative (like the couple who named their child Sunbeam Moondrop ), or to si...

Hmmm. I expect Joel will respond to the issues you raised.

That is correct. Of course, those who first started designating the years by BC and AD thought they had it synchronized with the time of Jesus' birth. They just miscalculated. By the time the mistake was recognized, the conventional dating for all historical dates, which had traditionally been dated...

According to the best information I have seen, Jesus began His ministry around AD 26 or 27, which was the fifteenth year of Caesar Tiberius (Luke 3:1). Jesus was approximately (though not necessarily exactly) thirty years old at that time (Luke 3:23). Irenaeus claims that Jesus was about 50 when He ...

Hi Everyone! Two friends in Texas have put together a new forum for us, which, we hope, will allow everyone to participate. As you know, we have had ongoing technical problems at this forum, and some people have somehow been deleted from the user list and are unable to re-log-on. We are also hoping ...

I tend to believe that "free will" will continue as a part of human nature, even in whatever circumstances may prevail in the afterlife. If this is true, it would seem theoretically possible for particularly stubborn people to resist God's mercy adamantly and terminally—so that annihilation would be...

That's a great one, Homer! I am sure the Roman Catholic church will hasten to canonize this epistle as quickly as possible!

Jesus did not say that every Jew would either end up a Christian martyr or else in the Valley of Hinnom. That was not His point. He was, in fact, instructing His disciples that they should not be afraid of martyrdom, as it is a much more desirable fate than being among those who perish in the coming...

Hi Suzana, Thanks for raising this further point. The Lucan parallel does appear to fit my view less admirably than does the statement as it appears in Matthew. I would observe that Luke mentions two aspects of the judgment: 1) death in the city, and 2) subsequent disposal of the corpse in gehenna. ...

What are you referring to as his "fall"? Most people use that term to speak of an initial rebellion against God, in which they assume Satan became involved, though he had been a righteous being prior to that. As a result of this rebellion, he became the devil, and was expelled from heaven. If you ar...