Were the "Dark Ages" really Dark?

Of course, the term "Dark Ages" is used differently by different people - some use it (especially in pop-culture) to refer to all of the Medieval Era, while others use it more precisely to describe Western Europe between the Fall of the (Western) Roman Empire and the Rise of Charlemagne and the Holy Roman Empire (the period roughly from A.D. 476-800).

It may well be that one day people will think of our own time as a "Dark Age" as well, as so many things seem to have declined since the late 20th Century.

IN any case, Oliver Murray, a high-church Anglican has another thought-provoking video on this that is worth chewing on (maybe even arguing with at points). 

N.T. Wright on "Once Saved Always Saved"

 A couple of the most influential Anglican Christians on YouTube are scholars N.T. Wright and Michael Byrd.  They've done some academic projects together, but also this pop-level YouTube channel.  With any theologian - even one as significant as Wright - talking about complex issues completely "off the cuff" in response to questions can be a bit dangerous, but this is a good discussion from Wright and Byrd on Calvinism and the common (mostly Baptist) idea of "once saved always saved."  Both men are (or so I thought) coming out of the more "Reformed" side of Anglicanism, which made this all the more interesting.

A highlight in this video is Wright being asked about his favorite books and movies.
I'm pretty sure this guy does not have a big TV in his living room like I do.