FACTS
By Stephen Boyce
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FACTS is a podcast that was started by Dr. Stephen Boyce from Greenville, South Carolina. The primary focus of this program is to cover historical content about the early church Fathers, the Apocryphal accounts, the canon, textual criticism, and the scripture itself. Most episodes are co-hosted by Pat May, among other special guests who are invited on the program.
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Baptism Through the Eyes of St. Ambrose
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Jun 06, 2026 |
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How Protestants Misread Paul's Doctrine of the Church
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May 30, 2026 |
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Which Religion Has the Best Historical Case?
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May 23, 2026 |
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How Protestants Misunderstand Paul
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May 17, 2026 |
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Learning to Swim the Tiber
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May 14, 2026 |
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Was the Pope Hidden in Ignatius’ Letter to Rome?
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May 09, 2026 |
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The Making of the Rosary
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May 02, 2026 |
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Was Augustine Catholic or Calvinist?
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Apr 25, 2026 |
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John Calvin’s Dilemma: The Church is Ancient, Universal… and ‘Corrupt’?
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Apr 18, 2026 |
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Anglican Patrimony Is Catholic Again: England’s Lost Tradition Returns Through the Ordinariate
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Apr 10, 2026 |
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From Supper to Resurrection: Walking Through Holy Week
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Apr 03, 2026 |
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Septuagint vs Hebrew Bible: The Old Testament You Thought You Knew
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Mar 28, 2026 |
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The Jewish Canon Wasn’t Settled—Here’s the Evidence
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Mar 21, 2026 |
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Where Gavin Ortlund’s History of Icons Goes Wrong
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Mar 18, 2026 |
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The Making of the Septuagint
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Mar 15, 2026 |
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The Heretic Who Tried to Rewrite Christianity: The Story of Marcion
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Mar 07, 2026 |
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Reconsidering the Resurrection Narratives
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Mar 02, 2026 |
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A Letter from the Second Century That Shames Modern Christianity
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Feb 21, 2026 |
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Dust and Development: The Historical Roots of Ash Wednesday
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Feb 18, 2026 |
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Sola Traditio (Tradition Alone): The Missing Sola of the Reformation
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Feb 15, 2026 |
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Did the Church Condemn Origen—or Origenism?
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Feb 10, 2026 |
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The Reliability of the Pastoral Epistles (1–2 Timothy, Titus) | Full Interview
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Feb 01, 2026 |
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Excommunicated: How Pope Pius V Declared Queen Elizabeth I a Heretic
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Jan 24, 2026 |
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The Battle for 2 Peter: How a Disputed Epistle Entered the Canon
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Jan 17, 2026 |
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Pope Paul III and the Excommunication of King Henry VIII
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Jan 10, 2026 |
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Martin Luther and Pope Leo X: Authority, Reform, and Schism
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Jan 03, 2026 |
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Not Accretions: Infant Baptism & Icons Are Apostolic—A Catholic & Orthodox Response to Gavin Ortlund
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Jan 01, 2026 |
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The Deathbed Restoration of Napoleon by Pope Pius VII
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Dec 27, 2025 |
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Icons and the Incarnation: The Theology of Nicaea II
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Dec 24, 2025 |
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The Seven Ecumenical Councils, Part 6: Constantinople III (680-681)
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Dec 20, 2025 |
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Kirk Cameron, Hell, and the Church Fathers
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Dec 14, 2025 |
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The Seven Ecumenical Councils, Part 5: Constantinople II (553)
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Dec 06, 2025 |
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Catholics and Orthodox Reuniting? A Historic Step Toward Unity
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Nov 30, 2025 |
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How Christians Misunderstand Israel: Antisemitism, Anti-Zionism & Dispensationalism
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Nov 24, 2025 |
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The Seven Ecumenical Councils, Part 4: Chalcedon (451)
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Nov 16, 2025 |
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Did the Vatican Just Clarify Mary’s Role in Salvation?
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Nov 09, 2025 |
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Stop Saying “We Don’t Have Priests”—Scripture and History Disagree
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Nov 02, 2025 |
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The Seven Ecumenical Councils, Part 3: Ephesus (431)
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Oct 26, 2025 |
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What Is the Anglican Ordinariate—and Should Anglicans Join It?
