This post outlines history, philosophy, literature, and art and architecture and goes from Alexander the Great (356-323) to Caesar Augustus (31 BCE to 14 AD).
Outline of the Hellenistic World
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Outline of Classical Athens
This post outlines history, philosophy, literature, art and architecture and covers mainly the fifth and fourth centuries BCE, with some events a little before that century. This is the birth of democracy and philosophy, literature, and the arts.
Outline of Archaic Greece
This post goes from 1900 to 478 BCE and covers history, politics, and literature, particularly Homer.
Outline of Minoan Civilization
This post is in a series of outlines about Western civilization, as Minoan culture contributed to ancient Greece. The post covers the historical and economic aspects only and goes from 3000 to 1380 BCE.
Outline of Ancient Mesopotamian Civilizations
This post is part of a series of outlines of civilizations that influenced the Western world. The post goes from 2900 to 1750 BCE.
Outline of Ancient Egypt
This post is part of a series of outlines on civilizations that have influenced the Western world. This post looks at history, religion, art and architecture, and literature of ancient Egypt and goes from 3100 to 525 BCE (conquest by Persia).
1. Genesis 1-11 in Its Ancient Religious Environment
It is unrealistic to expect that the ancient author of those chapters lived in a sound-proof bubble and was not influenced by his religious culture. He rejected some of it, but accepted elements. But which elements? And which criteria to accept or reject them were decisive? Part 1 of 5 in a series on Gen. 1-11.
2. Reading Genesis 1 as Originally Intended
Why did the author of Genesis 1 choose six + one (seven) days of creation and not three or ten or twelve–or no days at all? He plainly tells us why. Part 2 of 5 in the series on Gen. 1-11.
3. Adam and Evolution: Five Options
We need to face a brute fact. Evolution is here to stay. It started out as a rising tide, but now it is a tsunami. Are we going to flail and punch it–or surf it? How do we interpret the biblical passages about Adam and Eve? Five options are offered here. Part 3 of 5 in a series on Gen. 1-11.
4. Save Our Ship! Rescuing Noah’s Ark from Flood of Science
It’s time to read the ancient story in its own cultural context, not ours. This post is part 4 of 5 in a series on Gen. 1-11.
5. The Real Significance of Genealogies in Genesis 5-11
If you were to write up a genealogy of your family, you would follow certain rules or conventions. You are of your own times. When the author of Genesis wrote genealogies in those seven chapters, he followed certain conventions. He was of his own times. Part 5 of 5 in a series on Gen. 1-11.
1. New Testament Manuscripts: Preliminary Questions and Answers
This article is the first in a four-part series on New Testament textual criticism. It provides the basics on this science and art. It also answers the question, How do I grow closer to God?
2. Basic Facts On Producing New Testament Manuscripts
This article comes second in a four-part series on New Testament textual criticism. It answers questions about the material and process of making the pages of a document, along with the scribal art of writing. It also answers the question: How does this post help me grow closer to God?
3. Discovering and Classifying New Testament Manuscripts
This article provides basic facts on how some of the New Testament manuscripts were discovered and how they are classified. The post answers this important question: How does this post help me grow closer to God?
4. The Manuscripts Tell The Story: The New Testament Is Reliable
This article, the last one in the four-part series, has a focused goal. It provides evidence from the best New Testament textual critics that it is possible to reach back to the original (autograph) books and letters of the New Testament, though the originals no longer physically exist. This post also answers the question: How do I grow closer to God?
Interpreting the Bible and Accommodation
God accommodated humanity when he inspired ancient authors to write infallible Scripture to ancient people. Now we follow him by accommodating ancient Scripture when it seems to make scientific claims about the world of nature.
Augustine Says No to Silly Interpretations of Genesis
Augustine lived from 354 to 430. He was easily one of the most profound thinkers who ever lived. His words are relevant today.
Billy Graham and Evolution
Startling statement from the world’s most famous evangelist.
Christian Scientists Comment on Young Earth Creationism
This post is designed to encourage believers who have walked away from church and seekers who will not consider Christ because of ultraliteral interpretations of Gen. 1-11. Many of us Christians do not share this view, but accept science. 98% of scientists do not accept that view, either.
Evolution = Intelligent Design = God’s Design
God’s method of creation is through evolution. Call it slow-motion creation beginning 13.7 billion years ago (give or take), and it is still going on today! People can know their creator personally.
Nicene Creed
Who was Jesus? Did he have a beginning and was created, the first of all creation? Or did he exist from all eternity without a beginning and uncreated?
Definition or Creed of Chalcedon + Commentary
From the Council of Chalcedon (AD 451); English, Greek, and Latin are included. It supplements the main statement of faith at this website: the Apostles Creed.
Works Cited
Here is a list of the principal works referenced or used at this site. More will be added as time goes on, so please check back.
