Paulogia Takes on J. Warner Wallace over “Lame” Explanations for the Resurrection

To say that I'm not a fan of J. Warner Wallace would be an understatement. As far as I'm concerned, he and I are equally qualified to talk about the Bible and history. That is to say, not at all. (So, why are you still reading?!?) So any time I see someone competently dunk on... Continue Reading →

25 Aug 2020 2

Contradictions in the Empty Tomb Narratives: A Response to Erik Manning, Part 4

Part 1: Series Introduction and Contradiction #1 - "How Many Women?"Part 2: Contradiction #2 - "Was the Stone Already Removed?" Part 3: Contradiction #3 - "Angel or Angels?" Part 4: Contradiction #4 - "The Ending of Mark" and Series Conclusion 1 THE ENDING OF MARK To say that the ending of the Gospel of Mark... Continue Reading →

20 Aug 2020 5

Contradictions in the Empty Tomb Narratives: A Response to Erik Manning, Part 3

Part 1: Series Introduction and Contradiction #1 - "How Many Women?"Part 2: Contradiction #2 - "Was the Stone Already Removed?" Part 3: Contradiction #3 - "Angel or Angels?" Part 4: Contradiction #4 - "The Ending of Mark" and Series Conclusion 1 ANGEL OR ANGELS? In the Gospel of Mark, when the women arrive at the... Continue Reading →

13 Aug 2020 7

Contradictions in the Empty Tomb Narratives: A Response to Erik Manning, Part 2

Part 1: Series Introduction and Contradiction #1 - "How Many Women?"Part 2: Contradiction #2 - "Was the Stone Already Removed?" Part 3: Contradiction #3 - "Angel or Angels?"Part 4: Contradiction #4 - "The Ending of Mark" and Series Conclusion 1 WAS THE STONE ALREADY REMOVED? In the Gospel of Mark, as Mary Magdalene, Mary the... Continue Reading →

6 Aug 2020 8

Contradictions in the Empty Tomb Narratives: A Response to Erik Manning, Part 1

Part 1: Series Introduction and Contradiction #1 - "How Many Women?"Part 2: Contradiction #2 - "Was the Stone Already Removed?" Part 3: Contradiction #3 - "Angel or Angels?" Part 4: Contradiction #4 - "The Ending of Mark" and Series Conclusion SERIES INTRODUCTION It is no understatement to declare that historic Christianity lives and dies by... Continue Reading →

25 Jul 2020 20

Is the “Nazareth Inscription” from Nazareth?

If you’ve spent any amount of time online perusing Christian apologetics websites, you’ve no doubt come across the Nazareth Inscription, an edict from Caesar found on a slab of marble that prohibits grave robbing under penalty of death.[1] It is called the “Nazareth Inscription” because it was sent to antiquities collector Wilhelm Froehner from Nazareth in 1878.... Continue Reading →

21 Jul 2020 2

Was Jesus Buried in a Tomb?

On the 24th, Jim Majors will be debating Michael Jones on the question, “Was Jesus buried in a tomb?” For many, the answer will seem to be a no-brainer: of course, he was buried in a tomb! Where else would he have been buried? Moreover, the canonical Gospels all agree on this very point and... Continue Reading →

2 Jul 2020 3

Quora Questions w/the Amateur Exegete: #6 – The Ending of Mark and the Other Gospels

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvEKlQ2o0pQ Recommended Reading •Mary Ann Beavis, Mark, Paideia Commentaries on the New Testament (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2011), 22-23.•John R. Donahue and Daniel J. Harrington, The Gospel of Mark, Sacra Pagina (Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press, 2002), 29-34.•Elizabeth Struthers Malbon, In the Company of Jesus: Characters in Mark’s Gospel (Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox Press, 2000), 41-69.

19 Feb 2020 2

"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 inventing all of the above, including the bits that clearly work against their purposes? So far, I have not heard an adequate explanation for this.... Continue Reading →

10 May 2019 3