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Paul's Conversion Controversy

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A topic recently came up that bore more looking into, so I thought I’d take some time to look into it. The controversy is over the accounts of Paul’s conversion because they seem to be different in the different places they are used. Here are the three accounts, and as you read through them, you can start to notice the differences that exist. I’ll go through all three here in a minute, but I want to explain a little bit about why it is so important to rectify this controversy. If Paul wasn’t even faithful in his words, how can we trust anything he wrote?  Well, as we’ll see, there are at least two explanations of what is going on here. I’d also like to draw your attention to the fact that Luke is the one who recorded all three instances, and being a doctor, it would be pretty odd for him to knowingly introduce errors like this into the record.  The Controversy Acts 9:7 CSB The men who were traveling with him stood speechless, hearing the sound but seeing no one. Acts 22:9 CSB ...

What Day of the Week Did the 14th of Nisan Fall On the Year Israel Crossed Into the Land of Canaan?

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A Brief Explanation of the Miraculous Events Contained in the Riveting Opening Chapters of Joshua and Joshua Chapter Five From the Enlightening Perspective of the Hebrew Calendar Based on the Fascinating Biblical Narratives Contained in the Extraordinary Books of Exodus and Joshua.  By Brett Gray and Kyle Bacher On what day of the week did the 14th of Nisan fall in the year Israel entered the land of Canaan? Are there any clues from Scripture we can use to determine this?  When combined with the Hebrew calendar, Scripture provides a number of clues that tell us exactly what day of the week it was when they crossed the Jordan and what day of the week it was on that first Nisan 14 in the land of Canaan.  The Evidence The Hebrew Calendar, as made public by Hillel II, is a mathematical marvel that operates under a very specific set of rules, and using those rules, we can determine a great many things about the year the Israelites entered the land of Canaan.  We will set ...