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Oct 19, 2025 |
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The Cadaver Synod: When a Dead Pope Stood Trial
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Oct 13, 2025 |
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The Seven Ecumenical Councils, Part 2: Constantinople (381)
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Oct 05, 2025 |
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The Seven Ecumenical Councils, Part I: Nicaea (325)
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Sep 27, 2025 |
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Questions to Ask Before You Switch Church Denominations
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Sep 22, 2025 |
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We Are At War: St. Michael, Defend Us In Battle!
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Sep 14, 2025 |
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The Vatican Embraces LGBTQ+ Pilgrims in St. Peter’s Basilica
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Sep 08, 2025 |
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Where Should I Begin My Study of Church History?
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Sep 01, 2025 |
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The Third Temple & Bible Prophecy
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Aug 24, 2025 |
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Isaiah’s Virgin: Was It Mary or Someone Else?
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Aug 17, 2025 |
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Why Isn’t the Book of Enoch in the Bible?
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Aug 10, 2025 |
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Once Saved, Always Saved? The Apostolic Fathers Say No
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Aug 03, 2025 |
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John Saw the Bodily Assumed Mary
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Jul 28, 2025 |
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The 144,000 Are Not Ethnic Jews
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Jul 21, 2025 |
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Pelagius Refutes Gavin Ortlund’s Claim About Augustine and Infant Baptism
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Jul 14, 2025 |
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The Communion of Saints
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Jul 07, 2025 |
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On Earth as It Is in Heaven: How the Book of Revelation Shapes Our Liturgy
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Jun 30, 2025 |
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The Fundamentalist “Old-Time Religion” Wasn’t Old Enough for Me
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Jun 23, 2025 |
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No, the Apostles Weren’t Made Up!
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Jun 16, 2025 |
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From Sinai to the Spirit: The History of Pentecost
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Jun 09, 2025 |
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Did Paul Write the Pastoral Epistles?
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Jun 02, 2025 |
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Dancing with Heretics: Why Some Modern Protestants Are Embracing Ancient Heresies
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May 26, 2025 |
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From Scrolls to Codex: The Rise of the Fourfold Gospel
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May 19, 2025 |
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Pope Leo XIV and the Road Ahead for the Catholic Church
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May 12, 2025 |
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Is the Bible Open to Personal Interpretation?
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May 05, 2025 |
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The Next Successor: Who Will Follow Pope Francis?
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Apr 26, 2025 |
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Four Witnesses, One Resurrection
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Apr 20, 2025 |
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One of Rome’s First Architects: The Story of St. Anacletus
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Apr 14, 2025 |
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Will the Real Ignatius Please Stand Up? Evaluating the Recensions with Ignatian Scholar Jack Bull
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Apr 07, 2025 |
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Give Back To The Church Her Ancient Strength
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Mar 30, 2025 |
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Did Ignatius Believe Jesus was God in the Flesh?
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Mar 17, 2025 |
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Was the Bishopric a Creation of the Eastern Churches? A Response to James White
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Mar 10, 2025 |
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Purgatory Is For Real: An Interview with Dr. Karlo Broussard
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Mar 03, 2025 |
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Romephobia: Overcoming the Fear of Looking Too Catholic
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Feb 24, 2025 |
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The Fundamentalists Got It Half Right on Sexual Purity
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Feb 18, 2025 |
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Rome & the Apostolic Sees: Who Leads the Church?
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Feb 10, 2025 |
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The Blessed Virgin Mary in Anglican Theology (Part 2)
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Feb 03, 2025 |
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The Blessed Virgin Mary in Anglican Theology (Part 1)
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Jan 27, 2025 |
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Liturgy and the Canon: A Deeper Look at Sacred Texts
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Jan 20, 2025 |
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Malachi's Foretelling of Eucharist Worship in the Church
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Jan 13, 2025 |
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Is Peter the “Rock” in Matthew 16?: A Response to Dr. Gavin Ortlund
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Jan 06, 2025 |
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How Would the Ancient Church View Today’s Evangelicalism?
