The Heresy of Orthodoxy (Part 6) Over the past couple of weeks, we have been posting a series on The Heresy of Orthodoxy with Dr. Michael Kruger. In this final installment, we close our series by discussing the transmission of the New Testament text in early Christianity. How reliable is our New Testament today? You can also follow… Read More
The Heresy of Orthodoxy: When Was the Earliest Complete List of New Testament Books?
The Heresy of Orthodoxy (Part 5) This is the fifth installment in our series on The Heresy of Orthodoxy. In this video, Dr. Kruger and I discuss Athanasius’ Easter Letter of 367 AD and the earliest complete list of New Testament books. Dr. Kruger makes the compelling argument for a much earlier list in Origen’s Homilies on… Read More
The Heresy of Orthodoxy: How and When Was the New Testament Canon Put Together?
The Heresy of Orthodoxy (Part 4) This is the fourth installment in our series on The Heresy of Orthodoxy. In this video, Dr. Kruger and I discuss the formation of the New Testament canon. We argue against Bauer’s claim that there was diversity of belief in early Christianity because the NT canon was formulated late (in… Read More
The Heresy of Orthodoxy: What Do the New Testament Books Tell Us About Early Christian Diversity?
The Heresy of Orthodoxy (Part 3) In this third installment of our series on The Heresy of Orthodoxy, Dr. Michael Kruger and I discuss one of the greatest weaknesses to Bauer’s thesis—the fact that he never deals with evidence from the first century. You can also follow previous installments to our series: Part 1 and… Read More
The Heresy of Orthodoxy: An Overview of the Bauer Thesis
An Overview of the Bauer Thesis This is the second part of our series on The Heresy of Orthodoxy with Dr. Michael Kruger. In this video, we delve into the Bauer Thesis in greater detail. You can find the first part of our conversation here. How Diverse was Early Christianity? MK: Andreas, our book was… Read More