My sterling silver ring features Hebrew script with a verse from Song of Songs 6:3, "I am my beloved's and my beloved is mine." The early church interpreted this love poem in terms of Christ and the soul. 

Happy St. Patrick's Day! Join Trinity, Emma, and Christian as they look beyond the popular stories of three-leaf clovers and snakes to discover the real Saint Patrick. When did he live? Why did he return to the people who had enslaved him? And why is he so important in church history? Listen to their engaging interview with Dr. Phillip Freeman, author of St. Patrick of Ireland, and find out more about this man of faith whom people celebrate every March 17th.

Show Notes:

St. Patrick of Ireland by Philip Freeman 

Patrick's confession https://www.confessio.ie/etexts/confessio_english#

Patrick's letter to the soldiers of Coroticus 

Lutheran Satire "St. Patrick's Bad Analogies" YouTube video:

Heresies

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Previous episodes dealing with specific heresies:

Books by Justin Holcomb:

Lutheran Heresies Video:

With Valentine’s Day coming up, it seems like the perfect time for Emma, Trinity, and Linus to discuss friendships in the early church with historian Dr. Michael Haykin, professor of church history and biblical spirituality at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. How did Christians in the early centuries maintain their friendships? How long did it take for a letter to travel from one friend to another? And most importantly, what is a true friend, and why is friendship so precious, both in the past and today?

“Thou hast made us for thyself, O Lord, and our heart is restless until it finds its rest in thee.” This famous quote by church father, Augustine of Hippo, is one of many you may have heard. But who was Saint Augustine, and why is he still important today? Why did he cry when he was appointed bishop? And how do we still have so many of his writings? Join Emma, Trinity, and Linus as they discuss all this and more with Dr. Phillip Cary, professor of philosophy at Eastern University and author of many books and a video course on Augustine.

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How did the early Christians live? Was it the same everywhere? And how is the early church similar to the church today? When did some people start praying to saints? Our hosts, Lucy, Emma, Trinity, and Christian, have many questions for our guest, Dr. Stephen Presley, professor of church history at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, and he has some fascinating answers.

Join Lucy, Trinity, Christian, and Emma as they talk to Colorado Christian University Professor Megan Devore about one family's huge influence during the fourth century. Meet Macrina, who convinced her mother to free all their slaves and build a community where everyone helped each other and those around them. Meet her brother Basil, who started the first hospital, their brother Gregory of Nyssa, who gave the first known sermon against slavery, and their friend Gregory of Nazianzus, who wrote important works about the Trinity. Discover why some Christians chose to live apart from others and why one spent 40 years of his life on a pillar that became taller than a giraffe. Discover all this and more in this episode of Kids Talk Church History!

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