In Pliny’s letter to the Emperor Trajan he outlines a series of wrong doings by people in his community. These people are on trial because they were denounced as Christians. Pliny’s general impression of Christians was not good. He felt that they were liars or imitators who weren’t actually Christian. He interrogated and tortured those… Continue reading →
I feel Paul was to upset with the people of Galatia that he didn’t feel a thanksgiving at the beginning of his letter was necessary or appropriate due to the subject matter. Paul, I don’t think, was feeling vary thankful at that moment moment either and his anger could be a vary good reason for… Continue reading →
With little known about the author of Luke, we can tell from the prologue that the information used in his gospel was from both of Mark and Matthew’s gospels as well as Q and other oral stories. We know that Luke evaluated/investigated all material he had very carefully and promised “to write an orderly account… Continue reading →