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Dec 30, 2024 |
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Legend or Legacy? Examining the Prayer of Manasseh
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Dec 24, 2024 |
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Daniel Unveiled: Canon, Apocrypha, and Controversy
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Dec 17, 2024 |
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Psalm 151: Inspired Scripture or Apocryphal Mystery?
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Dec 11, 2024 |
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Which Version of Esther is the Original?
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Dec 02, 2024 |
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Does the Bible Teach the Need for Church Councils?
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Nov 27, 2024 |
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The New Testament’s Superiority to the Qur’ān
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Nov 18, 2024 |
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The King James Version Is Not A Good Translation For Baptists
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Nov 12, 2024 |
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High Church vs Low Church
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Nov 05, 2024 |
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Will There Ever Be "One Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church" Again?
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Oct 28, 2024 |
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Perpetua and Felicitas: The Martyrdom of Two Early Christian Women
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Oct 23, 2024 |
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Planet Narnia: An Interview with Dr. Michael Ward
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Oct 14, 2024 |
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Should the Epistle of Barnabas be Considered a Part of the Biblical Canon?
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Oct 07, 2024 |
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From Baptist to Anglican
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Sep 23, 2024 |
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Should Christians Read From The Shepherd of Hermas?
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Sep 17, 2024 |
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Why The Early Christians Crossed Themselves and Why We Should Too
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Sep 10, 2024 |
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Paul's Long-Lost Letter to the Laodiceans
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Sep 02, 2024 |
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Tolkien’s Faith: A Spiritual Biography
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Aug 29, 2024 |
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Is There An Error In Mark 2:26?
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Aug 27, 2024 |
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Does the Filioque Belong In The Nicene Creed?
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Aug 20, 2024 |
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Liturgical Worship vs Contemporary Worship
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Aug 17, 2024 |
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Why Did The Early Church Baptize Babies?
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Aug 13, 2024 |
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Anglicans And Catholics Entering Full Communion?
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Aug 06, 2024 |
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Was John's Gospel a Group Effort?
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Jul 30, 2024 |
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Does God Ever Permit Divorce and Remarriage?
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Jul 23, 2024 |
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Do Early Writings Help Us Know What Jesus Looked Like?
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Jul 16, 2024 |
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The Church in England Before Augustine of Canterbury
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Jul 13, 2024 |
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In the House of Tom Bombadil
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Jul 09, 2024 |
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How Do We Know What Jesus Actually Said?
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Jul 03, 2024 |
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The ACNA Has Its New Archbishop!
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Jun 25, 2024 |
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The First Council of Constantinople: The Beginnings of Schism
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Jun 19, 2024 |
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Does the Doxology of the Lord's Prayer Belong in Matthew?
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Jun 11, 2024 |
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Did the Catholic Church Create the Bible?
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Jun 08, 2024 |
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The Missionary Journeys of Paul: Part 1
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Jun 01, 2024 |
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Augustine of Canterbury: The Beginnings of the Church of England?
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May 29, 2024 |
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The Sacraments: The Anointing of the Sick and Confession
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May 25, 2024 |
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There Are No More Apostles: A Response to Greg Locke's New "Apostleship"
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May 20, 2024 |
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Reviewing Chiefs Kicker Harrison Butker's Controversial Graduation Speech
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May 18, 2024 |
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The Sacraments: Ordination and Marriage
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May 11, 2024 |
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Does the Gospel of Thomas Now Have Validity?
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May 08, 2024 |
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The Disastrous Ending to the United Methodist Church
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May 07, 2024 |
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The Sacraments: Baptism, Confirmation, and Eucharist
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May 04, 2024 |
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The Sacraments: What Are They and Why Do We Need Them?
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Apr 27, 2024 |
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Melchizedek and the Last Supper
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Apr 20, 2024 |
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How Did the Early Church View Abortion?
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Apr 13, 2024 |
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Is Local Church Autonomy Biblical and Historical?
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Apr 06, 2024 |
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How Could Peter Report the Crucifixion If He Was Not There?
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Mar 30, 2024 |
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The Athanasian Creed
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Mar 23, 2024 |
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Jesus is the Donkey King: Did Matthew Get it Right?
