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Tyler McLaughlin
Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones Is Wrong About the Babylonian Captivity: Debunking Babylon: The Mother of All Cities on the First Jewish Exile
On September 4th, 2026, today, my Brother in Christ Ed Carson made me aware of this video, "The Bible LIED About The Babylonians" by Dan Snow's History Hit, featuring Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones.https://www.youtube.com/@edcarson3113And thank you God for Tero Alstola. I hope one day I can repay you, my dear friend.https://fi.linkedin.com/in/teroalstolaThis article is...
21 min readLloyd Llewellyn-Jones Babylon History Jews Babylonian Captivity
Tyler McLaughlin
Eusebius of Emesa's commentary on Galatians
Source is from https://archive.org/details/MN41481ucmf_2 Thank you to Karl Staab. Galatians 1:1 (Codex Paris. Coisl. 204, f. 2v; Codex Athous Pantokrat. 28, f. 125r) Original Greek English Translation Πατέρα νῦν καλεῖ τὸν θεόν, ἐπειδὴ βούλεται τὴν ἐκκλησίαν εἰς υἱοθεσίαν ἐληλυθυῖαν ἐλευθέραν εἶναι τῆς τοῦ νόμου δουλείας. He now calls God "Father,"...
20 min readEusebius of Emesa Church history Early church History Galatians History
Tyler McLaughlin
Eusebius of Emesa's Roman commentary
This is all from https://archive.org/details/MN41481ucmf_2Thank you to Karl Staab.Romans 1:1(Codex Vindobonensis theol. 166, f. 10v; Codex Vaticanus 762, f. 1r–v)Original GreekEnglish TranslationΔιαποροῦσι δέ τινες μάτην, πότερον τῷ ἡγουμένῳ προσθετέον τὸ κλητὸς πρόσρημα ἵνα εἴη δοῦλος, κλητός, ἢ τῷ ἑπομένῳ ὡς ἀπόστολος κλητός, κατ᾽ οὐδέτερον ἀπᾳδούσης τῆς ἐννοίας, ἅτε δὴ κλητῶν...
3 min readEusebius of Emesa church history early church history history Romans commentary
Tyler McLaughlin
What Diodore of Tarsus taught about salvation doctrine (Diodorus of Tarsus’s salvation theology)
We find in Diodorus of Tarsus’s commentary on Romans 10:11-13.“Necessarily he set forth ‘those who call upon him.’ For God does not give grace without discernment, extending it even to those who are unwilling to offer so much to the Benefactor as at least to ask and pray with him....
25 min readDIODORE OF TARSUS diodorus of tarsus antioch antiochene fathers history
Robin McKinley
The Sound Of The Trumpet
Revelation 8:12 The Last Three Trunpets Then the fifth angel blew his trumpet, and I saw a star that had fallen to earth from the sky, and he was given the key to the shaft of the bottomless pit. And the voice said to the sixth angel who held the trumpet, “Release the four angels who are bound at the great Euphrates River.” Then the four angels who had been prepared for this hour and day and month and year were turned loose to kill one-third of all the people on earth. Revelation 9:13-16 Then the seventh angel blew his trumpet, and there were loud voices shouting in heaven: “The world has now become the Kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ, and he will reign forever and ever.” “The nations were filled with wrath, but now the time of your wrath has come.
