History

“Norwegian historic writing has not adequately addressed the affect of Christianity on societal developments,” Helje Kringlebotn Sødal says. She is a professor of the historical past of concepts and Christianity on the College of Agder (UiA). This critique is supported by Knut Dørum, one other historical past professor at UiA: “Historians have missed the position of Christianity....

Immediately marks the primary of 4 Sundays historically celebrated by the church because the season of Creation. And with dwell nativity shows, Christmas performs, and Creation calendars you’d be forgiven for those who thought that Creation was solely concerning the start of Jesus. However there’s extra to Creation than the Bethlehem steady. Traditionally, the...

By Michael Gryboski, Mainline Church Editor Sunday, December 03, 2023All through the intensive historical past of the Church, there have been quite a few occasions of lasting significance.Every week brings anniversaries of spectacular milestones, unforgettable tragedies, superb triumphs, memorable births and notable deaths.Among the occasions drawn from over 2,000 years of historical...

“Historical past has been invaded by God in Christ in such a means that nothing can keep because it was. All phrases of human group and conduct have been altered on the deepest ranges.” This description from scholar David Bentley Hart on the affect of the Christian message was borne out visibly and conspicuously in early...

Within the early 2000s, psychology professor Warren Throckmorton spent a lot of his spare time running a blog about his tutorial work — particularly his transfer in 2005 from supporting so-called reparative remedy and the ex-gay motion to believing makes an attempt to alter individuals’s sexuality have been flawed. Then David Barton modified his life. Starting in 2011,...

By Joseph Mattera, Op-ed Contributor Saturday, December 02, 2023In response to Hebrews 2:10, all issues come from, to, and thru Jesus. This has huge implications for the way we must always view the aim of humanity and creation. Consequently, Jesus is the metanarrative of the cosmos, not simply the Gospels. Each individual’s story...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Parishioners and buddies commemorated the centennial of the Christian Pentecostal Church (CPC) with a celebratory dinner on the Hilton Backyard Inn, a gala occasion inclusive of some 450 congregants and buddies.The particular night that paid tribute to the Harmony church, it’s clergy and founders, was full of camaraderie, neighborhood spirit...

Portrait of Thomas Jefferson by Gilbert Stuart, c. 1821. (Picture courtesy of Wikipedia/Artistic Commons)(RNS) — Within the early 2000s, psychology professor Warren Throckmorton spent a lot of his spare time running a blog about his tutorial work — particularly his transfer in 2005 from supporting so-called reparative remedy and the ex-gay motion to...

In maybe the least stunning information of the week main as much as the 49ers and Eagles NFC championship recreation rematch, 49ers working again Christian McCaffrey is approaching NFL historical past.One week after he set the 49ers franchise report for dashing touchdowns when he posted his eleventh of the season in a Week 12...

Are evangelicals and Orthodox allies within the religion? Whereas each confess the Nicene Creed, Orthodoxy’s smaller inhabitants in America stays obscure to most US believers, particularly when put next with Catholics. Many consider Orthodoxy as a nominal faith with empty cathedrals in Japanese Europe and Russia. But there may be additionally an consciousness of not-insignificant numbers...