Are We Living in the End Times
October 23, 2024For as long as I have been a Christian and reading my Bible, I have heard that we are living in the “End Times.” Some people think that the defining scripture is the Book of Revelation, attributed to John the Apostle while he was exiled to the island of Patmos. In reality, the Bible is…
The Greatest Commandment: Understanding the Decalogues and the New Covenant
October 10, 2024I recently revisited my post from the 2024 Easter Sunrise Service, where I mentioned two different sets of Ten Commandments (decalogues). At the time, I noted “a completely different (and less familiar) set of commandments that I cannot explain, and this is not about exegesis.” The context was that the Ten Commandments we are most…
The Arian Controversy and The Nicene Creed
May 29, 2024We sometimes forget the growth pangs that the early church experienced, most notably the impact of Constantine’s dream in 312 AD. This event, known as the Battle of the Milvian Bridge, was where Constantine claimed to have seen a vision of the Chi-Rho (the first two letters of “Christ” in Greek) along with the words…