The First – Fourth Century – Conflicts With Judaism and With Rome

The First Century – Conflicts With Judaism & With Rome Justification is not by law-keeping but by faith in Jesus Christ alone (Romans chapters 3-8, Galatians) We have died to the Law (Romans 7:1-6, Galatians 2:19) If we go back under the Law we are cut off from Christ (Galatians 5:1-11) The Law no longer […]

When Nations Die

    Introduction I would like to return to this important theme by summarizing the significant work by Jim Nelson Black in his book When Nations Die. When we look at three thousand years of history, we observe that civilizations rise but eventually fall and die. The history of the world is the history of nations […]

A Question of Authority

You probably remember the story of Jesus and the centurion, right? It’s a fairly popular story told in Christian circles because of the celebration Jesus makes of the man’s faith. And it was truly worth celebrating, by any standard. But I think that most of us don’t realize just how big of a deal it […]

PERGAMOS: A Church with Compromise (Rev. 2:12-17)

12 And to the angel of the church in Pergamos write, ‘These things says He who has the sharp two-edged sword: 13 “I know your works, and where you dwell, where Satan’s throne is. And you hold fast to My name, and did not deny My faith even in the days in which Antipas was […]

The Dark Ages to the Renaissance 500 to 1500 AD

Iconoclastic Conflict Related to Church-State conflict 726 -843 AD LaTourette pages 292-297 Emperors (Leo etc.) against icons in worship Clergy, particularly Greek clergy, were for icons in worship, also women in favour of… Icons a popular way of instructing the illiterate but became objects of veneration 2nd commandment was against images… Pro-icons – sense of historical faith Against […]

Three Main Creeds of Christianity

Constantine Creeds and Traditions Around 325-500AD Constantine Roman Emperor – Caesar Flavius Valerius Aurelius Constantinus Augustus (27 February c. 272 – 22 May 337), commonly known in English as Constantine I, Constantine the Great, or (among Eastern Orthodox, Coptic Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox and Byzantine Catholic Christians) Saint Constantine (/’kɒnstɛntaɪn/), was Roman emperor from 306, and […]

Interesting Church History 1st to 4th Century

  The First Century – Conflicts With Judaism & With Rome Justification is not by law-keeping but by faith in Jesus Christ alone (Romans chapters 3-8, Galatians) We have died to the Law (Romans 7:1-6, Galatians 2:19) If we go back under the Law we are cut off from Christ (Galatians 5:1-11) The Law no […]

Crucifixion of Jesus Christ

Crucifixion Details Crucifixion is an ancient method of painful execution in which the condemned person is tied or nailed to a large wooden cross (of various shapes) and left to hang until dead. The term comes from the Latin crucifixio (“fixing to a cross”, from the prefix cruci-, from crux (“cross”),  + verb figere, “fix […]