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Mar 16, 2024 |
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The Nicene Creed
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Mar 10, 2024 |
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The Apostles' Creed
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Mar 05, 2024 |
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Is Mary the Mother of God? An Examination of the Council of Ephesus
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Feb 27, 2024 |
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What Makes a Person a Heretic?
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Feb 24, 2024 |
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Creeds and Contending for the Faith
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Feb 18, 2024 |
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The Rise and Fall of the Church of England
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Feb 03, 2024 |
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A Call for Clergy to Bless Christian Marriages
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Jan 23, 2024 |
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An Unexpected Journey: Our Story to Anglicanism
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Jan 22, 2024 |
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New Developments from the Vatican: Hell, Same-Sex Blessings, and a Sexually Explicit Book
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Jan 20, 2024 |
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Priestesses and Deaconesses
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Jan 14, 2024 |
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The Letters of Ignatius: To the Church at Smyrna and to Bishop Polycarp
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Jan 10, 2024 |
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The Evolution of the Gospel of Matthew
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Jan 06, 2024 |
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A Homily for the New Year
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Jan 01, 2024 |
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Pope Francis and the Blessing of Same-Sex Couples
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Dec 27, 2023 |
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A Church Father Christmas Medley
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Dec 25, 2023 |
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Recovering the Ancient Office of Deacon
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Dec 19, 2023 |
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The Letters of Ignatius: To the Romans and the Philadelphians
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Dec 15, 2023 |
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The Letters of Ignatius: To the Ephesians, Magnesians, and Trallians
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Dec 10, 2023 |
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The Apostle Judas Thaddeus
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Dec 03, 2023 |
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The Baptist Trail of Blood Myth: The Rise of the Baptist Church
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Nov 22, 2023 |
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The Life, Ministry, and Death of the Apostle John
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Nov 18, 2023 |
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The Baptist Trail of Blood Myth: Paulicians, Albigensians, and Waldensians
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Nov 12, 2023 |
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The Baptist Trail of Blood Myth: Montanism, Novatianism, and Donatism
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Nov 05, 2023 |
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Sabbath or Sunday: What Day Did the Early Church Gather?
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Oct 15, 2023 |
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Judas Iscariot the Traitor
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Oct 07, 2023 |
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The Churches Did Not Accept Anonymous Gospels
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Oct 03, 2023 |
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The Apostle Bartholomew/Nathaniel
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Sep 24, 2023 |
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What Star Wars Can Teach Us About Apostolic Succession
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Sep 16, 2023 |
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The Legacy of Saint Peter
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Sep 10, 2023 |
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Simon the Zealot
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Sep 02, 2023 |
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Parables and the Reliability of the Synoptic Gospels
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Aug 27, 2023 |
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Sola Scriptura is Dead
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Aug 19, 2023 |
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James the Great: The First of the Apostolic Martyrs
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Aug 13, 2023 |
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How the Devil Won Western Evangelical Churches
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Aug 11, 2023 |
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The Apostle Matthew: Tax Collector, Gospel Writer, and Church Planter
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Aug 07, 2023 |
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Was Matthias Actually One of the Twelve?
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Jul 29, 2023 |
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The Patron Saint of India: The Apostle Thomas
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Jul 22, 2023 |
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The Life, Ministry, and Death of the Apostle Andrew
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Jul 16, 2023 |
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Did the Council of Nicaea Choose our Four Gospels?
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Jul 12, 2023 |
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Why Were There Twelve Apostles?
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Jul 10, 2023 |
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The Early Church Battled the Prosperity Gospel Long Before Us
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Jul 05, 2023 |
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What Did the Churches of Paul Look Like 100 Years After Him?
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Jul 02, 2023 |
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A Villain or a Victim?: An Overview of the Gospel of Judas
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Jun 24, 2023 |
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The Early Church Fathers on Women Clergy
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Jun 18, 2023 |
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The Apostle John's Approach to Dealing with a Student Who Walked Away From the Church
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Jun 12, 2023 |
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Is Colossians a Pauline Forgery?
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Jun 04, 2023 |
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Would Christ Ever Shut Down One of His Churches?
