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  • James The Righteous

    The History Of The Church Eusebius (AD 260-339) Book 2, Section 23 - "The martyrdom of James 'the Lord's brother'"When Paul appealed to Caesar and was sent to Rome by Festus, the Jews were disappointed of the hope in whi…

  • The Goose Is Cooked

    John Huss (1369-1411), originally spelled "Jan Hus" was a precursor to the prominent Reformers of the 16th century. His town of origin was known as Husinec, but he shortened his name to simply "Hus" which meant "goose"…

  • Happy Reformation Day!

    Martin Luther At the Diet Of Worms - 1521 "Since your majesty and your lordships desire a simple reply, I willanswer without horns and without teeth. Unless I am convicted byscripture and plain reason--I do not accept t…

  • Contemporary Puritans

    Been familiarizing myself with the puritans little by little. To share, I thought it might help to draw some analogies between them and some contemporary figures. If any of them seems curious to you, their writings and…

  • Tolle Lege! [KJV]

    In my post The History of The English Bible on 6/26, I linked to a number of lectures. I'm still reading through them in my spare time. But I came across an excerpt that reinforces some of my recent notions regarding t…

  • The History of The English Bible

    In choosing an english bible translation for yourself, I would recommend How To Choose A Bible Translation by R.L. Thomas. It provides a concise history and comparison of the available english translations of the bible.…

  • Reproducting Historical Voices

    Japanese labs reconstructed the voices of davinci and mona lisa by examining their facial and skeletal features. They're just an approximation, but wow, they sound pretty good. What would be great is if they could do…

  • Jeff showed me a book on the Biblical content of the written Chinese language once, and my mom told me she learned about it a before too. But I'm still slightly skeptical about the historical veracity of some of the cla…

  • They just stumbled upon an ancient Roman Christian church site in Armageddon near some prison in Israel. Mosiacs of fish and the name of Jesus Christ. Pretty neat. Someone with better ancient greek skills translate th…

  • Eternal Treasure

    just watched national treasure. i never thought about comparing it to the da vinci code, but jennard mentioned that the premises sound much alike. and considering the timing of the release, the movie probably rode on t…

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