We have a custom in which, on the day of a wedding, the bride and groom cannot see each other until the ceremony. Have you ever wondered where that custom came from? In the ancient Jewish wedding, once the redemption price was paid for the bride (“it is finished” is what the bridegroom would declare … Read more
So much of christianity purports to follow the model of practical faith set forth in the New Testament, and yet practical christianity looks nothing like the assembly of believers in the New Testament–it far more resembles the pagan worship of that day. Because the Father’s Sabbaths were never altered or abolished, the New Testament believers … Read more
A little exercise in intellectual honesty . . . when one reads a book that was written in one language and translated into another, the character names do not get translated along with the rest of the text (i.e., in “Les Miserables,” the character Jean Valjean isn’t changed to John when translated to English). When … Read more