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Aggressive and passionate men were among the chosen disciples. Simon Peter was one. Another was also called Simon. Perhaps it was to distinguish between them that Luke identified the latter as Simon the Zealot. There was surely something in his character or behavior that caused Luke to tag him with the moniker. The other synoptic […]

The world is drastically different than it was in the time of Christ. Social evolution from an agrarian culture to the industrial revolution and finally to the information age has radically transformed society. Communication in ancient times consisted of verbally transmitted messages, or hand-carried writings, delivered by a messenger. The messenger walked, ran, or rode […]