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"Redemptive Gifts": Can Giving to Charity Save Your Soul?
Bart explores further how early Christians modified their views to allow those with wealth to have an important role in the religious community (and...

Did Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John Write Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John? Free video.
View a free video from Bart Ehrman Professional Services about the authorship and attribution of the canonical Gospels. Read by Brandon M. Bender

Softening Jesus' Message on Giving up (Literally) Everything
Dr. Ehrman shows how Christians in the first century moved away from Jesus's message of divesting all one's wealth. Read by John Paul Middlesworth

Early Christianity and War. Guest Post by Dan Kohanski
Dan Kohanski explores how attitudes toward participating in war developed during the first centuries of Christianity. Read by John Paul Middlesworth

Did Jesus Insist on Voluntary Poverty?
Understanding wealth and charity in the early Christian tradition. Read by Sharon Roberts

Mike Licona's Response to My Post on Contradictions
Mike Licona responds to Bart's post on their debate over whether Matthew and Luke have contradictory versions of the directives Jesus gave the disciples....