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Surprised by Scripture – The Stream

By Eric Metaxas Published on December 8, 2025 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YUWsdP1FRo In this 70-minute Vintage Socrates in the City lecture, N.T. Wright, one of the world’s leading New Testament scholars, discusses his book Surprised By…

The Great Disruptors – The Stream

They dominate recorded history. They pop up often as surprises, and at other times, they are already well known and blossom into disruptors. They can be leaders of nations, governments, businesses, and churches, or soldiers, inventors,…

6 Myths About Slavery – The Stream

Few topics are more distorted in public debate than slavery—especially its relationship to Scripture and Western history. When viewed through the lens of Scripture and credible historical research, the picture becomes far more complex—and, in…

The Pagan Roots of Christmas? Bah, Humbug!

By The Stream Published on December 5, 2025 Is Christmas A Pagan Holiday? Some are convinced Christmas is a beautiful celebration of Jesus. Others are convinced it’s a dark conspiracy from Babylon involving Nimrod, pagan trees, etc. In this…

Nicaea and the Nearby Disease

This has been the year to celebrate the 1700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea in 325. As C.S. Lewis observed in his tribute to Athanasius, without the Trinitarian doctrine initiated by Nicaea, orthodox Christianity would have disappeared…