historical christianity

May nagsabi sa’kin dati nu’ng bata pa ako na ang lahat ng relihiyon ay pare-pareho lang. May kanya-kanyang label lang sa kanilang mga diyos pero iisa lang naman daw ang kanilang tinutukoy. Maraming iba-ibang paniniwala ngunit pare-pareho lang naman ang mabubuting asal na gustong ituro. Many...

The ancient Hebrew language that the Old Testament was written in did not have vowels in its alphabet. In written form, ancient Hebrew was a consonant-only language. In the original Hebrew, God’s name transliterates to YHWH (sometimes written in the older style as YHVH). This is known as the...

The term pneumatology comes from two Greek words, namely, pneuma meaning “wind,” “breath,” or “spirit” (used of the Holy Spirit) and logos meaning “word,” “matter,” or “thing.” As it is used in Christian systematic theology, “pneumatology” refers to the study of the biblical doctrine of the Holy...

LORD, OPEN THE KING OF ENGLAND'S EYES! ----------- William Tyndale (1494–1536) risked his whole life para gawing accessible ang Bible sa mas maraming tao. Ang passion niya na 'to ang nagtulak sa kanya para i-translate ang Bible into English, the common language of the people. A very noble task...

In the minds of many, history is a subject to be tolerated when necessary, but ignored whenever possible. Sadly, this is also true for church history. The philosophy behind this attitude is that whatever was done in the past is dead and gone, but what is happening now is living and vital. But...

The moral argument for the existence of God is the argument that God is necessary for objective moral values or duties to exist. Since objective moral values and duties do exist, God must also exist. The argument is not claiming that people who don’t believe in God cannot do kind things or that...

Many people do not believe that the Bible is a reliable document of history. But, the fact is the Bible is very trustworthy as a historical document. When we compare the biblical documents to any other ancient historical document, we would see that the Bible is in a class by itself regarding...

The Cosmological Argument attempts to prove that God exists by showing that there cannot be an infinite number of regressions of causes to things all things that exist. In other words, there cannot be an infinite number of causes that go back in time forever. Basically, this would mean there was...

Isn’t history boring? Isn’t it filled with old dead men of whom no one cares about? And church history in particular? What difference can looking at the past possibly make in my faith in Christ? Why bother? Here are four good reasons why studying church history is important for us: 1. Today’s...