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Irenaeus and “Against Heresies” (Contemplating Ancient Gnostics…and Modern Academics?)

Posted on July 2, 2025 by joelando11@yahoo.com / 15 Comments

I’ve always had somewhat of a love-hate relationship with my Biblical Studies “career.” Back in 1995-1996, I attended Regent College in Vancouver, British Colum...

Book Review/Church Fathers/Church History

Candida Moss’s “The Myth of Persecution”–A New Book Analysis Series (Part 2: The Early Christians Just Lifted from Pagan and Jewish Stories to Invent Their Stories)

Posted on February 19, 2025 by joelando11@yahoo.com / 0 Comment

Here in Part 2 of my look at Candida Moss’s The Myth of Persecution: How Early Christians Invented a Story of Martyrdom, I’m going to try to look at chapters 2-...

Church Fathers/Church History/Creation Evolution Debate

I Was Interviewed to Talk a Little Bit About Irenaeus! Enjoy the most interesting hour of your week!

Posted on January 27, 2023 by joelando11@yahoo.com / 2 Comments

Hi Everyone. As the title says, a few weeks ago I was interviewed to talk a bit about the early Church Father, Irenaeus. In particular, the talk is in regard to...

Biblical Studies/Book Review

Wayne’s World 2: My Response to Wayne Rossiter’s Response to My Series on Ken Ham’s Book About Theodicy….(whew!)

Posted on June 1, 2019 by joelando11@yahoo.com / 134 Comments

A couple of days ago, I wrote a response to Wayne Rossiter’s critique to Part 4 of my series in which I addressed Ken Ham’s attempt to address the Theodicy ques...

Biblical Studies/Church History/Creation Evolution Debate

Irenaeus of Lyons: There’s No “Plan B” in Christ–He is it, the Alpha and Omega (Part 4)

Posted on November 20, 2015 by joelando11@yahoo.com / 0 Comment

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...

Biblical Studies/Church History/Creation Evolution Debate

Irenaeus of Lyon: Adam and Eve as Children, and the Greek Philosophical Concepts of Becoming and Being (Part 3)

Posted on November 19, 2015 by joelando11@yahoo.com / 6 Comments

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...

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