If you read one article this week, engage Why Did the Romans Persecute the Christians? by Michael Bird.
For those of you with additional reading time this weekend, check out the following selections below, gleaned from around the interwebs. As always, if you think there’s something else I should be reading, let me know in the comments section below. Happy reading!
Theology and Religion
It’s the End of the World…. Again! by Kevin James Bywater
What Do I Take For Granted? by William Hart Brown
Unecumenism: The Saving Union by Fr. Stephen Freeman
Strangers Before Schism by Drew McIntyre
A Christian Defense of Video Games by Chris Casberg
Biblical Studies and the History of Christianity
Early Christian Diversity by Larry Hurtado
Love Your Neighbor by Phil Long
No Controversy about the “Heresy” of the Quest for the Historical Jesus? by Brant Pitre
Prayer in the Earliest Church by Scot McKnight
Were Early Christian Scribes Untrained Amateurs? by Michael Kruger
Worldviews and Culture
Making It All Up by Andrew Ferguson
Power and the Impotence of the State by Mark Malvasi
Porn for the Privileged by Melinda Selmys
Pursuing Veritas 
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Jacob,
I can’t find contact information for you. So I shall leave my question here.
In your view, what are a view of the best resources for understanding the Council of Nicea? I am researching some information for a friend of mine.
Many thanks.
Will,
A couple of excellent reads/well respected suggestions:
Lewis Ayers, “Nicaea and Its Legacy”
John Behr, “The Way to Nicaea”/”The Nicene Faith” series (three volumes)
Khaled Anatolios, “Retrieving Nicaea”
If you (or your friend) has further questions/clarifications, feel free to follow up either here or at prahlowjj [at] slu.edu
Also, thanks for the reminder that I should make my contact information more prominent here.
Best, Jacob
*In your view, what are the best resources for understanding the Council of Nicea?