The Wandering Heretic

The Early Church was assumed to have the advantage over the modern Christian in terms of language, culture, and through personal contact or discipleship by the Apostles. I dealt with the issue of language differences and an early Aramaic source for the New Testament here. I discussed some of the cultural gaps here. On this post, I will consider the claim of directly discipleship, or as it is commonly called, Apostolic succession.

The Joshua’s People comic strip series was not meant to just deal with the life of Father McShea but to be extended to the entire parish of St. Joshua Church. As such, it covered everyone living in the geographical region of St. Joshua’s (a concept of community that was destroyed with the invention of the [...]

The Book of Daniel is NBC’s latest and perhaps most controverisal mid-season replacement. I’ve given it three episodes to form my opinion. I don’t think it is the horrific danger that those on the right make it. I just think it is kind of tragic and ill conceived. Just who is this series’ target audience?

I am not certain where “Emergent” church and “Seeker-Sensitive” church starts, leaves off, or even correlates, but recently I am seeing at least some commonality of direction. Just where that direction leads and even it’s advisability is subject to question and evaluation.

There was a wide difference between the ancient Mediterranean peasant culture of which Jesus and the apostles were a part and the Greek culture of the church fathers.

To see prior posts of the Joshua’s People cartoons, click on the Joshua’s People Gallery tab on the side bar. Once in the gallery, you click on the Joshua’s People icon, then click on the individual strip icon, then click on the medium size panel to see the full size cartoon.

There is a common assumption among many conservative Christians that the “Early Church” of the first three centuries (before Constantine) was purer and more accurate in its faith than we are or can be. This circumstance is because the Church of that time supposedly had four great advantages. In relation to the Apostles, the early churches were closer in time, closer in language, and closer in culture. In addition, it is assumed the early churches had a direct line of discipleship and personal contact between them and the Apostles…But lately, I have begun to question at least three of those four assumptions.

To see prior posts of the Joshua’s People cartoons, click on the Joshua’s People Gallery tab on the side bar. Once in the gallery, you click on the Joshua’s People icon, then click on the individual strip icon, then click on the medium size panel to see the full size cartoon.

Brad Stine is probably one of the premier conservative and Christian comedians today. In that, Brad is one of a kind. A native of Indiana, he spent years in Los Angeles developing his career before moving his family to Nashville. He began his career blending comedy and magic, touring college auditoriums and comedy clubs, eventually [...]

To see prior posts of the Joshua’s People cartoons, click on the Joshua’s People Gallery tab on the side bar. Once in the gallery, you click on the Joshua’s People icon, then click on the individual strip icon, then click on the medium size panel to see the full size cartoon.