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The Seven Female Saints of Rome’s Ancient Eucharistic Prayer

2

Perpetua and Felicity: The Prison Diary of Two Female Martyrs

3

The Chair of St. Peter: From Moses’ Seat to Rome

4

Who Wrote the Book of Hebrews?

5

Did a Medieval Pope Excommunicate Slave Traders?

6

Mary Had a Little Lamb—And He Takes Away the Sin of the World

7

Women’s Orders: Why the SBC is Correct—But Can’t Defend It

8

Baptism Through the Eyes of St. Ambrose

9

How Protestants Misread Paul's Doctrine of the Church

10

Which Religion Has the Best Historical Case?

11

How Protestants Misunderstand Paul

12

Learning to Swim the Tiber

13

Was the Pope Hidden in Ignatius’ Letter to Rome?

14

The Making of the Rosary

15

Was Augustine Catholic or Calvinist?

16

John Calvin’s Dilemma: The Church is Ancient, Universal… and ‘Corrupt’?

17

Anglican Patrimony Is Catholic Again: England’s Lost Tradition Returns Through the Ordinariate

18

From Supper to Resurrection: Walking Through Holy Week

19

Septuagint vs Hebrew Bible: The Old Testament You Thought You Knew

20

The Jewish Canon Wasn’t Settled—Here’s the Evidence

21

Where Gavin Ortlund’s History of Icons Goes Wrong

22

The Making of the Septuagint

23

The Heretic Who Tried to Rewrite Christianity: The Story of Marcion

24

Reconsidering the Resurrection Narratives

25

A Letter from the Second Century That Shames Modern Christianity

26

Dust and Development: The Historical Roots of Ash Wednesday

27

Sola Traditio (Tradition Alone): The Missing Sola of the Reformation

28

Did the Church Condemn Origen—or Origenism?

29

The Reliability of the Pastoral Epistles (1–2 Timothy, Titus) | Full Interview

30

Excommunicated: How Pope Pius V Declared Queen Elizabeth I a Heretic

31

The Battle for 2 Peter: How a Disputed Epistle Entered the Canon

32

Pope Paul III and the Excommunication of King Henry VIII

33

Martin Luther and Pope Leo X: Authority, Reform, and Schism

34

Not Accretions: Infant Baptism & Icons Are Apostolic—A Catholic & Orthodox Response to Gavin Ortlund

35

The Deathbed Restoration of Napoleon by Pope Pius VII

36

Icons and the Incarnation: The Theology of Nicaea II

37

The Seven Ecumenical Councils, Part 6: Constantinople III (680-681)

38

Kirk Cameron, Hell, and the Church Fathers

39

The Seven Ecumenical Councils, Part 5: Constantinople II (553)

40

Catholics and Orthodox Reuniting? A Historic Step Toward Unity

41

How Christians Misunderstand Israel: Antisemitism, Anti-Zionism & Dispensationalism

42

The Seven Ecumenical Councils, Part 4: Chalcedon (451)

43

Did the Vatican Just Clarify Mary’s Role in Salvation?

44

Stop Saying “We Don’t Have Priests”—Scripture and History Disagree

45

The Seven Ecumenical Councils, Part 3: Ephesus (431)

46

What Is the Anglican Ordinariate—and Should Anglicans Join It?

47

The Cadaver Synod: When a Dead Pope Stood Trial

48

The Seven Ecumenical Councils, Part 2: Constantinople (381)

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The Seven Ecumenical Councils, Part I: Nicaea (325)

50

Questions to Ask Before You Switch Church Denominations

51

We Are At War: St. Michael, Defend Us In Battle!

52

The Vatican Embraces LGBTQ+ Pilgrims in St. Peter’s Basilica

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Where Should I Begin My Study of Church History?

54

The Third Temple & Bible Prophecy

55

Isaiah’s Virgin: Was It Mary or Someone Else?

56

Why Isn’t the Book of Enoch in the Bible?

57

Once Saved, Always Saved? The Apostolic Fathers Say No

58

John Saw the Bodily Assumed Mary

59

The 144,000 Are Not Ethnic Jews

60

Pelagius Refutes Gavin Ortlund’s Claim About Augustine and Infant Baptism

61

The Communion of Saints

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On Earth as It Is in Heaven: How the Book of Revelation Shapes Our Liturgy

63

The Fundamentalist “Old-Time Religion” Wasn’t Old Enough for Me

64

No, the Apostles Weren’t Made Up!

65

From Sinai to the Spirit: The History of Pentecost

66

Did Paul Write the Pastoral Epistles?

67

Dancing with Heretics: Why Some Modern Protestants Are Embracing Ancient Heresies

68

From Scrolls to Codex: The Rise of the Fourfold Gospel

69

Pope Leo XIV and the Road Ahead for the Catholic Church

70

Is the Bible Open to Personal Interpretation?

