A Podcast All About Christianity
One of the most influential Christians in the Second World War was Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Although he is most commonly known as being involved in a plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler, there is so much more to him. You can learn more about his life in this documentary on the life of Dietrich Bonheffer.
One of the uplifting letters by the Apostle Paul is that of the Philippians. Paul didn’t seem to have the same struggles with this church that he had with some others. This is a letter that is worth studying to understand the early church. A good resource is Gordon Fee’s Philippians, a part of the … Read More “Philippians – Review” »
As I’m publishing this, we are in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. But this is not the first pandemic. Many times through history, diseases have ravaged civilization. One of the bad ones was the Justinian Plague that affected the Byzantine Empire. This is an extract from Procopius’ ‘History of The Wars‘ in which he … Read More “The Justinian Plague” »
There seems to be a lot of interest in what are known as the “Gnostic Gospels.” People are drawn to these mysterious books that never made it into the New Testament. One of the most well known authors in this area is Elaine Pagels. Beyond Belief is supposedly focused on the Gospel of Thomas. Although … Read More “Beyond Belief – Review” »
I enjoy the “A Very Short Introduction” series of books. Of course the authors are limited in what they can write in these short books. The book on Paul is written by E.P. Sanders. Sanders is an influential New Testament scholar. He was one of the pioneers of what is known as the New Perspective … Read More “Paul: A Very Short Introduction – Review” »
This is not a review of the actual Gospel of Thomas but the edition that was edited by Marvin Meyer. The Gospel of Thomas is an important writing for understanding the early church. Some even think that Thomas is earlier than our canonical Gospels but I doubt it. Be watching for an episode of the … Read More “The Gospel of Thomas – Review” »
When we think of the great civilizations, the peoples that helped shape the direction of the world, we don’t often think of the Irish. That is not meant to be a slam, as I’m about half-Irish and appreciate my heritage. Thomas Cahill, in his How the Irish Saved Civilization, argues that the Irish we not … Read More “How the Irish Saved Civilization – Review” »
Valentine’s Day is a popular day of celebration. But not everyone knows that it is a feast day for St Valentine. Who was this Valentine? Watch this short video and find out.
I recently did a Twitter poll that came up with some interesting results. Most of my followers are Christians, many of them interested in academics. I wanted to know which academic discipline they identified with most. Here are the results: During the time of the poll, three of the four options went back and forth … Read More “History: The Neglected Discipline” »
When we think of church history, we often think of things that happened centuries ago. We sometimes forget that major historical events have happened in the last decade or so. One of those events was the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI, which eventually led to the papacy of Pope Francis. We are now in the … Read More “The Two Popes – Review” »
