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April 2026

April 02, 2026

New Book Affirms John’s Gospel Is Historically Reliable

I've written two books alleging that church fathers got it wrong about Jesus being God...

January 2026

January 09, 2026

Christianity Is Growing in Communist China

Christianity has been growing in China, as well as parts of Southeast Asia, for many...

December 2025

December 10, 2025

Sir Isaac Newton’s Non-Arian Theological Beliefs

Sir Isaac Newton was one of the smartest men who ever lived. He was a...

December 01, 2025

Church Majority on Jesus Being God Doesn’t Make it Right

I have been blogging about Roman Catholic Pope Leo XIV visiting Iznik (formerly Nicaea), Turkey,...

November 2025

November 29, 2025

The Nicene Creed Was Created 1,700 Years Ago and Here’s Why

I have been blogging about the Roman Catholic Church's Pope Leo XIV being in Iznik,...

November 23, 2025

Today is the 1,700th Anniversary of the Nicene Creed

The foremost theological crisis in the history of Christianity occurred in the year 325. It...

August 2025

August 04, 2025

How Do Trinitarians Make It Difficult for Folks to Be Saved?

I was an evangelical, Trinitarian Christian for 22 years. Then I believe God enlightened me...

July 2025

July 20, 2025

Amidst Epstein Files, States Makes Clergy Report Child Abuse

While Trump's MAGA crowd splits about the call for making public the Epstein Files, which...

May 2025

May 30, 2025

Hail to Pope Leo XIV in Calling for Christians to Unite

Mennonite Anabaptists Celebrate Their 500th Anniversary Christian Mennonites are gathering in Zurich, Switzerland, to celebrate...

March 2025

March 05, 2025

Does Vance Affirm Trump’s Illegal Authority Due to a Papacy?

Vice President J. D. Vance is a Catholic who is advocating a very unhealthy fealty...

April 2024

April 12, 2024

Did Polycarp Identify Jesus as “God”?

Trinitarians have scoured the writings of church fathers and seized upon certain portions in them...

March 2022

March 23, 2022

Is Putin a “Defender of Christianity or the Most Evil Man?”

That is what Tim Costello asks in his article published in The Guardian on March...

August 2021

August 30, 2021

A Contrast in Faith Between Jesus Two Apostles: John and Thomas

Jesus chose twelve apostles to accompany him in his ministry, and one of them was...

March 2021

March 25, 2021

More Nones But Fewer Nuns

That is not a typo. Actually, there are fewer nuns. The Roman Catholic Church in...

September 2020

September 26, 2020

Is William Barr’s Belief in Authoritarianism Rooted in the Catholic Papacy?

William Barr was the U.S. Attorney General for two years during the President H. W....

October 2019

October 27, 2019

Did the Early, Local Church Have a “Pastor” as Spiritual Head?

During the early 1970s--nearly fifteen years into my non-formal theological education--I made some considerable changes...

June 2019

June 15, 2019

Should the Church Go Out of Business?

Keith Giles is a terrific writer here at Patheos. He has written a post entitled...

May 2019

May 22, 2019

Should the Catholic Church Abolish the Priesthood?

As everyone knows by now, the reputation of the Roman Catholic Church has been suffering...

November 2017

November 08, 2017

Eric Metaxas Begins the Colangelo Lecture Series

I attend meetings of Pinnacle Forum (pinnacleforum.com). It is centered in Scottsdale, Arizona, where I...

October 2017

October 06, 2017

How to Fact-Check Flaky Theology with the Bible?

In just a few days, on October 29th, many millions of non-Catholic Christians will celebrate...

October 05, 2017

Sir Isaac Newton Was Strongly Anti-Trinitarian

Sir Isaac Newton (1643-1727) is regarded as one of the two greatest physicists and mathematicians...

June 2017

June 04, 2017

Assurance of Salvation by Continuing in Faith and Obedience

(Scriptures are from the NRSV) The Protestant Reformation will celebrate its 500th anniversary this fall....

June 03, 2017

Copts Need to Get It Right about Jesus

In the past almost six months, ISIS has conducted four massacres in Egypt against innocent...

May 2017

May 14, 2017

500 Years Since Martin Luther Hatched His Protestant Plot with 95 Theses

This year will be the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation. This Fall, it will...

April 2017

April 04, 2017

Encircled Meetings: On Earth As It Is In Heaven

How should we sit in church? I think we should sit in a circle or...

March 2017

March 11, 2017

Millenials Are Quitting Church Because It’s Too Parochial

That's not the only reason, but it's an important one. After decades of increasing church...

May 2016

May 19, 2016

Should the Apostles’ Creed Have the Phrase “Descended into Hell”?

Gene Veith has a patheos blog on the Evangelical Channel named Cranach The Blog of...

December 2015

December 20, 2015

Should There Be Church Membership?

Warren Throckmorton posted on December 13 on his Patheos.com blog that Mark Driscoll is involved...

October 2015

October 13, 2015

“Peter’s Kingdom Keys Explain Subsequence”

The following is my first journal article. It was published a few days ago in...

October 03, 2015

I Like Pope Francis, But Will He Like to Toss Me Out on My Ear?

I like this 266th pope--Pope Francis. Who doesn't? He seems to be the best pope...

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