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2026-05-17Essay
The Jewish Roots of Christian Easter
Easter is not a Christian appropriation of pagan spring rites. It is the Christian fulfillment of the Jewish Passover — and the New Testament insists on this from its earliest layer.
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2026-05-15Essay
What Second Temple Jews Believed About the Universe
The New Testament was written by people who believed in a multi-tiered universe populated by divine beings, angelic hierarchies, and cosmic powers. Understanding this cosmology is not optional for understanding what the text says.
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2026-05-15Essay
The Armor of God: What Ephesians 6 Actually Describes
Ephesians 6 is not a metaphor for moral self-improvement. It is a combat manual for people Paul believes are fighting a real war against real adversaries in real heavenly places.
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2026-05-15Essay
The Septuagint: How the Greek Old Testament Shaped Christianity
Before the New Testament existed, Jesus, Paul, and the apostles quoted Scripture from a Greek translation made in Alexandria. The Septuagint was not a translation the Church adopted — it was the Bible the Church was born reading.
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2026-05-15Essay
The Codex Sinaiticus: The Manuscript That Shaped the Bible
Discovered in a monastery on Mount Sinai in the 1840s, the Codex Sinaiticus is the oldest complete manuscript of the New Testament. Its story is one of survival, controversy, and the providential transmission of the faith.
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2026-05-14Essay
Marcion and the God He Refused to Accept
Marcion of Sinope believed the God of the Old Testament was a different — and lesser — deity than the Father of Jesus Christ. His solution was a Bible without the Old Testament.
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2026-05-08Film
The Silent Witnesses
A candlelit descent into the Fathers, councils, and the cost of guarding the faith.
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