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Read the Bible: Matthew 2

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Read the Bible is now available as a podcast on Spotify. There will be other platforms soon; I don’t have a crew of techies to create accounts and paste RSS feeds all day, it’s just me. The image here is the title card shown on Spotify. It needed to be square and I was a little concerned about downloading an image that might someday be cited for violating copyright. So this is a picture that I took myself, of my Bible.

Matthew 2 

After Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, wise men came from the east to Jerusalem,

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Epiphany

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wise men, magi, epiphanyIf you’ve ever heard someone say they’ve had an epiphany, what they mean is that they have discovered something unexpected. It happens suddenly, not over a period of time, and the revelation must of be something of great worth. The January 6th Epiphany on the Christian calendar commemorates the day the wise men discovered Jesus. Epiphany is the celebration of finding something worth finding. 

When they saw the star, they rejoiced exceedingly with great joy. And going into the house they saw the child with Mary his mother, and they fell down and worshiped him. Then, opening their treasures, they offered him gifts, gold and frankincense and myrrh. Matthew 2:10-11

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The Read and Share File

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overloadHere’s a look at some things I’ve been reading lately.

Apologetics – the discipline of defending a position (often religious) through the systematic use of information. So if Christian apologists offer a defense of our position, does that mean atheist apologists offer a defense of their? Eric Chabot says yes.  Continue reading →