A Podcast All About Christianity
I am a firm believer that Christians should have good handle on history, especially church history. You can find the audio of a course on Christianity Through the Reformation taught by Anthony Heideman at Front Range Community College on iTunes here.
I believe that it is important for people, especially Christians, to be aware of church history. That is why I podcast and blog on this subject. But sometimes it is easier for people of faith and sometimes harder to study this history. Where I am in the podcast right now, it is easy for Christians … Read More “The Struggle for Christians and Church History” »
Christianity emerged out of Judaism and borrow many of its concept of God. You can find this post regarding a book that investigates monotheism in Judaism and Christianity. But how did the Christian concept of God relate to pagan thought? One God: Pagan Monotheism in the Roman Empire is a book that looks at a … Read More “One God: Pagan Monotheism in the Roman Empire” »
Christianity began as a Jewish sect. Judaism has a strong doctrine of monotheism. Christianity worships Jesus as divine. How did this come to be? Early Jewish and Christian Monotheism, edited by Loren Stuckenbruck and Wendy North, examines many of the issues surrounding this question. It is not a unified thesis giving one explanation of what … Read More “Early Jewish and Christian Monotheism” »
One of my favourite books of the New Testament is the letter of James (even if Martin Luther called an ‘epistle of straw’). While not as theologically rich as Paul’s letter to the Romans, James is full of practical advice for Christians, ancient and modern. As I was going through James, I decided to read … Read More “James (TNTC) – Review” »
Wherever one may be on the theological spectrum, there is no denying the importance of John Calvin or his best known work, Institutes of the Christian Religion. This is a book that I have planned to read for a long time but only recently finished. I’m not sure what I expected, but it was not … Read More “Calvin’s Institutes of the Christian Religion” »
Christianity and Islam are the two largest religions in the world today. There are aspects of these two religions that are similar and that are different. The purpose of this post is not to prove one better than the other. However, I am a Christian and so I do have a bias. Still, this is … Read More “Similarities and Differences Between Christianity and Islam” »
There are various areas of history that I am interested. One of them includes something called the Jesus Myth Theory. The Jesus Myth in a nutshell is the theory that there was no historical Jesus and that the Gospels are based on pagan myths. I think I’m drawn to this because it is the intersection … Read More “The Jesus Myth Theory” »
I would normally review a book on world religions on my Apologetics & Theology Blog. However, I chose to review World Religions: Western Traditions here for some specific reasons. This introduction to world religions is different than most as it has a limited scope. It only covers the western traditions, with a separate volume examining … Read More “World Religions: Western Traditions – Review” »
Easter is the most holy time for Christians. But if you do a search of the Bible, you will not find that word. So why do we call Easter, Easter? Most languages use some variation of the Greek Pascha. It is actually only in English that this time is called Easter (German has the similar … Read More “Why is Easter Called Easter?” »
