Welcome to the final episode of season one of Three Chords and the Truth: The Apologetics Podcast! This week’s podcast includes pagan parallels to Christianity, the Piano Man, and the most daring giveaway ever attempted on any human podcast. Paganism provides the theme for the first half. Even in ancient times, Roman philosophers claimed that Christians […]
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Apologetics: Was the Story of Christmas Based on a Pagan Myth?
It’s an accusation that’s been around a long time. Even in ancient times, critics of Christianity noticed some parallels between Christian beliefs and pre-Christian myths. In the late second century, a pagan philosopher named Celsus charged, “The Christians have used the myths of Danae and the Melanippe, of the Auge and Antiope in fabricating this story […]
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Advent: The Difficult Discipline of Celebrating the Waiting
Originally published on November 30, 2017 Once upon a time, there was a season in the church year known as “Advent.” The word comes to us from the Latin for “coming.” The purpose of the season was to anticipate the coming of Christ to earth; it was a season that focused on waiting.
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Apologetics: Do the Gospels Borrow from Pagan Myths?
It’s an accusation that’s been around a long time. Even in ancient times, critics of Christianity noticed some parallels between Christian beliefs and pre-Christian myths. In the late second century, a pagan philosopher named Celsus charged, “The Christians have used the myths of Danae and the Melanippe, of the Auge and Antiope in fabricating this story […]
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Advent: The Difficult Discipline of Celebrating the Waiting
Once upon a time, there was a season in the church year known as “Advent.” The word comes to us from the Latin for “coming.” The purpose of the season was to anticipate; the coming of Christ to earth; it was a season that focused on waiting.
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