The Book of Acts opens with two events of great salvation-historical importance: the going up of Jesus from earth into heaven (the Ascension), and the coming down of the Holy Spirit upon the disciples (Pentecost). Both events are commemorated by Christians in this season of the year. Jesus’s resurrection from the dead inaugurated God’s new beginning, which the New Testament calls “the last days.” . . . . Continue Reading »
David Curtis Steinmetz, one of the leading church historians of our time, died this past November at age 79 on Thanksgiving evening. He spent most of his distinguished academic career at Duke Divinity School, where he was the Ragan Kerns Distinguished Professor Emeritus of the History of . . . . Continue Reading »
Colonialism was one of the factors in the secularization of European politics. Continue Reading »
The church has often looked far more fragile than Islam. Continue Reading »
We have no reason to believe that the current topography of Christianity is permanent. We have good reasons to believe the opposite. Continue Reading »
On church historians missing the main thing. Continue Reading »
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