Category: Course Reveries
American Christians vote for Emperor Constantine [Course Reverie]
This last week our class had an extended conversation about the negative or positive benefits of Emperor Constantine becoming extremely supportive of Christianity in the Roman Empire. The question at play always becomes, “Should Christians […]
Christian Persecution & Persecution in America [Course Reverie]
This week our course focused on the ten persecutions against Christians by the Roman government throughout the first three centuries. Often it is stated Christians need to calm down with their ideas of grand persecution […]
Bishops, Tradition, & Scripture [Course Reverie]
This week’s class centered on the importance of tradition in the early catholic church. This use of the word “catholic” does not imply the Roman Catholic Church, rather it is refers to the churches throughout […]
Reading the Bible Origen-ly [Course Reverie]
As our class on early church history continues, we focused most of our night on the person and work of Origen. A fascinating character in the early church. He was one of the first exegetes […]
Beginning with History & Identity [Course Reverie]
This last week began classes at Northern Seminary, and the class for my MANT cohort this fall quarter is over the first half of Christianity’s history. Dr. Nassif, our teacher, will place a strong emphasis […]
Common Thought 