In Praise of Dr. Gordon Fee (d. October 25, 2022)
If you know anything about Biblical Studies over the last fifty years, you probably have heard about Dr. Gordon Fee. One of the top textual critics of his time,...
Category: Theology
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...
The Early Church Fathers Series: Clement of Rome (Part 1)
Clement of Rome is considered to be the first Apostolic Father of the Church, or more properly speaking, the first major figure in Christian history after the t...
Orthodox Book Series: “The Orthodox Way” by Kallistos Ware (Part 4b): God as Creator (…and the question of the nature of man)
In this post, I will go through the second part of the chapter entitled, “God as Creator” in Kallistos Ware’s book, The Orthodox Way. The second part of the cha...
Orthodox Book Series: “The Orthodox Way” by Kallistos Ware (Part 3): God as Trinity
I don’t care what you say, but for most people—even most Christians—the concept of the Trinity is one of those things that receives quizzical looks and isn’t re...
Getting a Handle on the Early Church Councils (Part 3): The “Ain’t Nothin’ but a Gangsta” Synod…and Chalcedon
As it turned out, the Formula of Reunion of 433 didn’t sit too well with the more fanatical elements of Cyril’s allies. Cyril had so violently attacked Nestoriu...
Getting a Handle on the Early Church Councils (Part 2): The Third Council of Ephesus, AD 431–Hold On, the Ride is Going to Get Bumpy
The tares of politics, intrigue, and fanaticism have always grown up side by side the wheat of the Gospel as it works its way throughout human history. No bette...
Getting a Handle on the Early Church Councils (Part 1): Heresies, Nicea, and Constantinople
***The next three posts are taken from a Church history unit I wrote as a high school teacher, and they are based on a book I had read entitled, Jesus Wars, by ...
Israel’s Conquest of Canaan: Questions and Controveries–A Look at John Walton’s New Book (Part 1)
Mass genocide. Ethnic cleansing. An ancient form of colonialism. Cruel, superstitious, fanatical, barbarous war criminals no different than Nazis. That’s the an...
From Nashville to Denver (Part 3): The Anderson Statement–Conclusions I’ve Come to Regarding LGBTQ-related Issues
A few months ago, when Eugene Peterson, in an interview with Jonathan Merritt, said he would perform a same-sex wedding if two gay members in his congregation a...