71

The Next Successor: Who Will Follow Pope Francis?

72

Four Witnesses, One Resurrection

73

One of Rome’s First Architects: The Story of St. Anacletus

74

Will the Real Ignatius Please Stand Up? Evaluating the Recensions with Ignatian Scholar Jack Bull

75

Give Back To The Church Her Ancient Strength

76

Did Ignatius Believe Jesus was God in the Flesh?

77

Was the Bishopric a Creation of the Eastern Churches? A Response to James White

78

Purgatory Is For Real: An Interview with Dr. Karlo Broussard

79

Romephobia: Overcoming the Fear of Looking Too Catholic

80

The Fundamentalists Got It Half Right on Sexual Purity

81

Rome & the Apostolic Sees: Who Leads the Church?

82

The Blessed Virgin Mary in Anglican Theology (Part 2)

83

The Blessed Virgin Mary in Anglican Theology (Part 1)

84

Liturgy and the Canon: A Deeper Look at Sacred Texts

85

Malachi's Foretelling of Eucharist Worship in the Church

86

Is Peter the “Rock” in Matthew 16?: A Response to Dr. Gavin Ortlund

87

How Would the Ancient Church View Today’s Evangelicalism?

88

Legend or Legacy? Examining the Prayer of Manasseh

89

Daniel Unveiled: Canon, Apocrypha, and Controversy

90

Psalm 151: Inspired Scripture or Apocryphal Mystery?

91

Which Version of Esther is the Original?

92

Does the Bible Teach the Need for Church Councils?

93

The New Testament’s Superiority to the Qur’ān

94

The King James Version Is Not A Good Translation For Baptists

95

High Church vs Low Church

96

Will There Ever Be "One Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church" Again?

97

Perpetua and Felicitas: The Martyrdom of Two Early Christian Women

98

Planet Narnia: An Interview with Dr. Michael Ward

99

Should the Epistle of Barnabas be Considered a Part of the Biblical Canon?

100

From Baptist to Anglican

101

Should Christians Read From The Shepherd of Hermas?

102

Why The Early Christians Crossed Themselves and Why We Should Too

103

Paul's Long-Lost Letter to the Laodiceans

104

Tolkien’s Faith: A Spiritual Biography

105

Is There An Error In Mark 2:26?

106

Does the Filioque Belong In The Nicene Creed?

107

Liturgical Worship vs Contemporary Worship

108

Why Did The Early Church Baptize Babies?

109

Anglicans And Catholics Entering Full Communion?

110

Was John's Gospel a Group Effort?

111

Does God Ever Permit Divorce and Remarriage?

112

Do Early Writings Help Us Know What Jesus Looked Like?

113

The Church in England Before Augustine of Canterbury

114

In the House of Tom Bombadil

115

How Do We Know What Jesus Actually Said?

116

The ACNA Has Its New Archbishop!

117

The First Council of Constantinople: The Beginnings of Schism

118

Does the Doxology of the Lord's Prayer Belong in Matthew?

119

Did the Catholic Church Create the Bible?

120

The Missionary Journeys of Paul: Part 1

121

Augustine of Canterbury: The Beginnings of the Church of England?

122

The Sacraments: The Anointing of the Sick and Confession

123

There Are No More Apostles: A Response to Greg Locke's New "Apostleship"

124

Reviewing Chiefs Kicker Harrison Butker's Controversial Graduation Speech

125

The Sacraments: Ordination and Marriage

126

Does the Gospel of Thomas Now Have Validity?

127

The Disastrous Ending to the United Methodist Church

128

The Sacraments: Baptism, Confirmation, and Eucharist

129

The Sacraments: What Are They and Why Do We Need Them?

130

Melchizedek and the Last Supper

131

How Did the Early Church View Abortion?

132

Is Local Church Autonomy Biblical and Historical?

133

How Could Peter Report the Crucifixion If He Was Not There?

134

The Athanasian Creed

135

Jesus is the Donkey King: Did Matthew Get it Right?

136

The Nicene Creed

137

The Apostles' Creed

138

Is Mary the Mother of God? An Examination of the Council of Ephesus

139

What Makes a Person a Heretic?

