The Ways of the Worldviews (Part 12): Christian Persecution in the Roman Empire
Now we come to the final topic regarding early Christianity in the Roman Empire: persecution. Two things must be said up front: first, despite what some might t...
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The Ways of the Worldviews (Part 11): Early Christian Philosophers–Tertullian and Irenaeus of Lyons
In my last post, I began to look at a number of Christian philosophers from the first couple of centuries of the early Church who proved themselves to be some o...
The Ways of the Worldviews (Part 10): Early Christian Philosophers: Justin Martyr, Athenagoras of Athens, Clement of Alexandria, and Origen of Alexandria
As was discussed in last week’s post, not only was Christianity probably the most significant counter-cultural movement in history in terms of practical, day to...
The Way of the Worldviews (Part 9): Christianity in Ancient Rome–The True Counter-Cultural Movement
In my last post, I took a brief look at life in ancient Rome. Simply put, despite the impressive monuments we love to “ooh” and “ahh” over, the fact is that dai...
The Ways of the Worldviews (Part 8): Early Christianity within Roman Society–When in Rome (prepare for a horrible life!)
As the apostles of Jesus made their way out into the pagan world, they preached and lived out something entirely new that would ultimately change the world. Now...
That’s the Ways of the Worldviews (A Book that Will Be Blog Posts This Year!)
Back in the Fall of 2007, I started teaching Biblical Worldview at a small Evangelical Christian high school in Alabama. The headmaster essentially gave me free...
The Kindle Version of “The Heresy of Ham” is Now Available…
Here is a short announcement. If you want to buy the Kindle version of The Heresy of Ham, here is the link. Please share this on any social media you have, and ...
Gregory of Nyssa…and the Evolution of Man (Yes, I might be the only one in history who can connect Gregory of Nyssa with Ron Burgundy)
Let me admit it up front, the title to this post is a little misleading. Gregory of Nyssa (335-394 AD) was an early Church Father and, along with Basil of Caesa...
Answers in Genesis, Nathaniel Jeanson and Jason Lisle Get All “Scientificy”: How Adventures in Absurdity Blaspheme the Name of the LORD Among the Gentiles (Part 2)
Reading Nathaniel Jeanson and Jason Lisle’s paper, On the Origin of Eukaryotic Species’ Genotypic and Phenotypic Diversity, was, to be kind, a chore. Neverthele...
The Unintended Reformation: Chapter 6–Secularizing Knowledge (Part 9) What can we say about modern education?
Brad Gregory’s sixth chapter in The Unintended Reformation is entitled, “Secularizing Knowledge.” In it, he looks at the modern American education system, parti...