christianity

The Swan’s Triumphant Song: From Worms to the Wartburg Martin Luther was not the first ‘heretic’ to stand before the collective might of church and state. He was just one of the few who lived to tell the tale. Already some one hundred years earlier, the Bohemian pre-reformer Jan Hus, who...

One of the greatest challenges that the contemporary church faces lies within its own doors. In the past few years, differences of opinion over political and cultural issues have polarized once-peaceful congregations. Like wildfires, these controversies have begun with a spark and have rapidly...

Came across an article this morning: https://disrn.com/news/nigerian-christian-executed-by-islamic-state-child-soldier A brother in Christ was executed by Islamic extremists. Before being executed the murderer said something that stuck out to me. From the article: "This is one of the...

This is a very weird question, but it has come to my mind and I do wonder what you guys think of this. There is this mostly internet-powered fandom (kingdom of fans) called the furry fandom. The most basic definition of this group can be found in dictionary: "an enthusiast for animal characters...

So, I was reading Ignatius today so that I can say (over time, of course) that I have read the works of the Church Fathers (I know that Ignatius isn't the only Church Father, but I'm starting with the Apostolic Fathers and moving forward), and I was shocked at what Ignatius, who was supposedly...

Sooo... I am currently taking theology classes for a Theology Minor at my university, and one of the classes we had to take was Systematic Theology. It was broken into two classes (1 and 2) and had a lot of reading. Now, going to a Pentecostal college, I knew that I was bound to run into...

Dr. White has a debate upcoming on August 30th on the topic Is the New Testament Evil? (previously to be against Christopher Hitchens, now David Silverman). My question is (and this is posed because I was too lazy to research the issue): what is the thrust of the argument that Silverman...

Hi all, I was confronted with this question during a discussion with a Muslim friends' friend. As a person who believes Christian non-resistance is the most Biblical stance, I was kind of nudged by God to continue the discussion into a fully developed look at whether or not Christians should...