“The plain fact is that the church since the first century and with few exceptions has never, despite its protestations, taken Christ with complete seriousness…‘Let this […]

The first Christian generations stood apart from the violence and vengeance that characterized the ancient world. Those who followed Jesus understood his teachings on peace, love […]

The Bible consistently equates the unborn with a child, baby, or full human being, attributing personhood from conception. In Luke 1 Elizabeth is 6 months pregnant […]

The council of Nicea in 325AD is infamous for making those belonging to what I call the Jesus-is-God movement “Orthodox” (I.e., holding to a right teaching). But it’s also […]

Part of “Towards the Cessation of Church Suicide,” A.F. Buzzard, A Journal from the Radical Reformation, Vol. 5 No. 4, 1996. The only antidote to the […]

D.W. Bercot, The Early Christian View of War. Despite the early Church’s condemnation of war and killing, it did not require a soldier to leave the […]