A Podcast All About Christianity
The Hagia Sophia has been in the news lately as this historic church turned museum has now become a mosque. This short documentary gives a nice introduction to the Hagia Sophia. For more about this period of history, I recommend The History of Byzantium.
One of the most intriguing figures in Christian history for me is Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Bonhoeffer argued for complete nonresistance and yet was implicated in a plot to assassinate Hitler. Bonhoeffer was too conservative for liberals and too liberal for conservatives. Eric Metaxas attempted to turn him into an evangelical culture warrior in his bestselling biography. … Read More “Letters and Papers from Prison” »
One of the biggest threats to what would become orthodox Christianity was Gnosticism. There had been other theological innovations in the early church but Gnosticism was the most radical. And the most confusing. A helpful book for moderns readers to understand this complex movement is The Gnostics: Identifying and Early Christian Cult by Alastair H. … Read More “The Gnostics – Review” »
