My new book, Early Christian Commentary on the Sermon on the Mount, is now available. From the description: What the world needs today is not a new definition of Christianity, but a present-day demonstration of Christianity. Rather than re-define Christianity to accommodate our present generation, we must re-discover Christianity from the apostolic generation. In this regard,…
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A Challenge from the Early Christians for John Piper and Jerry Falwell, Jr.
From the writings of the early Christians, I will in this article present a public challenge for John Piper and Jerry Falwell Jr. Both of these high-profile professing Christians have made recent statements about a very important issue. Piper has rightly criticized Falwell’s anti-Christ encouragement for students to get concealed carry gun permits to teach Muslims a lesson. But…
Today’s Legalists and Pharisees
Who are Today’s Legalists and Pharisees? Lately, there have been many articles in professing Christian publications which address legalism. And most associate today’s “legalists” (whoever they are) with the Pharisees of Jesus’ day. Because Jesus had the most conflict with the Pharisees in his earthly ministry, we ought to take heed that we are not in their “legalistic”…
Will the Real Heretics Please Stand Up – DVD
DVD NOW AVAILABLE. This 90 minute documentary, Will the Real Heretics Please Stand Up: A New Look at Today’s Evangelical Church in the Light of Early Christianity, is a fascinating overview of the early Christians (A.D. 90 – 299): Who they were. How they lived. What they believed. And how the Christianity of that era was lost. This eye-opening…
The Olivet Discourse
Jesus teaching known as the Olivet Discourse is recorded in the Synoptic Gospels: Matthew 24, Luke 21, Mark 13. Many scholars will look for a future fulfillment of the predictions Jesus made in the Olivet Discourse. However, a partial preterist view better fits the general context of the destruction of Jerusalem and the temple which…