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An Atheistic Bible Study Of The Gospel Parables Of Jesus The Lost Sheep

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 4 Jun 19

Luke 15:3-7 and Matthew 18:12–14 touch on this simple parable in which Jesus talks of a shepherd tending a flock of 100 sheep. Counting them, he finds that one is missing and leaving the others he goes searching for it. Finding...

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An Atheistic Bible Study Of The Gospels The Parable Of The Barren Fig Tree

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 31 Jan 19

While Mark & Matthew record the claim that Jesus destroyed a fig tree for failing to have any figs on it when he desired some, Luke’s Gospel provides a parable told by Jesus in which a seemingly barren fig tree receives a stay of...

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An Atheistic Bible Study Of The Gospels Parable Of Old Wine In New Bottles.

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 13 Dec 18

Three of the Gospels address this parable, and for once the three versions don’t contradict one another. Though Matthew (9:14-17) and (Mark 2:18-22) touch on it Luke (5:33-39) goes into more detail than the other two. Jesus has...

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An Atheistic Bible Study Of The Gospels The Parables The Friend At Night

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 13 Nov 18

Also known as the Importunate Neighbour parable, this is another parable exclusive to Luke’s Gospel. He shares more than the other Gospel authors. Luke 11:5-8 If you go to a friend’s house at midnight to beg him for three loaves...

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An Atheistic Bible Study Of The Gospels The Ten Lepers

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 23 Sep 18

Luke 17:11-18 Another story only Luke chose to tell. The other three Gospel writers took no interest in this event. Jesus is travelling to Jerusalem and moving along the Judean and Samarian border. As he approaches a village...

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An Atheistic Bible Study Of The Gospels The Fish Coin Tax Payment

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 5 Sep 18

A rarely discussed and troubling miracle that is only described in one of the four Gospels, that of Matthew (17:24-27) Jesus and some of the Apostles preach in Capernaum, where it is a legal ruling to pay a tax on donations...

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An Atheistic Bible Study Of The Gospels Jesus Calms The Storm.

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 3 Jun 18

Matthew 8:18-27 Jesus is getting increasingly popular, so much so that he now decides to escape from the multitudes crowding round him and lead a selected band of chosen followers to the other side of the Sea of Galilee. A...

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An Atheist Bible Study Of The Gospels Miracle Healing At The Pool Of Bethseda

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 24 May 18

The last few miracles I critiqued featured in all the Gospels apart from the one written in John’s name, but this one is covered by John alone in Chapter 5:1-47. Jesus goes to Jerusalem, presumably in stealth as he has not yet...

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An Atheistic Bible Study Of The Gospels Jesus Heals A Paralytic

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 10 May 18

As with the preceding miracle, this one takes place on one of Jesus’s visits to Capernaum, where he was clearly enjoying some success in his early ministry. This healing is covered by Matthew, Mark And Luke but not by John. The...

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An Atheistic Bible Study Of The Gospels Jesus Heals A Centurions Slave

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 6 May 18

A story told only by Matthew and Luke, but with very differing details. Both accounts set events in Capernaum shortly after Jesus arrives there. Matthew 8:5-13 A Roman Centurion personally approaches Jesus, telling him that a...

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An Atheistic Bible Study Of The Gospels Jesus Heals A Leper

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 24 Apr 18

Another purported miracle described by three of the Gospels but not the fourth (John’s). Matthew 8:2-4 - Jesus’s reputation as a healer is growing and many of the sick and handicapped approach him in the hope of a cure through...

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An Atheistic Bible Study Of The Gospels Jesus Heals Peters Mother In Law

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 21 Apr 18

A miracle covered by all the Gospel writers except John, in which Jesus helps to heal the mother in law of Simon, also known as Peter, one of the few Apostles who is described as being married though his family are not involved in...

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An Atheistic Bible Study Of The Gospels The Death Of John The Baptist

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 14 Mar 18

John The Forerunner was the most powerful cult leader in Judea to be seen as a threat to Rome, Herod, the Pharisees and Sadducees. His arrest during the time Jesus was in the Wilderness is no big surprise. Imprisoned, John had...

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An Atheistic Bible Study Of The Gospels Jesus Bestows Woes On The Pharisees

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 5 Mar 18

Despite growing tension between Jesus and the Pharisees, an un-named leading Pharisee invites Jesus to dine with him. This seems a perfect opportunity for Jesus to find common ground and make peace with his enemies but he proves...

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An Atheistic Bible Study Of The Gospels The Pharisees.

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 20 Feb 18

Judaism was thrown into a crisis by the 70 year Babylonian exile. Without access to the original temple of Jerusalem, they used synagogues and designated houses of study. When the Persians liberated the Jews and permitted them to...

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An Atheistic Bible Study Of The Gospels Jesus Asked If He Is God

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 9 Feb 18

An event covered in Matthew 11; 2-18 and Luke 7; 18-35 The arrest of John the Baptist was kept very low key. His later execution gets more coverage though. Jesus hears about the arrest in a one line observation on his return...

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An Atheistic Bible Study Of The Gospels – The Lord’s Prayer

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 4 Feb 18

Often known by its opening words as - The Pater Noster (Our Father). This is one of the best known and frequently recited, performed Bible passages, used in countless church services from an ordinary Catholic Sunday mass, or...

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An Atheistic Bible Study Of The Gospel Line Physician Heal Thyself

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 20 Jan 18

One of the strangest lines uttered by Jesus occurs only in Luke, Chapter 4, Verse 23. The line comes amidst passages in which he is turned away by the people of Nazareth when he tries to preach and perform miracles there, in his...

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An Atheistic Bible Study Of The Gospels Jesus And The Synagogues

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 9 Jan 18

We think of Christians going to churches but in the time of Jesus there was no such thing as a church. Formal organized worship of God took place in the open air or in the Jewish synagogues. Christ is often referred to himself as...

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An Atheistic Bible Study Of The Gospels Jesus Performs No Baptisms

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 3 Jan 18

Given that for many Christians Christenings and baptisms are central to the doctrine and worshipful practice, the Bible shows Jesus avoiding conducting any baptisms at all. The water i supposed to represent the cleansing of the...

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