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We’ve Moved! 18 May 2012 | 08:44 am
Greetings friends. We’ve moved the blog from this freely hosted WordPress account to a self-hosted location. We’ve done this for a few reasons. First, those of you without a WordPress account are subj...
So you’re interested in the Apostolic Fathers… 5 May 2012 | 07:37 pm
Many of you are probably aware of a set of early Christian documents collectively called “The Apostolic Fathers” all of which were likely written in the first or second centuries of the common era. Ho...
Happy Quartodeciman Easter 6 Apr 2012 | 08:50 am
Today at dusk marks the beginning of Nisan 14 on the Jewish calendar. Many early Christians celebrated Passover at this time as a Christian celebration of Jesus, both to mark his sacrifice and to anti...
The Aluminum Scroll #7 – Why Santorum Makes Me Angry 24 Mar 2012 | 05:20 pm
Filed under: Church Life, Culture, Politics, The Aluminum Scroll
A Great Quote in Light of the New Fragment of Mark “From the 1st Century” 13 Mar 2012 | 05:23 pm
I have been reading David Parker’s rather interesting volume An Introduction to the New Testament Manuscripts and Their Texts and in the introduction to the book he makes the following statement which...
Evangelical Logic: Birth Control and Government 6 Mar 2012 | 10:47 am
If: 1. Abortion is immoral 2. Birth control reduces abortions 3. Government mandates that increase the cost of insurance are equivalent to wealth redistribution 4. Wealth redistribution is immoral...
Pagan Erotica and The Shepherd of Hermas 23 Feb 2012 | 08:45 pm
A while back I was reading Peter Lampe’s fantastic book From Paul to Valentinus, when I came across a rather curious claim about the Shepherd of Hermas. Before I say more, let me first reproduce the t...
Fantastic Australian Mockery of Televangelists 11 Feb 2012 | 01:04 pm
Filed under: Church Life, Humor, In the News
Theological Irresponsibility and the Parachurch 10 Feb 2012 | 02:23 pm
Having attended seminary, I am of the firm belief that the Bible is not magically able to be properly interpreted by everyone who reads it. This is in contrast with many evangelicals, who generally e...
An Early Non-Literal Reading of Genesis 17 Jan 2012 | 12:19 pm
While studying the Apostolic Fathers last semester I came across a non-literal reading of Genesis in 2 Clement. Just as background, 2 Clement, which is not written by Clement, is an early Christian ho...
