This Week in Word from the Bird
Baptists contra Christian Nationalism. The Earliest Christian Inscription. Ambrosiaster on Romans 1:17. Why Did People Convert to Christianity?
Monday: Postliberal Protestants (Free Sign-Ups)
My review of Hunter Baker’s book Postliberal Protestants: Baptists between Obergefell and Christian Nationalism.
Tuesday: The Earliest Christian Inscription (Aviary Members)
The Epitaph of Abercius can be solidly dated to 216 AD and provides insight into Christian self‐identity, sacraments, and networks in the Roman Empire and beyond.
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Wednesday: Ambrosiaster on the Righteousness of God (Free Sign-Ups)
Ambrosiaster anticipated some Protestant ideas on “righteousness” and had a big influence on the later Augustine. His commentary on Romans is classic!
Thursday: Why Did People Become Christians in Antiquity? (Aviary Members)
To convert to Christianity carried acute cost as it often meant estrangement from family, expulsion from guilds and associations, loss of economic security, degrading of social status, accusations and prosecutions, harassment, verbal abuse, confiscation of property, torture, and even a cruel death. So why do it?
Friday: Latest ANTWA Episode (Free Sign-Ups)
The latest episode of Ask N.T. Wright Anything and something from my YouTube collection.