Author Archives: Charles Snow
Real People of Pentecost
We can easily forget that the Bible’s stories involve real people in real places at a real time in history. On Sunday, we celebrate yet another one of those: Pentecost….
Read Full PostThe Conspiracy Theory
Did the Disciples Steal Jesus’s Body from the Tomb? Any one of us would be hard-pressed to talk about what it’s like to live now without mentioning how conspiracy theories…
Read Full PostThe Truth About Everything
The historian Tom Holland begins his magisterial work Dominion: How the Christian Revolution Remade the World with the remarkable note that Rome’s first heated swimming pool was “raised on the…
Read Full PostTed Duffey, My Granddaddy
One of the most striking memories of my childhood is one of horror. I was somewhere between five and eight years old. Maybe less, maybe more. It’s one of those…
Read Full PostResurrection: The Conspiracy Theory
Did the Disciples Steal Jesus’s Body from the Tomb? Any one of us would be hard-pressed to talk about what it’s like to live now without mentioning how conspiracy…
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