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Talking about the Body of Christ can be like watching a mind-bending movie. Take the movie Inception for example: It’s about living in a dream within a dream within a dream. For Christians, the “inception” (so to speak) means living as a Body of Christ within the Body of Christ of the Body of Christ. However, unlike…
When looking at the Holy Spirit’s role in the Church, this first means knowing why the Holy Spirit has a role in the first place: Beginning with the Trinity – Father, Son, and Holy Spirit – the triune God, as Christians understand it, bestowed upon humanity a divine revelation: This divine revelation includes an eternal,…
In these modern times, the term “rabbit hole” is used to describe a conversation that can quite easily spill into many different directions. This is usually because all parties in the conversation may have widely opposing views, and that trying to find areas of agreement is often futile at best. The first few centuries of…
When looking at the numerous disputes that the early Catholic church had with splinters movements and sometimes within its own hierarchy, it is almost uncanny that many disputes today among Christians and skeptics mirror situations now hundreds of centuries old. Some examples: Present day skeptic: The God of the Old Testament is a tyrant –…
One thing is for certain about the history of Christianity: There has been no shortage of movements – all the way up to today – that have staked their claim in having the entire truth of Christian belief and practice. The first five centuries alone were a hot mess of various Christian movements locking horns…
My mind almost immediately transforms into an ongoing spider web of thoughts every time I plunge deep into early Christianity and Church history. My latest web of connecting dots between various movements, church influencers, and early Christian practices now includes martyrdom, asceticism, and what constitutes a devoted Christian life. I will start with a Bishop…
Awhile back, a person interested in Catholicism/Christianity asked me to explain the Trinity. This subject can be like getting hit with a piercing brain freeze after taking a swig or bite of something ice cold. And not that I claim to be a master at explaining such an abstract topic; rather studying Tertullian, Thomas Aquinas,…
In Luke 16:1-13, Jesus says to his disciples that “no man can serve two masters…you cannot serve both God and mammon” (Luke 16:13). Although this blog post is not specifically about the above passage, it is a good seque into Ignatius’ letter to the Magnesians. That is, Ignatius’ comments about how Christians are to respect…
Here in the West, it’s been said that the pronoun *YOU* is the most powerful word in the English language. The main reason is that “you” is often used in a more personal, direct, intimate, or commanding way when compared to other pronouns, such as he or she, which tend to me used more indirectly…
About a month ago, around the time I released Part 4 of this video series, I coincidentally received a message from a new subscriber regarding, believe it or not, covenant! She had watched my “recommended reading” video about the book A Father Who Keeps His Promises by Scott Hahn: In this book, Hahn shows that…
