The Life of Karl Barth: The Red Pastor of Safenwil 1909-1921 (Part 2) (April 21, 2018)

In part one of The Life of Karl Barth series, I discussed Karl Barth's early life from his birth in 1886 until he left the University of Marburg and his pastoral work in Geneva in 1911. In part two, I will discuss the next ten years in Barth's life when […]

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Defending the Arch-Heretic Marcion of Sinope (January 3, 2015)

Marcion of Sinope (source: wikipedia) Marcion of Sinope (c. 85—160) is the Arch-Heretic according to the universal consensus of the [early] Church. Marcion (pronounced "Martian") is an alien to the Christian Church, but not because he is a green extraterrestrial from Mars. Marcion is the greatest heretic of all time, even greater than […]

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The Agape (Love Feasts) in Early Christianity (February 11, 2013)

The New Testament contains cryptic verses about the common meal referred to as a "Love Feast" or Agapae around the Lord's Supper. The following post is a collection of Patristic, Historian and Scripture references to the Common Meal. Here are a few examples, with Jude 12 being the most clear […]

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