The Revised Edition of “The Heresy of Ham” is Here
***I just found out today that the revised edition of my 2016 book The Heresy of Ham is already available. And so, I wanted to post this quick, initial “p...
Category: Church History
Social Media Food Fight in Biblical Studies Between “Inspiring Philosophy” and “Data Over Dogma” (Part 2: Here’s How To Understand the Olivet Discourse)
In my last post, I noted a recent social media spat between Michael Jones of Inspiring Philosophy and Dan McClellan of Data Over Dogma. Long story short, they b...
Beth Allison Barr’s “Making of Biblical Womanhood”–A Book Analysis Series (Part 3): The Attitudes of Paul and the early/medieval Church towards Women
It’s Saturday…I have some time for yet another entry into my book analysis series of Beth Allison Barr’s The Making of Biblical Womanhood. Let’s jump right in. ...
A Dive into Galatians (Part 2: Galatians 1:1-2:14)
The Greeting (1:1-5)If you are like me (or like me when I was in high school), if and when you ever read one of Paul’s letters, you tend to skim through those i...
I Was Interviewed to Talk a Little Bit About Irenaeus! Enjoy the most interesting hour of your week!
Hi Everyone. As the title says, a few weeks ago I was interviewed to talk a bit about the early Church Father, Irenaeus. In particular, the talk is in regard to...
Critiquing Matthew Hartke’s Proposal that Jesus’ Disciples Suffered from Cognitive Dissonance (Part 1–The Summary)
Matthew Hartke is a former Christian who still writes quite a bit about Christianity and Biblical Studies on his blog. He studied Biblical Studies at Regent Uni...
“The Religion of the Apostles”–A Book Analysis Series (Part 5): Human Beings on the Divine Council? Mary the Theotokos? And What’s Up with Getting Baptized for the Dead?
It’s the weekend, October 16th to be exact, and if you’ve been following my blog lately, you know what that means! Another installment in my book analysis serie...
The Didache (The Early Church Fathers Series: Part 6)
The next stop on our journey through the Early Church Fathers is another anonymous document called The Didache: The Teaching of the Lord According to the 12 Apo...
The Early Church Fathers Series (Part 4): Some Reflections on Clement, Ignatius, and Polycarp
In this fourth installment of my series on the early Church Fathers, I want to pause and share some reflections regarding the first three Fathers I have looked ...
The Early Church Fathers Series: Ignatius of Antioch (Part 2)
Shortly after the Jerusalem council of AD 49, the Apostle Peter relocated to Antioch to help lead the Church there. When Peter left for Rome, presumably at some...