140

Creeds and Contending for the Faith

141

The Rise and Fall of the Church of England

142

A Call for Clergy to Bless Christian Marriages

143

An Unexpected Journey: Our Story to Anglicanism

144

New Developments from the Vatican: Hell, Same-Sex Blessings, and a Sexually Explicit Book

145

Priestesses and Deaconesses

146

The Letters of Ignatius: To the Church at Smyrna and to Bishop Polycarp

147

The Evolution of the Gospel of Matthew

148

A Homily for the New Year

149

Pope Francis and the Blessing of Same-Sex Couples

150

A Church Father Christmas Medley

151

Recovering the Ancient Office of Deacon

152

The Letters of Ignatius: To the Romans and the Philadelphians

153

The Letters of Ignatius: To the Ephesians, Magnesians, and Trallians

154

The Apostle Judas Thaddeus

155

The Baptist Trail of Blood Myth: The Rise of the Baptist Church

156

The Life, Ministry, and Death of the Apostle John

157

The Baptist Trail of Blood Myth: Paulicians, Albigensians, and Waldensians

158

The Baptist Trail of Blood Myth: Montanism, Novatianism, and Donatism

159

Sabbath or Sunday: What Day Did the Early Church Gather?

160

Judas Iscariot the Traitor

161

The Churches Did Not Accept Anonymous Gospels

162

The Apostle Bartholomew/Nathaniel

163

What Star Wars Can Teach Us About Apostolic Succession

164

The Legacy of Saint Peter

165

Simon the Zealot

166

Parables and the Reliability of the Synoptic Gospels

167

Sola Scriptura is Dead

168

James the Great: The First of the Apostolic Martyrs

169

How the Devil Won Western Evangelical Churches

170

The Apostle Matthew: Tax Collector, Gospel Writer, and Church Planter

171

Was Matthias Actually One of the Twelve?

172

The Patron Saint of India: The Apostle Thomas

173

The Life, Ministry, and Death of the Apostle Andrew

174

Did the Council of Nicaea Choose our Four Gospels?

175

Why Were There Twelve Apostles?

176

The Early Church Battled the Prosperity Gospel Long Before Us

177

What Did the Churches of Paul Look Like 100 Years After Him?

178

A Villain or a Victim?: An Overview of the Gospel of Judas

179

The Early Church Fathers on Women Clergy

180

The Apostle John's Approach to Dealing with a Student Who Walked Away From the Church

181

Is Colossians a Pauline Forgery?

182

Would Christ Ever Shut Down One of His Churches?

183

The Life and Letter of Polycarp of Smyrna

184

Andy Stanley is Wrong About the Origins of the Bible

185

Did Standards of Dress, Food Choices, and Entertainment Set Early Christianity Apart From Pagan Culture?

186

Did the Council of Nicaea Create the Doctrine of the Trinity?

187

3 Reasons Apologetics is Failing

188

The Didache: A First Century Look at the Apostolic Churches

189

Did Jesus Write an Epistle to King Abgar of Edessa?

190

Is Ephesians a Pauline Forgery?

191

2 Corinthians: Seeing the Heart of Paul through Paper and Ink

192

Clement of Rome: A Friend of Peter and Paul

193

Is First Corinthians Actually Second Corinthians?

194

The Early Bishops Saved the Apostolic Texts from Corruption

195

Irenaeus and the Guardians of the Apostolic Texts and Traditions

196

Ignatius of Antioch: A Friend of the Apostles

197

How Should Christians React to Divine Hiddenness/Silence?

198

Gaps of Divine Silence: A Response to Divine Hiddenness

199

Did the Gospel Writers Steal the Jesus Story from the Romulus Myth?

200

3 John: The Elder to the Beloved Gaius

201

2 John: The Elder to the Elect Kyria

202

The Nameless Epistle of First John

203

The Epistle to Diognetus: An Early Defense of Christianity

204

1 Peter, A Fisherman's Epistle?

205

The Debatable Status of 2 Peter

206

"Out with the New and in with the Old" Investigating the Major Issues of the Modern Church

207

Who Wrote the Book of Hebrews?

208

How Many Isaiahs Wrote the Book of Isaiah?

209

The Book of Revelation: Spurious or Scripture?

210

The Disputed Book of James

211

Jude's Debatable Status in the Early Church

212

Did Paul or Tertius Write Romans?

213

Exploring Pauline Authorship in the Pastoral Epistles

214

Acts, Luke's Eyewitness Account of the Apostles

215

John, Peter's Friendly Competition

216

The Making of John's Gospel

217

Luke, the Physician that Made History

218

Luke, Paul's Personal Historian

219

Exploring the Details of a Tax Collector's Eyewitness Account

220

Exploring the Potential of Two Matthew Accounts

221

Mark, the Scribe of Peter's Gospel

222

Papias and the Eyewitnesses

223

Should 1 Enoch Be Considered Canonical?

224

Can a Man Get His Theology from a Woman?

225

Did the Writer of Hebrews Utilize the Apocrypha?

226

A Story of Deconstruction

227

Is the Gospel of Thomas Orthodox?

228

Is Socrates a Myth?

229

Did the Cross of Jesus Speak?: A Study of the Gospel of Peter