Die and you shall live. Humble yourself and you shall be exalted. Lose and you shall gain. When we first hear these three statements, something inside us instinctively resists. Reason tells us: death is death, and what goes down stays down. The entire logical framework built by thousands of years of philosophy and civilization rejects… Continue reading The Wisdom of the Cross: The Paradox That Governs the Universe
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What Celsus’s Mockery Proved: How Revolutionary Was the Bible?
Introduction — A Testimony Left in Ridicule In the mid-second century, the Roman philosopher Celsus wrote a polemic attacking Christianity. In it, he described the faith this way: “A religion of women, children, and slaves.” He wrote it as a sneer. Yet ironically, this mockery became one of the most accurate testimonies to how radical… Continue reading What Celsus’s Mockery Proved: How Revolutionary Was the Bible?