What If… The Bible is a pretty large book. Although we might not immediately think of it as such, how many other 2,128-page1 books do you have laying around your home? Or which reader has four different versions of the Complete Works of William Shakespeare on their bookshelf? The Bible is unique, not only forContinue reading “The Bible in Thirty Chapters”
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The Resurrection
But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they went to the tomb, taking the spices they had prepared. And they found the stone rolled away from the tomb, but when they went in they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. While they were perplexed about this, behold, twoContinue reading “The Resurrection”
Ep25: What Are the Fundamentals of the Faith?
In this episode of the Church Debates series, we look at the Modernist Fundamentalist Controversy of 19th and 20th century American Christianity.
Jesus in the Apocalypse of John: Bibliography
This post is the final in the series examining the Christology of the Apocalypse of John. Ancient Sources Clement of Alexandria. Quis Dives Salvetur. Edited by P. Mordaunt Barnard. Texts and Studies 5, 2. Nendeln: Kraus Reprint, 1967. English Standard Version Bible. New York: Crossway, 2010. Epistle of Barnabas. Translated by Bart D. Ehrman. TheContinue reading “Jesus in the Apocalypse of John: Bibliography”
Jesus in the Apocalypse of John: Conclusions
This post is part of an ongoing series examining the Christology of the Apocalypse of John. This study has undertaken an investigation of the Christology of the Apocalypse of John, seeking to fill a lacunae that has only been rarely and partially addressed in contemporary scholarship. This project has not sought to exhaustively address anyContinue reading “Jesus in the Apocalypse of John: Conclusions”
Jesus in the Apocalypse of John: Implications for Modern Christianity (Part III)
This post is part of an ongoing series examining the Christology of the Apocalypse of John. Revelation also highlights the importance of doxology in the contemporary world. Throughout the history of Christological development, interpretations of who Jesus is necessarily took place in the context of the place given him in Christian devotional practices.[1] While thereContinue reading “Jesus in the Apocalypse of John: Implications for Modern Christianity (Part III)”
Jesus in the Apocalypse of John: Implications for Modern Christianity (Part II)
This post is part of an ongoing series examining the Christology of the Apocalypse of John. The Apocalypse holds a unique position within the Christian scriptures, being the only piece of explicitly Christian prophetic material to make the canonical cut. First and foremost, Christians must engage Revelation’s prophetic utterances within a context of Old TestamentContinue reading “Jesus in the Apocalypse of John: Implications for Modern Christianity (Part II)”
Jesus in the Apocalypse of John: Implications for Modern Christianity (Part I)
This post is part of an ongoing series examining the Christology of the Apocalypse of John. As a professing Christian standing in the Great Tradition of the Church, I believe that the faith and practices of early followers of Jesus form an important authority for contemporary expressions of Christianity. Regarding devotional practice, worship of JesusContinue reading “Jesus in the Apocalypse of John: Implications for Modern Christianity (Part I)”
Jesus in the Apocalypse of John: Implications for Early Christianity (Part III)
This post is part of an ongoing series examining the Christology of the Apocalypse of John. While early Christian literature remains maddeningly obscure in its identification of source texts, theological influences, and employment of traditional materials—thereby rendering futile many attempts at identifying a single source as the genesis for any given idea or practice—Revelation’s generalContinue reading “Jesus in the Apocalypse of John: Implications for Early Christianity (Part III)”
Jesus in the Apocalypse of John: Implications for Early Christianity (Part II)
This post is part of an ongoing series examining the Christology of the Apocalypse of John. Of course, the profusion of Jesus devotion in Revelation is not unique to the Apocalypse alone, but rather stands in continuity with other now–New Testament literature. John’s Christology—especially the implicit recognition of the divinity of Jesus, his identification withContinue reading “Jesus in the Apocalypse of John: Implications for Early Christianity (Part II)”
Pursuing Veritas 