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Summer 2013

Is God a Trinity?

Peter Nathan Jeannette B. Anderson

It may be mainstream Christianity’s most important dogma, but where does trinitarianism come from, and what does the Bible have to say about it?

One God?

Monotheism, in the ancient Hebrew sense, didn’t mean what it does today.

Summer 2012

Paul and the Colossians' Critics

Peter Nathan

Identifying the troublemakers in Colossians 2 has challenged scholars for centuries. Are we any closer today to resolving “the Colossian controversy”?

Spring 2012

Opposing Forces

Peter Nathan

Unless we understand the forces at work from the very beginning of the Christian Era, we simply cannot put the rest of church history in its proper context.

Winter 2012

How Many Gospels Are There?

Peter Nathan

How can we be certain that the Gospel accounts are both authentic and authoritative? And what about the number? By whose authority do we have four Gospels?

Summer 2011

Rewriting the History of the Church

Peter Nathan

If the winners are the ones who write history, then historical accounts are surely subject to bias and inaccuracy. Church history is no exception.

Spring 2011

The Eternal Quest: What Is Truth?

Peter Nathan

True or false. Black or white. This or that. Is truth a simple binary choice? Does it change with the times? Neither science nor philosophy—nor traditional religion—has provided satisfactory answers. 

The Truth of the Matter

The Gospel of John is replete with the discussion of truth, including the scenario of Jesus on trial before Pilate who asked Him: “What is truth?” (John 18:38).

April 5, 2011

Bible History: The Birth of the King James Bible

Peter Nathan

Tthe King James Version of the Bible marks its 400th anniversary. Its committee-based approach to translation is still used with major Bible translations today.

January 11, 2011

Gaylord Nelson: Founder of Earth Day

Peter Nathan

Gaylord Nelson was instrumental in establishing the first Earth Day which was held on April 22, 1970.

Summer 2010

Mother Earth?

Peter Nathan

Popular references to our planet as Mother Earth, and to the natural forces that govern it as Mother Nature, bring to mind the ancient goddess Gaia.

Spring 2010

Golgotha: Where Is It?

Peter Nathan

Where was Jesus crucified and buried? Most would say the Church of the Holy Sepulchre or the Garden Tomb, but first-century evidence says neither.

Winter 2010

2012: The End of the World (Yet Again)?

Peter Nathan

Fear of an impending apocalypse has been with us for thousands of years. Why do people tend to get so caught up in each new prediction?

Summer 2009

The Birth of a Legend

Peter Nathan

The idea that the apostle Peter lived and died in Rome took on a life of its own after his death. Vision retraces Peter’s legendary rise to power.

March 23, 2009

Resurrection

Peter Nathan

In Resurrection: The Power of God for Christians and Jews, Kevin Madigan and Jon D. Levenson explain the term resurrection from the Hebrew Scriptures.

Fall 2008

The Legacy of the Scrolls

Peter Nathan

Sixty years after their discovery, the Dead Sea Scrolls still spark controversy and debate. What have they established so far, and how will they be remembered?

The Dead Sea Stone, or “Gabriel’s Revelation”

The 60th anniversary of the Dead Sea Scrolls discovery spotlights another archaeological find that has been waiting in the wings for some time.

Summer 2008

Was Peter Ever in Rome?

Peter Nathan

Vision examines the evidence for the teaching that the apostle Peter spent time in the capital of the Roman Empire and founded the church there.

Winter 2002

Constantine: The Man and the Church

Peter Nathan

Christianity has long claimed Constantine as one of its own. Yet even toward the end of his reign the emperor was open to new philosophical ideas.

Spring 2005

Christianity's Tangled Roots

Peter Nathan

Competing philosophies put pressure on the early Christian church to change its doctrines and practices. One of these contenders was Gnosticism.

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