Flesh-eating and blood-drinking Christians

This might sound absurd to you (it does to me), but according to second-century Christian apologists Justin Martyr and Athenagoras, early Christians were often accused of promoting cannibalism! To the unconverted minds, the ceremony of the Passover meal, as established by Christ and combined with His words in John 6, might sound very strange indeed…

The legacy of Cain

Many who read about the offering of Cain and Abel for the first time get overwhelmed with some sort of sympathy for Cain. If you have just started to read the Bible for the first time, and you struggle to understand this passage, then this post is for you.