A Podcast All About Christianity
Obviously I am a big believer in sharing information about the history of Christianity. That is why I blog and podcast on this subject. I am assuming that people who come to this site are interested in learning more about church history. I would like to share five things that you can do to grow … Read More “5 Ways to Grow as a Student of Church History” »
I sometimes make the mistake of commenting on other people’s social media posts. I recently did it again, and I did it because of my interest in history. Someone was commenting on the attack on Salman Rushdie by a Muslim. If you remember, many years ago there was a fatwa for the death of Rushdie … Read More “An Example of Why Christian History is Important” »
I have loved history for as long as I can remember. When my friends were reading superhero comic books, I was reading comic books about World War Two (Sgt Rock was my favourite). My interest in military history has continued but has also expanded. There are many areas of history that I enjoy, both ancient … Read More “5 Reasons Why I Love History” »
The quick answer that question is: Yes. However, it is a bit more complex than that. When we look at events of the past our confidence in how closely our understanding is to the reality with vary case by case. Much of it comes down to the nature of the evidence. What kind of archaeological … Read More “Can We Know Anything About History?” »
I recently did a Twitter poll on influential Christians of the past. It was an eclectic list ranging from theologians to musicians. I tried hard to include some women, but since women have not traditionally had the same opportunities, they were underrepresented. There were some surprises. Some people like John Calvin and C.S. Lewis were … Read More “And the Most Influential Christian of the Past is …” »
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” »
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?” »
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” »
I have just listened to a very interesting course on the Early Middle Ages, taught by Paul Freedman at Yale University. It deals with some important church history, the rise of Islam and many other important events. You can download this course from iTunes here.
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” »
