[NYer]

Charles J. Chaput, O.F.M. Cap., is the archbishop of Denver. This talk was given in September at an Indianapolis men’s conference for Legatus.

[NYer]

The Bible’s starting point is totally different from any other sacred book. The first words are: “In the beginning . . .” The Bible begins with a step-by-step report of the first day in the history of the world.

[Salvation]

Excellent article. I will be back to read it more thoroughly.

[VOA]

On his radio show, Hugh Hewitt has praised Chaput on a number of occassions.

[VOA]

Sidebar:

Link to a thread archive with plenty of articles on the harmony of
archeological finds with the plain history-text of the Bible
(and other related topics like exposure of fraudulent artifacts)

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=biblicalarcheology

[CarrotAndStick]

What those sacred texts have in common is that they’re essentially wisdom literature.

An erroneous assumption, right there.

[colorcountry]

Mark for a later read.

[Kevmo]

To be a Christian is to believe in history.
***I just recently was engaged in discussions with an apparent secular humanist who basically equated the historicity of the Jesus’s claims before the Sanhedrin and the crucifixion of Christ as “psychotic”.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1898447/posts?page=229#229