A Podcast All About Christianity
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” »
Over at my main website, I’m doing a series of top five lists to celebrate my fiftieth birthday. I thought I would do one here as well. I am interested in church history, obviously since I write this blog and podcast. There are certain people from church history that I would have loved to have … Read More “Top Five Christians From History I Would Like to Meet” »
I’m always on the lookout for new quality podcasts. One that I have recently started listening to is a podcast I want to share with you. It is called the History of English Podcast. It is not the history of the English people, although it does deal with that, but is the history of the … Read More “The History of English Podcast” »
I recently had a comment from listener who was disappointed in the podcast. The heart of the complaint was that the podcast was more about Christian apologetics than about history. He felt I wasn’t completely honest about the nature of the podcast. His concern deserves to be addressed. My intent is that this podcast be … Read More “Is This Podcast About History or Christian Apologetics?” »
There are plenty of problems with the internet but it can still be a blessing. This is especially true for the consuming of informations. Courses are often recorded and posted online for people to listen to for free. I have compiled some courses on church history that you might find helpful. I will add more … Read More “Free Church History Courses” »
Study the history of the Christian church is a huge task. It includes two thousand years of history spanning the entire globe. One could spend their entire life studying the history of the church and only comprehend a fraction. Having said that, there are some related areas of history that very much affect the history … Read More “3 Related Areas to Church History” »
I don’t just record podcasts, I listen to them as well. Here are a list of history podcasts I listen to. This does not mean I agree with everything they say. But I don’t expect you to afgree with everything I say either. Ancient Greece Declassified Ancient World British History Podcast Dan Carlin’s Hardcore History … Read More “History Podcasts I Listen To” »
One of the challenges for doing history in any area is that of bias. This can appear in number of ways, from the bias of our sources to the bias of our interpretation. We should not become too discouraged by this. I strongly disagree with those who say we can’t do history because of bias. … Read More “History and the Problem of Bias” »
As I work on this podcast about Christian history, one could challenge me on how appropriate it is for me to do this. Not only am I a Christian, but I’m a pastor as well. Doesn’t that bias disqualify me? I have seen discussions questioning the ability of believers to do either biblical research or … Read More “Can Christians Do Critical Church History?” »
