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Resurrecting Orthodoxy is TEN Years Old
Two days ago, July 19th, marked the ten-year anniversary of my starting up this blog. When I started the blog, the bulk of my posts for the first few years had ...
Is This a Petty Post? Maybe, but I’ve Gotta Vent About a Certain “Online Scholar” Who Annoys the Crap Out of Me: His Name Sounds Like “McFellen”
It’s late at night, but before I go to bed, I just felt compelled to fire off this post about online scholar Dan McClellan. I first came across him last year wh...
Addressing the Claim that Jesus’ Disciples Suffered From “Cognitive Dissonance Theory” (Part 2 in my Critique of Matthew Hartke’s Blog Post)
In my previous post, I outlined blogger Matthew Hartke’s basic argument regarding why he thinks Cognitive Dissonance Theory (CDT) best explains the reason for t...
A New Book Reflection: “In the Spirit of Happiness” (Part 3: Change and Asceticism)
Later on in the chapter, it says the following: “In chapters 3-4 of In the Spirit of Happiness by the Monks of New Skete, the aspects of spiritual living that c...
Starting Over and Looking Ahead
It’s hard to believe, but it has been two months since my last post. On top of that, I’ve written only one post in the past three months. The reason is fairly s...
Some More Reflections on Life, Struggle, Hope, and Sadness
Last month I wrote a post entitled, “A Reflection: Disappointment…and Why I Don’t Like May or June.” It was somewhat of a personal post about some of the hardsh...
A Reflection: Disappointment, Divorce, Teaching, and Biblical Studies…and Why I Don’t Like May/June
Over the past 16 years, I’ve realized that I’ve come to not really like the months of May or June. And here I am, in early June 2022, contemplating why that is ...
A Book Analysis of “The Exodus: Myth History?” (Part 4): Avaris, Prince Moses, and the Plagues
Here in Part 4 of my look at David Rohl’s book, The Exodus: Myth or History? we are going to look at what he has to say about the figure of Moses and the actual...
The Early Church Fathers Series: Polycarp of Smyrna (Part 3)
In this third installment of my blog post series on the early Church Fathers, I am going to look at Polycarp of Smyrna. Along with Clement of Rome and Ignatius ...