The Essenes

The Essenes were a mystic Jewish sect during the Second Temple period that flourished from the 2nd century BCE to the 1st century CE. The Jewish historian Josephus records that Essenes existed in large numbers, thousands lived throughout Roman Judaea. They were fewer in number than the Pharisees and the Sadducees, the other two major…

The Book of Q

The Lost Gospel Information on the Lost Sayings Gospel Q According to the Two Source Hypothesis accepted by a majority of contemporary scholars, the authors of Matthew and Luke each made use of two different sources: the Gospel of Mark and a non-extant second source termed Q. The siglum Q derives from the German word…

Bob Marley and the Bible

Bob Marley has done more for God than most people know, he sang about the Bible and praised Jah every day, in every way. Bob Marley made it cool to love reggae and God, so much so, that there’s not one gangster, pimp, or prostitute alive that hasn’t enjoyed a song or two. You will…

Jefferson Bible

The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth, commonly referred to as the Jefferson Bible, is one of two religious works constructed by Thomas Jefferson. The first, The Philosophy of Jesus of Nazareth, was completed in 1804, but no copies exist today. The second, The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth, was completed in…

Gospel of Nicodemus

Historians have speculated that he could be identical to Nicodemus ben Gurion, mentioned in the Talmud as a wealthy and popular holy man reputed to have had miraculous powers.

How Will The World End?

Can what has no beginning really end? The world will end in an illusion, as it began. Yet will its ending be an illusion of mercy. The illusion of forgiveness, complete, excluding no one, limitless in gentleness, will cover it, hiding all evil, concealing all sin and ending guilt forever. So ends the world that…

Prayer of Jabez

Pastors Dave and Cheryl KoopFollow us: @davidkkoop @koopcheryl Prayer is the detonator to the dynamite of God’s power, we do the detonating and God does the exploding. The prayer of Jabez is one example of the powerful effective prayers found in the Bible. There are different types of prayer. Some examples of patterns of prayer: Matthew 15:22 –…

Book of John

There was a man sent from God whose name was John. … The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God. In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. John 1:1 The Gospel of John is like no other…

Gospel of Thomas

In the Gospel of Thomas these are the secret sayings which the living Jesus spoke and which Didymos Judas Thomas wrote down. (1) And he said, “Whoever finds the interpretation of these sayings will not experience death.” (2) Jesus said, “Let him who seeks continue seeking until he finds. When he finds, he will become…