Introduction History is often written by the victors, or told through the stories of those most widely heard. The transatlantic slave trade is well known to many today, yet another vast history of human exploitation — unfolding across the Mediterranean and Black Sea during the same era — remains relatively unknown. This is the story… Continue reading The Forgotten History of the Ottoman Empire: The Tragedy of White Christian Slaves
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Jan Hus: The Flame of Reformation, One Hundred Years Ahead
Introduction On July 6, 1415, a Bohemian theologian was led to a stake in the square of Constance. His name was Jan Hus. Before the fire was lit, he cried out: “Truth prevails (Pravda vítězí).” Exactly one hundred and two years later, Martin Luther nailed his Ninety-Five Theses to the door of the Wittenberg Castle… Continue reading Jan Hus: The Flame of Reformation, One Hundred Years Ahead
What Celsus’s Mockery Proved: How Revolutionary Was the Bible?
Introduction — A Testimony Left in Ridicule In the mid-second century, the Roman philosopher Celsus wrote a polemic attacking Christianity. In it, he described the faith this way: “A religion of women, children, and slaves.” He wrote it as a sneer. Yet ironically, this mockery became one of the most accurate testimonies to how radical… Continue reading What Celsus’s Mockery Proved: How Revolutionary Was the Bible?
The Middle East Was Once the Heart of Christianity — Until the Church Forgot Its Own Mission
History Questions the Church — Before Islamization, There Was a Church in the Middle East — In two thousand years of faith, what we lost was not merely territory — it was our calling. Prologue It has been roughly two thousand years since the Lord came to this earth. After the cross, the gospel spread… Continue reading The Middle East Was Once the Heart of Christianity — Until the Church Forgot Its Own Mission