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  • Book Review: After Acts (Liftin)

    Many readers of the New Testament are both fascinated and perplexed by the book of Acts, the earliest “history of Christianity” put to papyrus. Acts begins to tell the story of the church, following the miracles, lives, and journeys of Peter, the Jerusalem Church, and the Apostle Paul. But Acts also ends abruptly—with Paul under…

  • Recommended Reading: June 13-19

    If you have to read only one article this week, make it Kyrios Christos: The Lordship of Jesus Christ Today by Michael Bird. EDITORIAL NOTE: I have been informed that this link is no longer working. It appears to be an issue on Harvard’s end. I’ve contacted Michael Bird (who originally provided the link), so…

  • Reflections on Imago Dei

    What does it mean to be made in the image of God? This topic has a long and varied history of discussion, spanning at least the four thousand-or-so-year history of Judeo-Christian religion. For Christians, our reflections on this topic must begin with the words of Genesis:

  • Investigation and Scripture

    This post is part of an ongoing series examining Ephrem the Syrian and early Syrian Christianity. Investigation and Scripture in Ephrem’s Hymns on Faith 1-9 Ephrem scholar Jeff Wickes contextualizes the Hymns on Faith as essentially belonging to the post-Nicaea “homoean” camp that remained anti-subordinationist while problematizing the language of Nicaea.[1] This characterization, I believe,…

  • The Marcion Problem: Introducing Modern Scholarship

    This post is part of an ongoing series examining Marcion of Sinope and his influence of the formation of the New Testament canon. The history of the modern interpretation of Marcion has been — not surprisingly — closely linked with general canonical research. In canonical studies in particular, there has been the tendency to form…

  • One Year of Conciliar Post

    Today marks the one year anniversary of the launch of my other blogging venture, Conciliar Post. Conciliar Post is a community blogging site dedicated to faithful, serious, and civil dialogue about important theological and cultural issues. Offering theological conversations, journeys of faith, reflections on Christianity, and commentary on current events from a Christian perspective, Conciliar…

  • Book Review: Lukan Authorship of Hebrews (Allen)

    Few queries surrounding the New Testament are as well known as the question regarding the authorship of Hebrews. Since the early centuries of Christianity—indeed, long before the New Testament canon was finalized—inquisitive readers have investigated who wrote the Epistle to the Hebrews. Origen, Clement of Alexandria, Tertullian, Eusebius, Augustine, Aquinas, Luther, Calvin, and Harnack (to…

  • Recommended Reading: June 6-12

    If you read one article this week, engage Are Christians Really the Arrogant Ones? by Michael Kruger. For those of you with more time on your hands this fine summer morning, consider the selections below from around the internet. As always, if you think there is something else worth noting, feel free to let me…

  • Discerning Division, Undertaking Unity

    This article originally appeared at Conciliar Post. If you drive through any appreciable stretch of the United States, you are bound to come across churches. In some sparse locales, these places of worship are few and far between, much like the dwellings of those who attend them. In other places, churches abound, with nearly every…

  • Ephrem’s Scriptural Simplicity

    This post is part of an ongoing series examining Ephrem the Syrian and early Syrian Christianity. Central to Ephrem’s scriptural presentation of Christ as beyond investigation (i.e., of the same order as the Father) is the relative simplicity of his arguments. Instead of constructing complex metaphysical arguments, Ephrem relies upon the re-presentation of narratives from…