Faith That Makes Sense

 1. Seed of a woman.          Genesis 3:15. " And I will put enmity   Between you and the woman,   And between your seed and her Seed;   He shall bruise your head,   And you shall bruise His heel.” New testament fulfillment: Mathew 1:18.    Now the birth of Jesus Christ was as follows: After His mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Spirit. 2. Promised Through the Seed of Abraham: Old Testament Prophecy:  Genesis 12:7.  And the  Lord  appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there built he an altar unto the  Lord , who appeared unto him. New Testament Fulfillment:  Matthew 1:1.  The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham. 2. Promised Through Isaac: Old Testament Prophecy:  Genesis 21:12.  But God said to Abraham, “Do not let it be displeasing in your sight because of the lad or because of your bondwoman. Whatever Sarah has said to you, listen to her v

 It was in the 1990s that the public started hearing more about the Gospel of Mary. It naturally created a curiosity in the minds of believers and non-believers alike. The stir created by Jesus Seminar made room for many other books to see light and popularity. The common theme of these books as extra-biblical sources about Jesus was that the canonical Gospels have hidden many things about Jesus and that for the first time in history people have access to the ‘truth’ about Jesus. The political and faith climate in America was ripe to receive these books without much critical investigation about the veracity of these claims. I remember reading many years ago about the response of Julian Huxley to Origin of Species by Charles Darwin. His response was that it provided a guilt-free escape from the moral demands of the Christian church. (I do not remember the source now). Similarly, in an America where sexual freedom had become the most desirable social trait, books that portrayed Jesus as