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So, What’s YOUR Dogma?
Posted in Rightly Dividing, The Christian and Culture
Tagged authority, dogma, Scripture, tradition
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A Clay Cylinder — and Skepticism and Apologetics
The Bible in the British Museum
Norman Porteous
Daniel: A Commentary (1965)
on Daniel 5:31
Darius is almost certainly a figment of the writer’s imagination.
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Tagged apologetics, Belshazzar, Biblical archaeology, Daniel, Darius, skepticism
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A Clay Cylinder — and Daniel’s Prophecy
The Bible in the British Museum
© Trustees of the British Museum
Yesterday, I wrote about how this clay cylinder (and its cuneiform inscription) show Daniel’s historical accuracy (A Clay Cylinder — and Daniel’s History). Today, I’d like to look at what it means for Daniel’s prophecy in Daniel chapter eight. This is perhaps the single hardest Biblical prophecy for a skeptic to ignore, stunning evidence of a divine hand at work in the giving of prophecy.
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Tagged Alexander the Great, Belshazzar, Biblical archaeology, Daniel, Greek Empire, Persian Empire, prophecy
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A Clay Cylinder — and Daniel’s History
The Bible in the British Museum
© Trustees of the British Museum
This clay cylinder with a cuneiform inscription, found in Ur near the Euphrates River in 1854, was one of the most important discoveries in Biblical archaeology.
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Tagged Belshazzar, Biblical archaeology, Daniel, Nabonidus
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“Fret Not Thyself” in Psalm 37:1-13
Pastor Scott Markle wrote this as a comment on Saturday’s post on Proverbs 24:19-20, which dealt with the instruction to “fret not thyself” in that Scripture, and he gave me permission to move it to the front page.
A Proverb for Today — Proverbs 24:19-20
“Fret not thyself because of evil men, neither be thou envious at the wicked; For there shall be no reward to the evil man; the candle of the wicked shall be put out” (Proverbs 24:19-20).
“Bet You Can’t Eat Just One”
Yesterday, I read a quote from Samuel Johnson. It brought to mind an ad for Lay’s Potato Chips, from years ago.
Mind Renewers 