Irenaeus of Lyon: Adam, Christ, and the Christian Life (Part 5)
In his article “Our Hearts of Darkness: Original Sin Revisited,” in Theological Studies 49 (1988) (597-621), Father Stephen J. Duffy sums up Irenaeus’ teaching ...
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Irenaeus of Lyons: There’s No “Plan B” in Christ–He is it, the Alpha and Omega (Part 4)
In order to understand what Irenaeus was driving at by emphasizing that Adam and Eve were children, you need to first understand that Irenaeus saw Christ as tru...
Irenaeus of Lyon: Adam and Eve as Children, and the Greek Philosophical Concepts of Becoming and Being (Part 3)
As I mentioned in the earlier posts, Irenaeus taught that Adam and Eve were essentially children. Such an understanding relates to the very way Irenaeus underst...
John the Baptist and Jesus’ Baptism and Temptations: New Exodus, New Creation, Kingdom of God
This past Sunday, in the Sunday school class I attend, the lesson was on Luke 3-4: the accounts of John the Baptist, Jesus’ baptism and temptations, and Jesus’ ...
Irenaeus of Lyon: Heretics, Ken Ham, and the Proper Understanding of Adam and Eve (Part 2)
So what did Irenaeus believe about Adam and Eve? Or more properly, what does Irenaeus tell us about what the view of the early Church was concerning Adam and Ev...
Irenaeus of Lyon, and the Early Church’s Teaching of Adam and Eve (Part 1)
Over the past year and a half, I have been doing quite a lot research and writing about the young earth creationist movement of Ken Ham and Answers in Genesis. ...
The Final Installment of my Book Review of Mere Christianity: 4:11–The New Men
The final chapter of Mere Christianity is entitled, “The New Men.” In it, Lewis touches upon something that will no doubt drive your modern day fundamentalist c...
C.S. Lewis and Mere Christianity…4:10–Nice People or New Men
Since my son is still napping, I thought I’d just continue and move on to Lewis’ next chapter in Mere Christianity: “Nice People or New Men.” In this chapter, L...
C.S. Lewis and Mere Christianity: 4:9–Counting the Cost
As C.S. Lewis continues to wrap up his book Mere Christianity, he addresses the idea in the Bible in which God says, “Be ye perfect.” He makes it clear that “be...
CS Lewis, Mere Christianity: 4:8–Is Christianity Hard or Easy?
The last few chapters of Mere Christianity have had a tremendous challenging influence on me ever since my high school days. This chapter is fairly straightforw...