Our Mission
The Curious Christian exists to take faith seriously enough to ask hard questions about it. We engage the history of Christianity, the text of the Bible, and the claims made about Jesus, by believers and skeptics alike, through the lens of mainstream scholarship, primary sources, and careful reasoning.
Curiosity is not the enemy of faith. It’s how faith grows up.
Inquire Honestly
No question is off-limits: including the uncomfortable ones.
Engage the Sources
Follow the evidence wherever it leads
Listen Generously
We disagree with care, not contempt.
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Whether you’re a lifelong believer, a curious skeptic, or somewhere in between, these posts are the best front door into the conversations happening on this site.
Keep Asking Questions With Us
This site runs on curiosity; mine as well as yours. We all stumble upon questions that we don’t have answers for, that continue to nag at us. If you want to dive deeper into them, you’re in the right place.
- Did Martin Luther Invent Sola Fide? The Forgotten History of Justification by Faith Alone
Did Martin Luther invent justification by faith alone? Fourth-century Christian writers used the language long before the Reformation, but the history of the doctrine is more complicated than a quotation can reveal. - Interpreting the Bible
We’ve reached the last unit of the course, and I want to point out something you may have already noticed. Every unit… - The General Epistles
Last time, we focused on Paul, who wrote many of the New Testament letters. But he was not the only one writing…