Thank you, Dr.. Reeves. I enjoy listening to all your lectures. What a rich Christian heritage we have. This video was especially timely for me as this is my first Christmas observing Advent!

Ryan Reeves, your teaching is a great benefit to the body. Thank for your hard work!

I recently stumbled upon this channel and these kinds of lectures are exactly what I was looking for. So, needless to say, I have been binge watching, even before bedtime. It certainly helps when the voice of the lecturer is easy to listen to listen to! Finally something I will subscribe to!

love your lectures very informative

Excellent explanation. Peace, Maren

I love all your works!

this guy really does a great job. I have been listening to many of his vids and they are always good.

great channel !!!

I really enjoy your teachings. :-) May God bless you!

@RyanReevesM

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Pam! Very kind to encourage me in this! :)

hi Ryan, I'm here in Canada, and am -along with my wife- thoroughly enjoying your videos. excellent!! we were wondering what church you use in the first picture... being that their is a canadian flag at the front. Pax

you used the picture of St.Nicholas punching Arius at Nicea. Great.😉

@RyanReevesM

7 жыл бұрын

Ole St. Nick at it again!

I'd love to see a video on Epiphany.

Thanks for all the great videos! Do you have any book recommendations on the origins of Christmas?

@RyanReevesM

7 жыл бұрын

Not yet. But I will be making one once we get closer to Christmas. As early as next week, if I can get the rest of my backlogged made! :)

Dr. Reeves, have you made a video explaining the Trinity? I believe in the Trinity on the basis of trust, but most explanations sound so opaque to me. It's like the church fathers carefully chose words to describe the Godhead that only have meaning within the explanation. If I try to understand the words by talking through the concepts, I find I'm either drifting into modalism in a kind of unitarianism or end up with a three God pantheon. Help! (Sorry, to stray off Advent, but I wanted to ask.)

@RyanReevesM

7 жыл бұрын

Nothing specifically yet but it is in the works. Stay tuned!

@jgw5491

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

1:29-1:33 Regarding your point about the December Solstice "being somewhat of a holiday in the Roman world": my English teacher asserted that the Christmas tree has its origins as a phallic symbol of a decadent Rome, in which Romans would dance around and have orgies. Is that true?

@RyanReevesM

7 жыл бұрын

No. For one, English teachers should probably not be a resource for history. :) These types of 'origin stories' are mentioned often, but the truth is we are unsure where the tree comes from specifically, but it's not a part of Roman culture, at least. The earliest dating we have of it specifically being part of Christmas tradition is the 16th century, and then mostly by Protestants. We are not sure if this is a riff on earlier traditions or a brand new thing. But in either case, it arises at a time when all of Europe is Christian.

But does God ask us to mark Advent, or Easter, or Christmas?

Dr. Reeves, spelling at Priscillianism for "physical." Reserving judgement on "it only made sense." It really didn't make sense unless an apostate church was already departing from Scripture--but you and I have already been around that turn. :)