Don't get me wrong, I have a grudging admiration for Martin Luther, more-so having recently read psychoanalyst Erik Erikson's biogr...

Rodney Stark is author of The Rise of Christianity , a volume with a good deal to recommend itself - at least from the perspective of the ch...

I've just had one of those "duh!" moments. You know, when something completely obvious finally penetrates through your thick s...

As a person with a Lutheran background (somewhat convoluted and sidetracked admittedly, as most people who read this blog know) I found a re...

Hans Kung is a brilliant scholar and among the most perceptive voices in Christendom. Reading his Christianity: Essence, History & Futu...

BBC4 has a recent program on Paul the apostle available online for those with an interest in this pivotal figure. Some mildly interesting d...

Study Bibles: there are the academic ones (Oxford, HarperCollins etc.) and the apologetic ones, and ne'er the twain shall meet. Except p...