The NEXT BEST Theory of Easter is Still Pretty Weak

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8h2VLEl1vX8 This video highlights the strength of the historical evidence of Christ’s resurrection by considering an alternative theory: grave theft + hallucinations. It seeks to establish three facts: Then it explores what the best explanation...

The Nicene Creed: Every Word Explained

In this video I offer a word-by-by commentary of the Nicene Creed, the most widely used confession of faith in the Christian world, in honor of its 1700th anniversary. If you watch this video to...

Universalism in Church History is a Fascinating Story

John Wycliffe’s Bible: Correcting a False Narrative

It’s often claimed that translations of the Bible into the vernacular languages of medieval Europe weren’t really opposed within the church because there are a few examples of such translations prior to the Reformation. But...

Sola Scriptura in the 15th Century? The Forgotten Testimony of Wessel Gansfort

One of the most common caricatures of Protestantism is that sola Scriptura—the doctrine that Scripture is the church’s only infallible rule—was invented during the Protestant Reformation. Certainly, the term sola Scriptura was new, with the...

Jerome on the Development of the Monoepiscopacy

Jerome’s commentary on Titus 1:5 contains an important testimony about the development of the monoepiscopacy in the early church (in addition to various statements in his letters). Since this passage is not found easily in...

What Does it Mean to be “Deep in History?”

In response to a recent Facebook post on sola Scriptura, my friend Erick Ybarra put out a thoughtful response. As always it is worth reading and pondering at length — which I will continue to...

The Fascinating Story of Patristic Baptism(s)

One of the things that I emphasized in my video on baptism in the early church a few months back is how fascinatingly different much patristic baptismal practice is from all churches today. Three-year catechetical...

Debate: Is the Orthodox Church the Only One True Church? (With Father Patrick Ramsey)

I very much enjoyed this debate with Father Patrick Ramsey on whether the Orthodox Church is the only true church. Here it is, if you haven’t seen it yet. Thanks to John for hosting. You...