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Who Wrote the "Purple Passages" in the Pauline Letters?
Modern scholars believe that only half the New Testament letters attributed to the Apostle Paul are genuine, and that some of their most beloved…
 • Rob Norton
Clement of Alexandria: The Free-Thinking Church Father Who Fell from Favor
Before orthodoxy hardened into dogma, Clement taught that all souls would be saved by God, that women should be educated just like men, and more that…
 • Rob Norton
When Jesus Became God
The most exalted and influential view of Jesus’s divinity appears in a first-century incarnation hymn embedded in the Gospel of John.
 • Rob Norton
My Christian Role Model
I owe much of my affinity for Christianity to my grandfather, a joyful and humble man who manifested the teachings of Jesus in everything he said and…
 • Rob Norton
An Ancient Egyptian (spiritual) Prayer of Thanksgiving
Studied and preserved by Christian scribes in the early centuries after Jesus, this prayer reveals the commonalities of Christianity, Gnosticism, and…
 • Rob Norton
Hymns of the Early Syriac Christians
Exploring the distinctive, mystical poetry and gender-fluid imagery of the second-century Odes of Solomon
 • Rob Norton
The First Christian Story of the Universe
In '"The Secret Book of John," the risen Jesus tells his apostle about the nature of God, the divine realm, the creation of the world, and the destiny…
 • Rob Norton
Discovering Early Christianity
Discovering Early Christianity
A biweekly newsletter for people who are (or once were) interested in or attracted to the main messages of Jesus, but have been put off by the ways the religion he inspired has evolved over its 2000-year history.
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