Apologists… The Death(s) of Judas 21 May 201921 May 2019 In light of a recent blog post by a certain pop-apologist,[1] I thought it might be appropriate to lay out a brief case for seeing the two accounts of Judas…
Ancient Assyria… The Weekly Roundup – 5.10.19 10 May 201930 Apr 2019 "What would lead people to make all this stuff up – all of it – from scratch? Not just embroidering or adding to existing stories about an existing person, but…
Biblical Scholarship… The “Conservative Bible Project”: The Interplay of Ideology and Translation 2 May 201930 Apr 2019 In this post you will find two things: a paper and a presentation. The paper is entitled "The 'Conservative Bible Project': The Interplay of Ideology and Translation. Here is the…
Biblical Scholarship… The Christian Defenders’ 5 Reasons: The Criterion of Embarassment 31 Mar 201923 Jun 2019 For other posts in this series, please visit the series' page. The Christian Defenders' second reason for believing that the Bible is true is that the Bible contains "embarrassing details."…
Ancient Israel… The Christian Defenders’ 5 Reasons: Archaeology and the Bible 18 Mar 201927 Apr 2019 In my experience, Christian apologetics is geared towards reinforcing the faithful, not convincing the skeptic. As I wrote last October, "It seems that pop-apologetics is nothing more than preaching to…
'Scientific Facts in the Bible' (2016)… Invasion of the Bible Snatchers: Ray Comfort’s ‘Scientific Facts in the Bible’ – The Life of the Flesh 25 Feb 201915 Feb 2019 "If anyone of the house of Israel or of the aliens who reside among them eats any blood, I will set my face against that person who eats blood, and…
'Cold-Case Christianity'… Book Review: ‘The Case for Miracles’ by Lee Strobel, part 6 18 Feb 201912 Feb 2019 "For if the dead are not raised, then Christ has not been raised. If Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile and you are still in your sins.…
'Cold-Case Christianity'… The Weekly Roundup – 2.15.19 15 Feb 201914 Feb 2019 "Slavery is part of the cultural fabric of the world that produced the Scriptures. Though some debate whether servitude or even debt-slavery should be used to describe the institution instead, the…
'Misquoting Jesus'… Lost in the Weeds: SJ Thomason Takes on Bart Ehrman, part 2 12 Feb 2019 To see all posts in this series, please refer to its index. Thomason's "rebuttal" of Bart Ehrman's Misquoting Jesus1 continues, this time focusing on the end of chapter one as well…
