Mark Beliles

Part 8 of a Political Narrative of the New Testament In the previous post we examined the main political principles and ideas in Paul’s two letters to Thessalonian citizen assemblies and Acts 18-19. We especially noted the likelihood that Paul… Read More »Political Principles and Ideas in the Epistles to the Corinthian Citizen Assembly

Part 7 of a Political Narrative of the New Testament In the previous post we examined the main political principles and ideas in Paul’s letter to Galatian citizen assemblies and Acts chapter 16-18. In chapter 16 we noted Paul and… Read More »Political Principles and Ideas in the Epistle to Thessalonian Citizen Assembly and Acts 18-19

Part 6 of a Political Narrative of the New Testament In the previous post we examined the main political principles and ideas in Acts chapter 15 which we noted was a paradigm shift in 49AD. The Jerusalem convention of emissaries,… Read More »Political Principles and Ideas in Acts 16-18 and Galatians

Part 5 of a Political Narrative of the New Testament In the previous post we examined the main political principles and ideas in chapters 13-14 of Acts (and beginning of Acts 15), plus the Epistle of James. We observed the… Read More »Political Principles and Ideas in Acts 15

What to think of documentaries and “news” warning of such things. A new documentary movie by Rob Reiner is now out on the topic of Christian Nationalism. Wikipedia says that Christian Nationalism “primarily focuses on the internal politics of society,… Read More »Dangerous Christian Nationalists?

Part 2 of a Political Narrative of the New Testament In the previous post we summarized the main political ideas in the Gospels. We noted that Jesus’ main message was the government [kingdom] of God that included some references to… Read More »Political Principles and Ideas in Acts

Part 1 of a Political Narrative of the New Testament Introduction Without any question the central message of the New Testament was the death of Jesus on the cross so that individuals may be saved from their sins. Salvation gave… Read More »Political principles and ideas in the Gospels

Applying a “providential theory” instead of critical theory Critical Theory infects much of the study of American history today. Horkheimer said that a theory is critical if it seeks “to liberate human beings from the circumstances that enslave them.” Although the context… Read More »Blacks in America’s History