Asks Quote by Larry Hurtado

I think Rodney Stark makes a substantial contribution to the study of early Christianity in posing the kinds of questions that he pursues (which…

— Larry Hurtado

... All questions concerning the rise of Christianity are one: How was it done? How did a tiny and obscure messianic movement from the…

— Rodney Stark

“The challenge for the modern Christ-follower in a secular society may be to ask prophetic questions before there is opportunity to provide Christ-oriented answers.”

— Gordon MacDonald

In Destroyer of the gods I focus on several major features of early Christianity that made it distinctive, even odd or bizarre .We don't…

— Larry Hurtado

“only when we see Jesus’s death in its proper connection to this entire narrative, can we begin to resolve the questions we want to…

— N.T. Wright

“He taught consistently, as we have seen, that the Spirit is given to believers; so how could he have asked his questions unless something…

— John R.W. Stott

“early modern Christianity is often portrayed as an essentially European religion. This is regrettable because classic Christianity has its pre-European roots in cultures that…

— Thomas C. Oden

“In the Sermon on the Mount it’s quite clear that these are the three great barriers we have to overcome to understand Jesus and…

— Richard Rohr

“Now, if it were the case that Christianity were true, would you want to know it?”

— Nabeel Qureshi

We know something of the history of the spread of Christianity, but much passed from recorded memory and much was transmitted by tradition whose…

— Kenneth Scott Latourette

Early Christianity, like Roman-era philosophical traditions, laid emphasis on everyday behavior, about how to live your life.

— Larry Hurtado

“It is essential to realize that the Christian community in the past was not a pious ideal, but a juridical fact which underlay the…

— Christopher Henry Dawson