Love, Marriage, and Family: Learning from Early Christians — Dr. Erkki Koskenniemi

About this episode

This episode explores the parallels between modern culture and the ancient Greco-Roman world regarding sex, marriage, and family life through the insights of Dr. Erkki Koskenniemi.

How did our modern culture get here—especially when it comes to sex, marriage, and family life? In this episode, Elizabeth Pittman sits down with Dr. Erkki Koskenniemi, a Finnish Lutheran pastor and scholar, to explore how closely today’s world mirrors the ancient Greco-Roman world. Drawing from history, Scripture, and early Christian teaching, Dr. Koskenniemi explains what made Christians stand out in the Roman Empire—and what the Church can learn today as we increasingly live as a minority ...

People in this episode

Host: Elizabeth Pittman

Guest: Dr. Erkki Koskenniemi

Topics covered

• love
• marriage
• family
• early Christians
• Greco-Roman world
• Christian teaching

Keywords

• love
• marriage
• family
• early Christians
• Greco-Roman
• Christianity
• culture

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Concordia Publishing House

Books & works: Scripture

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