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Was Valentinus a highly regarded Christian teacher or a heretic?
Home » The Bible and Beyond » Blog » Valentinus: A Respected Christian Teacher or Heretic? by Mark M. Mattison In previous blog posts, Marko Marina walked us through the amazing story of Valentinus, who inspired a generation of gifted Christian leaders across the Mediterranean. He also introduced us to ‘proto-orthodox’ Christians who marginalized Valentinus and his followers.
Jewish and Christian Women in the Ancient Mediterranean
By Sara Parks, Shayna Sheinfeld, and Meredith J. C. Warren Routledge: 2021. Paperback, 354 pages Reviewed by Mark M. Mattison Jewish and Christian Women in the Ancient Mediterranean is, first and foremost, an undergraduate textbook. However, it will easily appeal to anyone who’s really serious about studying women and gender in the history of Judaism and Christianity.
The Chosen: Fiction, Truth, or in Between? | Bible and Beyond Blog
Home » The Bible and Beyond » Blog » The Chosen: Fiction, Truth, or in Between? Despite its liberties with film-making and fictional details, The Chosen is an engaging and bold reimagining of Jesus and his ministry. by Mark M. Mattison Jesus (Jonathan Roumie) in episode 5 of The Chosen, from The Chosen Press Photos, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikipedia I resisted watching the popular evangelical television series The Chosen for a long time.
The Paul Page
The Paul Page archives are now housed and searchable within Word by Word. We are slowly working on bringing this page back to life. Please bear with us while this page is under construction. This article was originally part of The Paul Page, a site dedicated to academic study of the... Over the last few decades, a revolutionary breakthrough in New Testament scholarship rocked the academic Christian world.
Infancy Gospel of James — Gospels.net
by Mark M. Mattison The following translation has been committed to the public domain and may be freely copied and used, changed or unchanged, for any purpose. It is principally based on the critical Greek text of Émile de Strycker. For information about the surviving manuscripts of the Infancy Gospel of James, see the Manuscript Information page. For additional information about the translation, see the introduction to the PDF version.
What Jesus Learned from Women
By James F. McGrath Cascade Books, 2021 Hardcover, 290 pages Reviewed by Mark Mattison What Jesus Learned from Women, Book Cover Every new book seeking to recover women’s voices in the Bible deserves serious consideration. James McGrath’s new book is an impassioned plea for the Church, including its scholars, to seriously engage the problem of the Bible’s silencing of those voices.
Gospel of Q - Gospels.net
by Mark M. Mattison The following translation has been committed to the public domain and may be freely copied and used, changed or unchanged, for any purpose. Q is the designation given to a hypothetical sayings source that many scholars believe was incorporated into the Gospels of Luke and Matthew. Though some notable scholars have questioned the theory, others have proposed reconstructions of Q based on a careful comparison of New Testament Gospels.
Is the church still important?
When I grew up during the 1950s and ‘60s, church attendance was a given. Oh sure, there were the skeptics and nonbelievers, but they seemed to be in the minority. The Lutheran church my family attended was filled with worshipers on Sunday mornings. My confirmation class was large for such a small community. Teenagers looked forward to Luther League outings and summer camp. What has happened over the past 50 years? The world has changed and Christianity with it.
God's glory is seen in what he has created
A month ago a few friends and I spent a long afternoon visiting Como Zoo and Conservatory.We commented on the incredible diversity of the animal world as we marveled over the stripes of the zebras, the long necks on the giraffes and the antics of the monkeys. Animals had their own special characteristics. "How," I pondered out loud, "Could people not see a creator/designer behind the existence of these animals?"After the animals we visited the butterfly tent.
If you want better government, pray
We have recently passed through a very divisive political campaign. In most elections there are a lot of accusations fired back and forth between candidates. In the end, the vote is close with one candidate receiving a few more percentage points from the ballots cast than the other. Afterward, emotions die down and the hard work of governing begins.Not so much after this election. Emotions remain raw.
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