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November 2023

November 02, 2023

List of Sins | Word Studies in Corinthians

List of Sins | Word Studies in Corinthians Last night Rev. Roger Scantlin taught at...

October 2023

October 03, 2023

Origen & Chrysostom on Darkness

Origen & Chrysostom on Darkness As I was praying tonight, listening to my 90-94 playlist, the...

September 2023

September 30, 2023

Guest Post, Ptr. Vernell Ingle | The Ordinances of Fellowship

The Ordinances of Fellowship Acts 2.42-47 In this passage we have a snapshot of what...

July 2023

July 17, 2023

Communion, pt. 11 | Table of Contents

Communion, pt. 11 | Table of Contents Communion Table of Contents (TOC) 1. Introduction and...

July 13, 2023

Communion, pt. 10 | Discussion

Communion, pt. 10 | Discussion For more on Communion in the Early Church from the Archives...

July 10, 2023

Communion, pt. 9 | Sarapion, St. James, and Cyril

Communion, pt. 9 | Sarapion, St. James, and Cyril For more on Communion in the Early...

July 06, 2023

Communion, pt. 8 | Emerging Recognition of the Spirit

Communion, pt. 8 | Emerging Recognition of the Spirit For more on Communion in the Early...

July 03, 2023

Communion, pt. 7 | The Liturgy of SS. Addai and Mari

Communion, pt. 7 | The Liturgy of SS. Addai and Mari For more on Communion in...

June 2023

June 29, 2023

Communion, pt. 6 | Early Influences, Irenaeus and Hippolytus

Communion, pt. 6 | Early Influences, Irenaeus and Hippolytus For more on Communion in the Early...

June 26, 2023

Communion, pt. 5 | Early Influences, Justin Martyr

Communion, pt. 5 | Early Influences, Justin Martyr For more on Communion in the Early Church...

June 22, 2023

Communion, pt. 4 | Early Influences, Didache, Clement of Rome, and Ignatius

Communion, pt. 4 | Early Influences, Didache, Clement of Rome, and Ignatius Didache The Didache...

June 19, 2023

Communion, pt. 3 | Early Influences, Early Church Liturgy

Early Influences, Early Church Liturgy We know the church of Acts practices communion. “1 Cor....

June 15, 2023

Communion, pt. 2 | Early Influences, Chaburah and Berakah

Early Influences There are up to seven actions of the Eucharist in Scripture. However Dom...

June 12, 2023

Communion, pt. 1 | Introduction and Key Themes

Introduction and Key Themes This research flows from an exploratory problem I pursued in partial...

August 2022

August 13, 2022

I’ll take 1 chapter or 2 at a time

I opened up the word directly to Ezra the other day. For some this may...

June 2022

June 19, 2022

a quick historical note on Juneteenth

St. Moses the Black of Ethiopia With all due respect Happy Juneteenth! Morning readings include...

June 05, 2022

Clement & Augustine on Psalm xix, ethics pt. 2

In the previous related piece, I tracked a groundswell of ethics. First, mores (pronounced like...

September 2020

September 19, 2020

Irenaeus of Lyons on Communion

Irenaeus may not offer a theology of re-calling but there is a mystery in the...

September 12, 2020

Justin Martyr on Communion

Which was the more developed position on the role of the elements in conveying the presence...

September 02, 2020

Martin Luther, Justin Martyr, & Heidelberg at “The Table”

In part, this article is based on a paper I wrote a “proposal” for, and...

August 2019

August 06, 2019

John Cassian on Ephesians 4.28

John Cassian is from the East but he descends to the West. When all is...

August 01, 2019

John Cassian on Ephesians 4.26-27

Last week, I explored what could be Hebrew parallelism in Paul's writings to the Primitive...

February 2019

February 06, 2019

Simplicity: on the offer of perfection to the Rich Young Ruler

If thou wilt be perfect. Great enterprises are always left to the free choice of...

January 2019

January 30, 2019

Simplicity: Jerome on the choice of the Rich Young Ruler

This is part of a short series exploring the thoughts of three different Early Church...

January 21, 2019

Simplicity: Origen on the allegiances of the Rich Young Ruler

This is part of a short series exploring what three different Early Church Fathers teach...

January 15, 2019

Simplicity: Clement’s stark conclusions about the Rich Young Ruler

This introduction will serve to set up the blogs for the next couple weeks. I'm...

August 2018

August 20, 2018

A Distinction in Ancient Literature (a/v)

I'm going to share a little bit about the history in the Gospels. We're right...

June 2018

June 27, 2018

Mystery & Wonder, pt. 1: Sensing our need for the supernatural

We're going to pick up with a theme from the last couple of videos, God's...

June 20, 2018

The Trinity: Recognizing Beauty in Doctrine

There is a revealed beauty in the language that God gives us to describe Him,...

May 2018

May 09, 2018

The Call of Ambrose

How do we overcome our reluctance to answer the higher call?