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…
'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…
'Misquoting Jesus'… Lost in the Weeds: SJ Thomason Takes on Bart Ehrman, part 1 9 Feb 201912 Feb 2019 To see all posts in this series, please refer to its index. Last year I wrote a five-part series on Heather Schuldt's terrible attempt at taking on biblical scholar Bart Ehrman.1 Now pop-apologist…
Atheism… The Weekly Roundup – 2.1.19 1 Feb 201930 Jan 2019 "I propose the final edition of Genesis is the result of a similar process by an editor of the Holiness school of pre-exilic Israel, who combined and organized these various…
Atheism… The Weekly Roundup – 1.25.19 25 Jan 201926 Jan 2019 Over on his blog Charles Payet has a post entitled "It's the End of the World as We Knew It." Overall, it is a rather pessimistic piece and one with which…
