As we move on in my book analysis of Stephen De Young’s The Religion of the Apostles: Orthodox Christianity in the First Century, we now come to Chapter 7: “Atonement for the Whole World.” The word “atonement” tends to create quite a kerfuffle in competing factions of Protestantism. Theological wars have been waged over the…
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, head of the NIV committee, and, for anyone who had the privilege of having him as a professor, one of the best Biblical Studies teachers…ever. When…
As we make our way through Stephen De Young’s The Religion of the Apostles, we now come to Chapters 6-7, both of which make up Part 3 of his book: “Creation and Salvation.” We’ll begin with Chapter 6, “Creation and Chaos.” Creation: Being and Becoming, Order out of ChaosIn Chapter 6, De Young discusses the…
This year, after fifteen years of teaching Biblical Worldview and Biblical Studies, both at the high school and college level, I have taken a teaching job teaching high school English again. Although Biblical Studies has, as will always be, my primary area of love and interest, English Literature will also (and always will) be a…
It’s the weekend, October 16th to be exact, and if you’ve been following my blog lately, you know what that means! Another installment in my book analysis series on Stephen De Young’s The Religion of the Apostles: Orthodox Christianity in the First Century. Here in Part 5, I’m going to be covering De Young’s Chapter…
This is somewhat of a random post, but it involves something that has been buzzing around in my mind for quite some time. The specific impetus for this post has to do with something that someone I do not know posted on the Alumni Facebook page of one of the graduate schools I attended. I…
Another weekend means another installment in my book analysis series on Stephen De Young’s The Religion of the Apostles: Orthodox Christianity in the First Century. Since this is Part 4 and I’m only beginning Chapter 2 of Young’s book, this post is going to cover a lot—and I mean A LOT—of ground. In my previous…
It’s the weekend, and that means yet another installment in my book analysis series on Stephen De Young’s The Religion of the Apostles: Orthodox Christianity in the First Century. In my previous post, I detailed De Young’s argument that in both the Old Testament and Second Temple Judaism itself, there was a clear belief that…
It’s the end of the week, so it’s time for another post in my book analysis series on Stephen De Young’s The Religion of the Apostles. I ended my last post by introducing the initial argument of De Young in his first chapter, namely that far from Christianity “inventing” the idea of a triune God…
As we head into the Fall of 2022, I thought I would embark on another book analysis on Stephen De Young’s The Religion of the Apostles: Orthodox Christianity in the First Century. Even as I write this, I am not yet done with the book, but based on what I’ve read thus far, I know…