Do the early Christians think God is more just and determined to punish or more merciful and determined to forgive? I deal with the matter in one of the chapters in my next scholarly book, Journeys to Heaven and Hell: Tours of the Afterlife in the Early Christian Tradition, coming out in April with Yale University Press. The book has been done for months now, and I am right now reading through the final page proofs sent to me by the press – making final corrections of typos before it heads into production. Read by Petra Ortiz
What is forgiveness? How is it different from atonement? Read by Ken Teutsch.
What do historians say about The Golden Rule? Read by John Paul Middlesworth
Comments on posts are a popular part of Dr. Ehrman's blog, and here he points out the requisites that comments have to meet to...