On October 6, 1536, William Tyndale was found guilty of heresy, tied to a stake, strangled to death, and his body burned. Tyndale was a Catholic friar who translated the New Testament into English without permission or oversight from the Catholic Church. His translation contained many errors and some of… Read More
Pliny the Younger, the governor of Bythinia, wrote a letter to the Roman emperor Trajan around 112 AD seeking advice on how best to persecute the Christians. In that letter, he said Christians did were doing a weird thing – they gathered together before the sun came up and sang… Read More
On the first day of class, Ms. Griffin asked us why we study history. (“Because the State of Texas makes us” would have been my honest answer.) “Because it repeats itself.” For instance… Jesus left Heaven to live without honor, wealth, or power on Earth. He admonished his disciples not… Read More
Magonus was born in Scotland and carried to Ireland against his will by pirates when he was a teenager. He was sold there as a servant, spending the next several years tending sheep on a mountain, learning the Irish language, and praying to God. One day God spoke to him… Read More
“As you go into all the world…” Then Jesus ascended and disciples scattered. Both men named James stayed in Jerusalem with Simon, John, and Matthew Peter eventually left Jerusalem for Italy. Andrew set off to tell the people of modern day Bulgaria and Georgia about Jesus. Phillip traveled to Turkey.… Read More
Elijah, I promise we’re almost done looking at the biblical foundations of (my understanding of) “mission.” We’re now at the New Testament and I don’t plan on dissecting it as thoroughly as I did the Old. I promise. We Christians know the story of Jesus pretty dang well already, and… Read More
Shaun Groves