I would like to introduce and welcome our newest member, J.P.Holding, to the CADRE. JP is sort a legend of internet apologetics. He's admired by Christians and hated by atheists. Except for puns we all hate them. An excellent writer, extremely funny, and right up along side Glen Miller the best apologetics researcher on the net. He runs http://www.tektonics.org/ I was honored to be included in his anthology Defending The Empty Tomb.
Where did Jesus say "It is better to give than receive?"
A visitor to the CADRE site recently sent a question about Paul's statement in Acts 20:35 which records Paul as saying, "And remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that He said, 'It is better to give than to receive'." The reader wanted to know where Jesus said this. This was my answer: You are correct in noting that this saying of Jesus quoted by Paul is not found anywhere in the four Gospels. My own study Bible says "This is a rare instance of a saying of Jesus not found in the canonical Gospels." Does the fact that it isn't stated in the Gospels mean that it isn't reliably from the lips of Jesus? I don't think so. The Apolstle John said at the end of his Gospel (John 21:25): "Jesus did many other things as well.If every one of them were written down, I suppose that even the whole world would not have room for the books that would be written." Obviously, this is exaggeration for the sake of making a point, but it means that Jesu
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Over many years of informal debating on various Internet message boards, I recall running across a couple of names fairly often: "Metacrock" and "J.P. Holding." It has been a blessing to work with (and learn from) Metacrock (Joe Hinman) here at the CADRE, and I look forward to the same with you.