Amidst all the uncertainty and confusion surrounding the Coronavirus, the early Church can teach Christians today how to love during times of plague. Much like the pandemic that has afflicted the world since its outbreak in Wuhan, China in December of 2019, a plague struck the Roman Empire from about AD 249 to 262. As…
Category: Love
New Book: Early Christian Commentary of the Sermon on the Mount
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,…
The Real Roots of the Emergent Church
Because diversity characterizes the Emergent Church movement, it is difficult to paint everyone in the movement with a broad brush. Some have observed that defining the Emergent Church is like nailing jello to a wall. All participants agree on their disillusionment with the institutional church, but do not all agree on where the church is destined…
The Sabbath
One of the most common questions that a Christian eventually finds themselves asking is how the Sabbath commands of the Old Testament apply to them today. Many Christians teach that we are called to keep the Sabbath as the Old Covenant commands by doing no work on the seventh day of the week (Saturday). The…