The Ancient Paths Blog

This popped up in my Facebook feed and thought I would post it since it is better than the typical fare out there and folks may like the cut of my best friends jib. Met him in my hometown when I was 12....

I actually believe their is a Christian duty to protect your family, and other vulnerable people living in your neighborhood. You can see that idea throughout the Old Testament, but especially in the lives of notable figures like Abraham, King David etc. Even in the New Testament saint Paul...

I was given my 90 day warning, two days ago, that I need to move in early December. The state and city is building a road improvement in my area and the duplex I'm renting is in the way.

Tertullian is the guy who first used the term "Trinity" sometime in the early 200s. Tertullian's Trinity is unlike the one we have today. Rather than being "Three persons in one essence" his simply was a triad of three beings, two of which the Son and Holy Spirit were derived from the Father...

I'm looking to wrap up things and start talking about other topics (most likely my objections to some Protestants on Sola Scriptura). So unlike most of my post's with my own original content, I'm just going to quote this verbatim from a interesting Theological blog (You might want to hit the...

Philo of Alexandria (Trinity series) Philo was a Jewish Theologian that is thought to live just prior to the Christian Era (may have lived to see the beginning of Christianity). He was greatly admired by the Church Fathers and often considered as a kind of an honorary Christian or a Christian...

History of the Trinity 3 (Harmonization of Scripture) For the most part, I tend to see the doctrine of the Trinity as a harmonization of scripture. Wikipedia defines that term for those not familiar with it as:"A Biblical harmony is a hermeneutic method of analyzing parallel and often...

On the subject of the Trinity this is the new thing I learned thanks to Michael Heiser. I bought this book a few months ago but haven't got around to reading it yet (was out of print at the time and paid $40 for it used). This was a rabbinic theory and in reading Christian History it seems...

I'm re-posting some Facebook Blogging I did on the Theological Development of the Trinity. Since then, I've learned some cool new stuff which I will add into the presentation so stay tuned. Elohim (another name for God in the OT) For Trinitarians like myself this name is the first hint of...

I did a audio broad recording on Facebook that you can listen to on the topic (You will have to click on the tap recorder icon that you see to hear it, and you may need to turn the sound up or un-mute it as well in the controls tab) https://www.facebook.com/search/top/?q=pavel mosko...

There once was a kindly aged Biblical Greek instructor that I was quite fond of. (I'm not good with languages and he made the process of studying the subject bearable and at times reasonably pleasant). He had a good demeanor about him (He actually reminded me a lot of a friend from adolescence...

Why I first got involved in this topic is because there often is a “Faith vs. Knowledge” dichotomy that is setup in Christianity. This especially seems to take place after Christianity spends a few centuries dealing with the Gnostic heresies. After this time, Gnosis especially of the revelatory...

One guy who embraced the wider use of Gnosis. Quote from linked article below. "St. Clement of Alexandria emphasizes the following: I. The title "Gnostic" does not refer to a heretic but to the orthodox Christian who attains the divine gnosis (knowledge) from the Holy Spirit, by illumination...

I’ll start with this definition, used by many modern Bible web sites. Knowledge, signifies in general intelligence, understanding a) the general knowledge of Christian religion b) the deeper more perfect and enlarged knowledge of this religion, such as belongs to the more advanced c) esp. of...

This is something I blogged on before, and I may expound on it, more if I found something else. What got me into the topic was on reading up on Gnosticism many years ago. While the Gnostics, were heretics in many dogmatic ways, they were actually close to the truth in other ways biblically...

I cover Philippians 1:15-18 and the topic of Selfish ambition and the need for objective truth in the Church. Christians can often be against "Situational Ethics", but often embrace their own form of it (especially in the Charismatic Movement).

Matthew 17:20 New International Version (NIV) 20 He replied, “Because you have so little faith. Truly I tell you, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.” The passage about...

1 Samuel 15 New International Version (NIV) The Lord Rejects Saul as King 15 Samuel said to Saul, “I am the one the Lord sent to anoint you king over his people Israel; so listen now to the message from the Lord. 2 This is what the Lord Almighty says: ‘I will punish the Amalekites for what they...

Some People Just Need Killin! #2 This is a topic, I someday want to cover in detail in the future, because I think there is a lot there when it comes to understanding God's ways etc. But I'm looking to get something easy out. Needless to say there are plenty of reasons to get rid of the...

A few months back, I had to break ties with a Christian Facebook friend. That person was trying to come up with an elaborate “Biblical” Apologetic to rationalize why it was OK for him to sleep with his girlfriend, moreover he seemed to wanting to peer pressure me into proclaiming his stance...