Petrine authority
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The Founder Who Arrived Late: Antioch and the Same Problem Twice
The first two posts[1] in this run stayed in Jerusalem: the apostles untouched while the Stephen circle bled, the church of God in Galatians 1:13 identified with the persecuted rather than the protected, the naming order at the Jerusalem conference… Continue reading
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Which Church, Exactly: Stephen’s Circle and the Limits of Matthew 16:18
In my post The Church Paul Persecuted Was Not Peter’s, from June 13, 2026, I pointed out something the standard account glides past. When persecution breaks out in Jerusalem after Stephen’s stoning, Acts says the believers scattered through Judea and… Continue reading