8 min readHistory Devotional Judgement
Cole Feix
Churchill the Villain? Carlson, Cooper, and the Lessons of History
The Weekly Speak is a curated rundown of the week’s top stories with Christian commentary and analysis. Sign up today to get the Weekly Speak in your email every week!The Lessons of History“Why are current events unclear to so many people? And I always go back to the question of history. You can’t understand what’s happening right now unless you understand what’s happened before. You certainly can’t plan a coherent future unless you understand. Why do people know so little about history? Probabl
18 min readChurch History Articles
Lynn H. Pryor
Checking Your Motives at the Door
Let me tell you a little-known story about Leonardo da Vinci. (It’s little known because I made it up.) When Leo was a young buck, he landed an after-school job mopping the floors of a local art ga…
4 min readHistory Church Articles
Elizabeth Prata
A Day in the Life of: A Seller of Purple
By Elizabeth Prata What was a day in the life like for a person who lived in New Testament Bible times? It depended on what trade the person made their living. Let’s look at the woman of Thya…
11 min readArticles History
Elizabeth Prata
A Day in the Life of A: Concubine
By Elizabeth Prata When we think of a harem, artistic rendering like this may come to mind, beautifully adorned young women lounging languidly. And that may indeed been part of the harem girl’…
10 min readArticles Women History
Elizabeth Prata
At the gates
By Elizabeth Prata The Proverbs 31 wife has a husband at the gates, Her husband is known in the gates, When he sits among the elders of the land. (Proverbs 31:23). The famo…
5 min readArticles History
Scott Pauley
Rebekah and the Camels - Enjoying the Journey
Abraham sent his servant a wife for Isaac. The servant prayed for God to send a wife who was willing to serve. Notice Rebekah and the Camels:
3 min readHistory Articles
Lynn H. Pryor
Buffalo Bill and Texas Jack: A Life Lesson in Having Someone’s Back
Most people with a little dose of wild west knowledge know who Buffalo Bill was. Few people know the name of John “Texas Jack” Omohundro, but without Texas Jack, few people would rememb…
5 min readArticles History Ministry
Elizabeth Prata
A Day in the Life of: A Roman Centurion
By Elizabeth Prata A Roman Centurio on a portrait medaillon of his grave, 2nd century A.D. from Flavia Solva. CC Wikipedia Today we have a scene in Luke. There was a centurion, not named, who had a…
7 min readArticles Bible History
Maureen Hall Puccini
A Bible Mystery: Who is She?
We don't know her name, but this Old Testament character is famous. Read my clues and guess. The answer appears below the 3 hourglasses.
5 min readBible Freewill History
Elizabeth Prata
Great Cities of the Bible #4: Jerusalem
By Elizabeth Prata Great Cities of the Bible #1: DamascusGreat Cities of the Bible #2: BabylonGreat Cities of the Bible #3: RomeGreat Cities of the Bible #4: Jerusalem It all begins and ends with J…
6 min readHistory Israel
Elizabeth Prata
Great Cities of the Bible #3: Rome
By Elizabeth Prata Great Cities of the Bible #1: DamascusGreat Cities of the Bible #2: BabylonGreat Cities of the Bible #3: RomeGreat Cities of the Bible #4: Jerusalem Remains of the Roman Forum. E…
9 min readBible History Israel
Elizabeth Prata
The Great Cities of the Bible #2: Babylon
By Elizabeth Prata Great Cities of the Bible #1: DamascusGreat Cities of the Bible #2: BabylonGreat Cities of the Bible #3: RomeGreat Cities of the Bible #4: Jerusalem Ruins at Babylon. By Osama Sa…
10 min readBible History Uncategorized
Elizabeth Prata
The Great Cities of the Bible #1: Damascus
By Elizabeth Prata Great Cities of the Bible #1: DamascusGreat Cities of the Bible #2: BabylonGreat Cities of the Bible #3: RomeGreat Cities of the Bible #4: Jerusalem Source- This begins a 4-part …
9 min readBible History Uncategorized
Scott Pauley
The Castle of the Servant - Enjoying the Journey
The ruins of the Castle of the Servant in Jordan. The dynasty of Tobiah built a castle on the east side of the Jordan River, in Ammon.
4 min readHistory Bible
Elizabeth Prata
John the Baptist ate locusts, ew
By Elizabeth Prata EPrata photo I was pondering the ‘stain out a gnat, swallow a camel’ verse yesterday (Matthew 23:24). That blog essay is here. There is an Old Testament link in Levit…
7 min readJohn the Baptist Bible History