Here’s a video with Maurice Robinson explaining the difference between the Majority Text and the Byzantine Text.
Theology
Translation of John 1:1
I wrote this back in April 2018 for a previous blog, and thought I’d repost it here for today’s post. These are my study notes…
Sean McDowell and Mark Ward: 7 Bad Bible Translations
Today I listened to Mark Ward talk on “7 Bad Bible Translations” in Sean McDowell’s channel. I posted some thoughts on X and copied/reworded some…
Towards a theology of pets (part 1)
…the poor man had nothing except one small ewe lamb that he had bought. He raised her, and she grew up with him and with…
C. S. Lewis on non-Christians
C. S. Lewis describes the life of a saved Christian as a “Christ-life” or “new life”. In his book Mere Christianity, he briefly touches on…
Ilaria Ramelli on Patristic support for “apokatastasis”
This is an excerpt from the first chapter of I. L. E. Ramelli’s work The Christian Doctrine of Apokatastasis: A Critical Assessment from the New…
González on the role of women in Early Church leadership
This is an excerpt from Justo González’s ‘The Story of Christianity vol. 1’ on the role of women in early church leadership: It is clear…
Justified by Grace (Romans 3:23-24)
If I were ever asked to summarize the message of the Bible in one sentence, I would point to Romans 3:23-24: 23 for all have sinned,…
Heiser’s Introduction to the Unseen Realm
I decided to re-read Michael Heiser’s principal work: The Unseen Realm: Recovering the supernatural worldview of the Bible (2015). This book had been in print for a…
Favorite “Dogma” Quotes
This is just a compilation of some of my favorite quotes from “Dogma”. While this is not the most appropriate movie, it’s script has interesting…