Biblical Criticism… The Weekly Roundup – 5.17.19 17 May 201930 Apr 2019 "To be clear, some religious people evaluate their subjective experience as a piece of the evidential pie without taking this strong of a stance – but I want to address…
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…
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…
'The Gospel on the Margins'… Michael Kok: John Mark as a Composite Creation of the Author of Acts 13 Sep 201828 Aug 2018 Michael J. Kok, The Gospel on the Margins: The Reception of Mark in the Second Century (Fortpress Press, 2015), 158-159. The John Mark of the book of Acts is a composite…
'Scripting Jesus'… L. Michael White: Dating Luke-Acts 30 Jul 20184 Jul 2018 L. Michael White, Scripting Jesus: The Gospels in Rewrite (HarperOne, 2010), 335. There are also problems of dating in the light of current theories of Gospel relations, since the Gospel of…
'The Resurrection of Jesus'… Gerd Luedemann: Jesus’ Appearance Before the “More than 500” 6 Jun 201828 May 2018 Gerd Luedemann, The Resurrection of Jesus: History, Experience, Theology (Minneapolis, MN: Fortress Press, 1994), 107. Conclusion: The appearance before the 'more than 500' [1 Corinthians 15:6] as a historical phenomenon can plausibly…
Characters in the Christian Scriptures… Index for “Satan Entered Judas: The Great Betrayer” 28 May 201825 May 2018 Below is an index to the six posts that made up my brief series discussing Judas Iscariot in the four Gospels. The series was entitled, "Satan Entered Judas: The Great…
Characters in the Christian Scriptures… Satan Entered Judas: The Great Betrayer, part 6 25 May 201818 May 2018 This is the final post in our brief series on Judas Iscariot. We've looked at Judas from the vantage point of each of the Gospels as well as the book…
Characters in the Christian Scriptures… Satan Entered Judas: The Great Betrayer, part 4 21 May 201823 May 2018 In our last post we covered how the Gospel of Luke portrayed Judas Iscariot. The Lukan Judas was possessed by Satan himself and so the betrayal of Jesus by Judas…
