He is an adjunct professor at Atlanta Bible College. Chandler holds a Master of Theology from Campbellsville University's School of Theology, where he studied Church History and Theology, and is a graduate of SCAD University, where he studied Graeco-Roman drama, medieval literature, and dramatic writing.
He is the author of the forthcoming book 'Constantine and the Divine Mind' (Wipf and Stock, TBD), and 'The God of Jesus in Light of Christian Dogma' (Restoration Fellowship, 2016). He is also an award-winning screenwriter, and currently writes for his blog on Church history.
Chandler also sits on the board of directors of the Unitarian Christian Alliance (formed 2019), and New Life Ministries of America, Inc., a small non-profit which has been producing Christian literature and financing overseas missions since 1994.
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In 325 AD, the Council of Nicaea defined Jesus as 'Homoousios', of same substance with God - Kegan Chandler
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At Council of Nicaea 325 AD, who decided Jesus was Homoousios ('same substance') as God? - Kegan Chandler
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Emperor Constantine merged Pagan and Christian values to define Christianity - Kegan Chandler
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Council of Antioch 268 AD rejected the term Homoousios ('same substance') - Kegan Chandler
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Homoousios ('same substance') first appeared in Poimandres, a 1st century Egyptian Pagan text - Kegan Chandler
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Early Christians rejected Homoousios ('same substance'). Why? - Kegan Chandler
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Why did Early Christians accept Jesus and God as Homoousios ('same substance')? - Kegan Chandler
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Homoousios ('same substance') was a confusing and theologically Ambiguous word used by Athanasius, Eusebius and Marcellus - Kegan Chandler
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Constantine inserted Homoousios ('same substance') into Christian doctrine, according to Eusebius - Kegan Chandler
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At Council of Nicaea, Constantine quoted Plato, a Pagan philosopher to justify Homoousios ('same substance') - Kegan Chandler
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Lucius Lactantius, advisor to Constantine, harmonized Christianity with Paganism - Kegan Chandler
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Homoousios ('same substance') can be traced back to Pre-Christian Egypt - Kegan Chandler
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What did Homoousios ('same substance') mean to Constantine? - Kegan Chandler
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Opposition to Homoousios ('same substance') was silenced at Council of Nicaea? - Kegan Chandler
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Christianity is primarily based on Gospel of John - Kegan Chandler
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John's Gospel is different from Mark, Matthew and Luke due to emerging Gnostic ideas - Kegan Chandler
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2nd century Christians questioned John's Gospel due to Gnosticism - Kegan Chandler
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Hermes Trismegistus, an Olympian Greek god, was the 'Logos' or God's divine word manifest to Man - Kegan Chandler
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Gnostic 'secret knowledge' of God features in Pagan, Christian & Spiritual teachings - Kegan Chandler
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Both Gnostic and Trinitarian Christians believe in Jesus' dual nature - Kegan Chandler
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John's Gospel is anti-Gnostic. Jesus is made more human-like - Kegan Chandler
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Simon of Cyrene, bearer of Jesus' Cross, is absent from John's Gospel - Kegan Chandler
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John's Gospel wrote a 'multi-level' history to counter Gnostic views on Jesus - Kegan Chandler
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Irenaeus (130-202 AD): John's Gospel written to refute Gnosticism - Kegan Chandler
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Hermeticism, a pagan form of Gnosticism, believed God is within us all - Kegan Chandler
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Poemandres (Heremetic, Pagan text, c. 50 AD) bears striking textual similarities to John's Gospel - Kegan Chandler
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Evidence that John's Gospel used Poemandres (Hermetic, Pagan, c. 50 AD) as a Source - Kegan Chandler
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Did John's Gospel 'accidentally' copy Hermetism from Poemandres? - Kegan Chandler
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John's Gospel parallels Gnostic-Pagan-Hermetic ideas (dualism, oneness/son of God, trinity, Father etc.) to promote his Jewish-Christianity - Kegan Chandler
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John's Gospel depicts 'the right' Jesus; against Judaism, Gnostic-Christianity and Hermetism - Kegan Chandler
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