Reading time: About 4-5 minutes. What do you know about the Roman catacombs? If you’re like me, I’m guessing not a whole lot. At least, not until I some research. You probably know they were located underground and used for burials. You may have also been taught they were places were early Christians hid to […]
Reading time: About 8-10 minutes. If you’ve been following my blog posts, you’ve noticed that most of them are focused on stimulating conversations about the origin of Christianity and its many customs. I try to avoid coming across as a professor of theology or history because that’s not what I am. I’m just an amateur […]
Reading time: About 8-10 minutes. Many people may ask why they would possibly need another Christian reference book. There are already shelves full of reference books concerning every aspect of Christianity—all the books of the Bible, all non-biblical Christian writings, Bible atlases and maps, even books on every important person in the Bible. We have […]
Reading time: About 7 minutes. Our understanding of Satan Most of us know who Satan is. Some view him as an imaginary, mythological character, while others believe he is 100% real. He can be a cartoon figure to some, and evil incarnate to others. He could be a material or a supernatural being. Whatever he […]
The Rejection of Orthodox Christianity. Reading time: About 8-9 minutes. This is the last segment of my four-part series on who are “Real Christians”. This discussion began with the first hint of the new religion and has focused on the divisiveness that has characterized Christianity ever since. In this segment I want to explore why […]
Heresies in Early Christianity: Reading time about 6-7 minutes. Early Christianity outside Europe This is the third of a four-part series of posts about the origin of the Christian Church, or more accurately, churches. So far, I’ve written about the transformation of Saul, the persecutor of Jesus’s followers, to Paul, the dedicated Christian apostle. I […]
Who is the “Real Christian”? Reading Time: Approximately 7 minutes. This is the second installment of my four part series concerning “Real Christians,” following up on The Mysterious Paul of Tarsus. In the conclusion of my book, In Search of Christian Origins: A Timeline of the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, I stated […]
The Mysterious Paul of Tarsus. Reading time: About 5 minutes This is the first of a four-part series I’m entitling the “Real Christian” Tetralogy. In this first segment. I’ll ask many questions because of my vast confusion with Paul of Tarsus. Some of these questions may be readily answerable and others may not be. I’ll […]
Militarization of Christianity: Reading time about 8-10 minutes. About twenty years ago, our family attended the patriotic Fourth of July extravaganza at our church. After all the flag waving, chest-thumping, and patriotic songs were over, and we were in our car, my daughter asked me a question. “Dad, why does our church celebrate the military […]
Why do I write about Christian history? Reading time: About 5-6 minutes. Like multitudes of Americans, I am deeply concerned about the increasing polarization of our society. I’m far from alone in seeing that one of the main causes for this is misinformation—lies, exaggerations, and reliance on the wrong authorities for information. I believe the lack […]