Bart Ehrman’s “How Jesus Became God” (Part 1): A Book Analysis Series
Over the past decade or so, Bart Ehrman has made quite a name for himself, having written numerous books about Jesus and early Christianity that, to say the ver...
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The Jewish War Series (Part 8: The Revolutionaries in Jerusalem)
Upon coming to Jerusalem, John of Gischala attempted to rally the populace to engage the Roman army in battle. He had seen the difficulty the Roman soldiers had...
Jesus and the Olivet Discourse: The Son of Man Coming on the Clouds of Heaven (it doesn’t mean what you think it means) (Part 5: The Jewish War Series)
“And then they will see the Son of Man coming in the clouds with great power and glory. And then he will send out the angels and gather his elect from the four ...
Jesus and the Olivet Discourse: The Abomination of Desolation…and other Cosmic Stuff (Part 4: The Jewish War Series)
A week before he was arrested by the Sanhedrin and then crucified under Pontius Pilate, Jesus of Nazareth rode into the Jerusalem on a donkey, being hailed by m...
Thorns, Thornbushes, and the Bleeding Crown of Life (Reflections on so much outrage in our current society)
“Listen! A sower went out to sow. And as he sowed, some seeds fell on the path, and the birds came and ate them up. Other seeds fell on rocky ground, wher...
Isaiah 7:14: Misconceptions and False Assumptions…and What that Means for Jesus (Part 1)
It’s Christmas, and if you have grown up in church (and probably even if you haven’t), no doubt you are familiar with Isaiah 7:14: “Therefore the Lord himself w...
All About MYTH: A Quick Response to a Facebook Discussion on Myth, the Gospels, and Jesus
I have not been posting too much this month because I have been busy with other things. Nevertheless, in light of a recent extensive Facebook discussion (and si...
God, Animal Cruelty, Sex, and Jesus…and Richard Dawkins’ Peculiar Take On All of It (Part 5)
Richard Dawkins on…Judaism? “Originally a tribal cult of a single fiercely unpleasant God, morbidly obsessed with sexual restrictions, with the smell of charred...
The Jews, the Holocaust, and the Covenant
I recently watched a PBS presentation entitled, God On Trial. The setting was a barracks in Auschwitz, in which the Jewish men there decided to “hold court” and...
Bart Ehrman, and the Historical Reliability of the Gospels (Part 1)
Bart Ehrman is a New Testament scholar at the University of North Carolina who is most famous for his books, Misquoting Jesus, Jesus Interrupted, and his most r...