Holy Week 2022: Duane W.H. Arnold, PhD
Holy Week 2022 It has been known by many names through the centuries. It has been called the Great Week, the Week of Forgiveness and the Week of the Holy Passion. We know it...
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The New Testament Canon: Duane W.H. Arnold, PhD
The New Testament Canon I’ve always admired Harold Attridge as a scholar and interpreter of the New Testament. I think this is because of his singular ability to place the New Testament writings within...
Dreams of Empire: Duane W.H. Arnold, PhD
Dreams of Empire As a church historian specializing in the fourth century of the Christian era, I’ve had to deal with two eras that are noticeably different. One is the pre-Constantinian Church and the...
Just War Theory: Duane W.H. Arnold, PhD
Just War Theory We watch the shells fall on Ukraine, often in real time. Mass graves are prepared for civilian casualties and then filled with the innocent victims of the war. Hospitals are bombed. ...
John Keble – Simple Things: Duane W.H. Arnold, PhD
John Keble – Simple Things One of my church history heroes is the nineteenth century poet and priest, John Keble. As some will know, he was a part of the Oxford Movement that sought...
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...
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...
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