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May 29, 2023 |
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The Life and Letter of Polycarp of Smyrna
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May 24, 2023 |
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Andy Stanley is Wrong About the Origins of the Bible
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May 21, 2023 |
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Did Standards of Dress, Food Choices, and Entertainment Set Early Christianity Apart From Pagan Culture?
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May 19, 2023 |
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Did the Council of Nicaea Create the Doctrine of the Trinity?
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May 14, 2023 |
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3 Reasons Apologetics is Failing
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May 07, 2023 |
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The Didache: A First Century Look at the Apostolic Churches
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May 03, 2023 |
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Did Jesus Write an Epistle to King Abgar of Edessa?
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Apr 23, 2023 |
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Is Ephesians a Pauline Forgery?
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Apr 22, 2023 |
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2 Corinthians: Seeing the Heart of Paul through Paper and Ink
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Apr 15, 2023 |
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Clement of Rome: A Friend of Peter and Paul
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Apr 10, 2023 |
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Is First Corinthians Actually Second Corinthians?
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Apr 03, 2023 |
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The Early Bishops Saved the Apostolic Texts from Corruption
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Mar 30, 2023 |
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Irenaeus and the Guardians of the Apostolic Texts and Traditions
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Mar 25, 2023 |
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Ignatius of Antioch: A Friend of the Apostles
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Mar 18, 2023 |
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How Should Christians React to Divine Hiddenness/Silence?
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Mar 16, 2023 |
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Gaps of Divine Silence: A Response to Divine Hiddenness
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Mar 11, 2023 |
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Did the Gospel Writers Steal the Jesus Story from the Romulus Myth?
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Feb 26, 2023 |
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3 John: The Elder to the Beloved Gaius
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Feb 12, 2023 |
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2 John: The Elder to the Elect Kyria
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Feb 06, 2023 |
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The Nameless Epistle of First John
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Jan 31, 2023 |
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The Epistle to Diognetus: An Early Defense of Christianity
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Jan 21, 2023 |
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1 Peter, A Fisherman's Epistle?
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Dec 17, 2022 |
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The Debatable Status of 2 Peter
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Dec 03, 2022 |
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"Out with the New and in with the Old" Investigating the Major Issues of the Modern Church
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Nov 19, 2022 |
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Who Wrote the Book of Hebrews?
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Oct 24, 2022 |
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How Many Isaiahs Wrote the Book of Isaiah?
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Oct 18, 2022 |
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The Book of Revelation: Spurious or Scripture?
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Sep 10, 2022 |
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The Disputed Book of James
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Aug 31, 2022 |
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Jude's Debatable Status in the Early Church
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Jul 10, 2022 |
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Did Paul or Tertius Write Romans?
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Jun 21, 2022 |
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Exploring Pauline Authorship in the Pastoral Epistles
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Jun 13, 2022 |
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Acts, Luke's Eyewitness Account of the Apostles
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May 31, 2022 |
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John, Peter's Friendly Competition
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May 23, 2022 |
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The Making of John's Gospel
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May 14, 2022 |
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Luke, the Physician that Made History
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Apr 30, 2022 |
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Luke, Paul's Personal Historian
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Apr 22, 2022 |
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Exploring the Details of a Tax Collector's Eyewitness Account
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Apr 02, 2022 |
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Exploring the Potential of Two Matthew Accounts
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Mar 21, 2022 |
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Mark, the Scribe of Peter's Gospel
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Mar 12, 2022 |
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Papias and the Eyewitnesses
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Mar 08, 2022 |
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Should 1 Enoch Be Considered Canonical?
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Jan 17, 2022 |
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Can a Man Get His Theology from a Woman?
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Jan 11, 2022 |
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Did the Writer of Hebrews Utilize the Apocrypha?
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Nov 30, 2021 |
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A Story of Deconstruction
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Nov 29, 2021 |
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Is the Gospel of Thomas Orthodox?
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Sep 14, 2021 |
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Is Socrates a Myth?
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Aug 31, 2021 |
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Did the Cross of Jesus Speak?: A Study of the Gospel of Peter
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Aug 24, 2021 |