Colin Nicholl: The Great Christ Comet

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4.7 • 537 Ratings

🗓️ 20 December 2019

⏱️ 86 minutes

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At Socrates in the City Oxford, Eric Metaxas interviews Colin Nicholl, a Cambridge Ph.D. and New Testament scholar who spent four years studying with astronomers to explore the fascinating premise that the Star of Bethlehem was actually a comet, as told in his book, THE GREAT CHRIST COMET. Filmed at St. Aldate’s Church in Oxford, England.

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0:00.0	The I'm going to be the I'm going to be I'm going to be I'm I'm Folks, welcome to Socrates in the city Oxford Edition.
0:31.1	Thank you.
0:32.1	What we have today is, without a doubt, extra special.
0:41.1	It is sort of, it's news, I guess.
0:44.7	I don't know that we've done anything before that's news.
0:46.9	It may be news to the folks watching it, may have not heard of it before, but this is actual news.
0:54.0	This is a big deal
0:55.5	in the world of biblical studies, in the world of historical studies. This is a big deal,
1:02.0	and I have the privilege of interviewing the author of a new book, The Great Christ Comet.
1:09.8	I think Dr. Nicol, the author pronounces it,
1:13.6	great Christ Comet. But wherever you're from, it's really great. And I had the joy of
1:22.5	reading this book, and it is so exciting. So I hope we can give you a soupsaint something,
1:30.7	a taste of what this is.
1:32.5	I hope you'll read the book yourself.
1:34.9	But to give you a background of what we're talking about,
1:37.2	first of all, Dr. Nicol claims, and I think proves,
1:43.2	that's what makes this so big to have discovered what is the thing that we call the star of Bethlehem
1:50.3	just big stuff here so in any case so he's the author of this book which will be just out now the great
2:00.5	Christ comet released officially September 30th, 2015.
2:06.4	The Great Christ Comet revealing the true star of Bethlehem.
2:10.3	Previously, he's written from Hope to Despair in Thessalonica.
2:14.9	Sounds like an independent film.
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