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Shaping a Child's Soul, a Task Too Crucial to Be Entrusted to Professionals

May 11th, 201210:17 AM ET

By Timothy Paul Jones

I saw something beautiful one day while walking down Breckenridge Lane in Louisville. In a front yard not far from my home, a young mother was removing a layer of leftover leaves from the fall in preparation for flower planting—an ordinary activity in the middle of an ordinary day. What was extraordinary about this scene was what I saw beside th...
Why Some Ancient Texts Made It Into the New Testament and Others Didn't

May 09th, 201201:17 PM ET

By Timothy Paul Jones

From the first century onward, Christians viewed testimony that could be connected to eyewitnesses of Jesus as uniquely authoritative. The logic of this standard was simple: The people most likely to know the truth about Jesus were either eyewitnesses who had encountered Jesus personally or close associates of these witnesses. So, although Christia...
How Did Early Christians Determine Which Writings Belonged in the Bible?

May 09th, 201212:15 PM ET

By Timothy Paul Jones

Suppose that you became a Christian in the second century A.D. You've heard the story of a divine being who died on a cross and rose from the dead. Through baptism, you openly identify yourself with his followers. Now, you want to learn more about this deity. Yet you quickly realize that some people who call themselves “Christians” underst...

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My name is Timothy Paul Jones, and I love living in the city of Louisville with my wife and daughters. Over the past two decades, I’ve had the privilege of leading several congregations as a pastor and in associate ministry roles. Now, I serve as associate professor of leadership at one of the largest seminaries in the world. Here, I invest my time in mentoring a rising generation of God-called ministers of the gospel. I also write books in the fields of history, apologetics, and family ministry.

I enjoy spending time with my family, meandering along city streets, visiting baseball stadiums, drinking French-pressed coffee, eating locally-produced foods, and cooking for friends. My family is involved in children’s ministry at Sojourn Community Church.

Lead. Learn. Solve. Serve.

Shaping a Child's Soul, a Task Too Crucial to Be Entrusted to Professionals

Why Some Ancient Texts Made It Into the New Testament and Others Didn't

How Did Early Christians Determine Which Writings Belonged in the Bible?