A Sense of the Sacred: Duane W.H. Arnold, PhD
A Sense of the Sacred It seems to me that we have lost a sense of the sacred. What I mean by this is that those who identified themselves as Christians through most of...
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Revisiting the Medieval Church: Duane W.H. Arnold, PhD
Revisiting the Medieval Church Church History spans the continuum of two thousand years. As one who has taught and researched this specific field for over four decades, one thing has become abundantly clear to...
New Movie About “The Jesus Music” Premiers
The L.A. Times has an excellent article today about the new movie about Calvary Chapel and the “Jesus Music”. I haven’t seen the movie…but so far, neither the articles and the trailer have mentioned...
Priorities: Duane W.H. Arnold, PhD
Priorities It was always the same. Whenever I taught a course on Early Church History, I began the first lecture with the following paragraph: “From the time of the apostles until the time of...
Witness: Duane W.H. Arnold, PhD
Witness A charge was given to the early disciples in the Book of Acts. “You shall be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria and to the end of the earth”. ...
No Alternative Truth: Duane W.H. Arnold, PhD
No Alternative Truth A worrying aspect of the current era is that facts no longer seem to matter. Additionally, the evidence which lies behind facts is suspect, even if we have seen the evidence...
Thinking About Augustine: Duane W.H. Arnold, PhD
Thinking About Augustine I’ve always considered Augustine to be a modern man. This is partly owing to his intellectual rigor, but also owing to the sweep of his life. Born about 354, he would...
Finding Church (Conclusions): Duane W.H. Arnold, PhD
Finding Church (Conclusions) It is generally agreed that the Revelation of St. John was most likely written in the last decade of the first century. It seems to be addressed in the first instance...
Finding Church (Part Four):Duane W.H. Arnold, PhD
Finding Church (Part Four) In 1920 in eastern Syria, British soldiers discovered the garrison town of Dura-Europos which had been destroyed after a siege in AD 256. Archaeological excavations continued over the course of...
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