A Podcast All About Christianity
Thanks to all who have supported this podcast and blog over the past year. I hope we have all learned something about Christian history. Here are the top ten posts from 2019. Please note that these were not necessarily written or recorded in 2019, they are simply the most popular in this year. 5 Reasons … Read More “Top Ten Posts for 2019” »
There are certain people throughout church history that have stood out for their devotion to God. These people are often called saints. Roman Catholics and Protestants disagree on who is and how one becomes a saint but there is an interest in such people across traditions. A Short reader of Medieval Saints is a collection … Read More “A Short Reader of Medieval Saints – Review” »
Today we think of orthodox Christianity as that which is described in the Nicene Creed. We believe in one God, the Father almighty, maker of heaven and earth, of all things visible and invisible. And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only Son of God, begotten from the Father before all ages, God from God, … Read More “Was Orthodox Christianity Just One of Many Options?” »
I recently heard a podcast episode where New Testament scholar Bart Ehrman used the death of Judas as a way of diminishing the historical value of the Gospels. Is this a valid conclusion? My goal is not to look at this as an apologist, seeking to defend the inerrancy of the Bible, but as a … Read More “The Death of Judas and History” »
Paul’s letter to the Romans is one of the most influential texts for the Christian church, ancient and modern. This epistle had a deep impact on such figures as Augustine, Martin Luther, John Wesley and Karl Barth. Much of protestant theology is shaped by Romans but the epistle is not easy to understand. Students of … Read More “Romans: The NIV Application Commentary – Review” »
I had the privilege of contributing a chapter to one of the volumes of the A Noble Company series published by Particular Baptist Press. The entire series is on the lives of notable Particular-Regular Baptists in America. Some people have asked what a Particular or Regular Baptist is. Particular or Regular Baptists are reformed in … Read More “A Noble Company: The Canadians” »
As a part of my preparation for a course on Romans that I’m teaching at Tyndale University College, I reread Martin Luther’s Commentary on Romans. This commentary is one of the most influential commentaries in Christian history. Much of Luther’s thought emerged out of his study of Romans and his reflections upon justification by faith. … Read More “Martin Luther’s Commentary on Romans” »
You may or may not know that there are books written between the time of or around the time of the Old and New Testaments that are not in the Bible. Among others, these include the Apocrypha and the Pseudepigrapha. There are both Old and New Testament Apocrypha but for the sake of this post, … Read More “What’s the Difference Between the Apocrypha and the Pseudepigrapha?” »
Christianity is currently the world’s largest religion with over 2 billion followers. Beginning with the son of a Jewish carpenter, the religion was spread around the world first by Jesus’s disciples, then by emperors, kings, and missionaries. Through crusades, conquests, and simple word of mouth, Christianity has had a profound influence on the last 2,000 … Read More “The Spread of Christianity” »
One of the most successful sects of Christianity is the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (often called Mormons) founded by Joseph Smith, Jr. in the nineteenth century. Probably as a result of that success, it has spawned a number of sects of its own. The largest of these was originally called the Reorganized … Read More “What is the Difference Between the Latter-day Saints and the Community of Christ?” »
