What Early Rivals Reveal About Christianity’s Fragmented Beginnings
Before Christianity, there was a tangle of competing movements, rival baptisms, and charismatic teachers. A brief story in Acts about an Alexandrian preacher named Apollos cracks that tidy history open — and asks what if Jesus wasn't the center yet?
The Men Who Silenced Asherah Still Silence Women Today
When they rewrote the stories, making her into a foreign invader, they didn’t just erase a goddess. They erased what it meant to have a woman at the center of holiness and of power.
How Yahweh Became God: From Canaanite Deity to World Religion
Yahweh did not begin as the one God of heaven and earth. He began as a local deity among many—and survived war, exile, and empire to become the God of three world religions. This essay explores what that transformation reveals about faith, power, and our evolving understanding of the divine.
Want to Bring Theocracy to America? Cotton Mather Seekest Thee
What if Cotton Mather ran a modern nonprofit dedicated to restoring Puritan theocracy? A satire about Christian nationalism and power.
