Martin Luther asked his followers not to use his name. How a dispute over indulgences in 1517 became a separate church.
Month: August 2026
Where Did the Eastern Orthodox Church Come From?
Orthodoxy claims no founder and no founding date. How the Christian world came to be divided between East and West, and why 1054 misleads.
Where Did the Catholic Church Come From?
The church began as local congregations with no legal standing. This traces how it became the religion of the empire and then claimed authority over every ruler in Christendom.
What Is Psalm 91?
The psalm of refuge, and the one the devil quoted with a clause left out. What Psalm 91 promises, to whom, and why a thousand may still fall nearby.
What Is John 3:16?
The most memorized verse in Scripture, read inside the night conversation it belongs to, with the bronze serpent that explains it and the whosoever that carries it.
What Are the Seven Deadly Sins?
The list is not in Scripture. It runs from Evagrius in the Egyptian desert through John Cassian to Gregory the Great, who reduced eight vices to seven.
What Does Jeremiah 29:11 Actually Mean?
A letter carried to captives in Babylon, dated by seventy years and followed by a condition. What the verse promises when it is read in its own setting.
What Is Heaven?
Scripture describes two events, not one: a purging on the pattern of Noah that opens the millennial reign, and a wholly new creation after the thousand years.