The Mind Renewed Interview

Interview on The Mind Renewed

The Mind Renewed is a podcast based in the UK, hosted by Dr. Julian Charles and dedicated to understanding the world in which we live from a Christian worldview. I was privileged to discuss with Julian about “How contemporary culture’s fascination with diversity has reshaped our understanding of early Christianity,” delving into the book I co-authored with Dr. Michael Kruger, The Heresy of Orthodoxy. The folks at TMR also created a helpful bibliography of works referenced and topics addressed throughout our conversation, which we included below.

Helpful Resources

• Andreas J. Köstenberger and Michael J. Kruger, The Heresy of Orthodoxy: How Contemporary Culture’s Fascination with Diversity Has Reshaped Our Understanding of Early Christianity, Crossway (2010)
• Andreas J. Köstenberger, Truth in a Culture of Doubt: Engaging Skeptical Challenges to the Bible, B&H Academic (2014)
• ___________________, Truth Matters: Confident Faith in a Confusing World, B&H Academic (2014)
• Michael J. Kruger, The Question of Canon: Challenging the Status Quo in the New Testament Debate, IVP Academic (2013)
• _____________, Canon Revisited: Establishing the Origins and Authority of the New Testament Books, Crossway (2012)
• _____________, Christianity at the Crossroads: How the Second Century Shaped the Future of the Church, SPCK Publishing (2017)
• Walter Bauer, Orthodoxy and Heresy in Earliest Christianity, Sigler Press (1996), (first pub. German 1934; English 1971)
• Arland J. Hultgren, The Rise of Normative Christianity, Wipf & Stock Pub (reissue 2004)
• Thomas A. Robinson, The Bauer Thesis Examined : The Geography of Heresy in the Early Christian Church (Studies in the Bible & Early Christianity), Edwin Mellen Press (1988)
• H. E. W. Turner, The Pattern of Christian Truth : A Study in the Relations between Orthodoxy and Heresy in the Early Church (Bampton Lectures), Wipf & Stock (2004)
• Daniel J. Harrington, “The Reception of Walter Bauer’s “Orthodoxy and Heresy in Earliest Christianity” during the Last Decade“, Harvard Theological Review, vol. 73 no. 1/2, pp. 289-298 (1980)
• Darrell L. Bock, The Missing Gospels: Unearthing the Truth Behind Alternative Christianities, Thomas Nelson (2007)
• Birger A. Pearson, Ancient Gnosticism: Traditions And Literature, Fortress Press (2007)
• Bart D. Ehrman, The Orthodox Corruption of Scripture: The Effect of Early Christological Controversies on the Text of the New Testament, Oxford University Press (2011)
• ____________, Misquoting Jesus: The Story Behind Who Changed the Bible and Why, HarperOne (reprint 2007)
• ____________, How Jesus Became God: The Exaltation of a Jewish Preacher from Galilee, HarperOne (2014)
• Michael F. Bird et al, How God Became Jesus: The Real Origins of Belief in Jesus’ Divine Nature – A Response to Bart D. Ehrman, Zondervan (2014)
• Lee Martin McDonald & James A. Sanders, eds., The Canon Debate, Hendrickson (2001)
• The Nag Hammadi Library (http://gnosis.org/naghamm/nhlalpha.html)
• The Gospel of Thomas (http://gnosis.org/naghamm/gosthom.html)
• Robert M. Grant, The Secret Sayings of Jesus: According to the Gospel of Thomas, Fontana (1965)
• Mark Goodacre, Thomas and the Gospels: The Case for Thomas’s Familiarity with the Synoptics, Eerdmans (2012)
• Stephen J. Patterson, The Gospel of Thomas and Jesus, Polebridge Press (1994)
• The Muratorian Fragment (http://www.bible-researcher.com/muratorian.html)
• L. W. Barnard, “The Origins and Emergence of the Church in Edessa during the First Two Centuries A.D.“, Brill (1968)
• 1 Clement (tr. J. B. Lightfoot) (http://www.earlychristianwritings.com/text/1clement-lightfoot.html)
• Richard Bauckham, Jesus and the Eyewitnesses: The Gospels as Eyewitness Testimony, Eerdmans (2008)
• Debate: William Lane Craig Vs. Bart D. Ehrman, Is There Historical Evidence for the Resurrection of Jesus?, (2006)