'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…
'The Case for Miracles'… Book Review: ‘The Case for Miracles’ by Lee Strobel, part 5a 10 Dec 201820 Jan 2019 In part one of my review of Lee Strobel’s The Case for Miracles I covered chapters 1-3, a section featuring Strobel’s interview of the skeptic Michael Shermer. In part two I…
Christian Scriptures… Mark 1:21-28, AEV 5 Nov 20186 Nov 2018 Below is my translation of Mark 1:21-28, a pericope wherein Jesus enters a synagogue in the city of Capernaum and ends up casting out an unclean spirit. This story in…
God… Musings on Mark: A Closer Look at Mark 6:45-52, part 2 24 Oct 201821 Oct 2018 In the last "Musings on Mark" we began taking a closer look at Mark 6:45-52. Today we finish up looking at that passage. "He Intended to Pass Them By" We…
Gospel of John… Musings on Mark: Mark vs Matthew vs John on Jesus Walking on Water 3 Oct 20183 Oct 2018 One of the few stories shared by both the Synoptic Gospels and the Gospel of John is the story of Jesus walking upon water. (Well, almost all of the Synoptics…
'The New Testament' (2016)… Bart Ehrman: Miracle Workers in the Greco-Roman World 11 Sep 201828 Aug 2018 Bart D. Ehrman, The New Testament: A Historical Introduction to the Early Christian Writings, sixth edition (OUP, 2016), 46. What is remarkable is that [Apollonius of Tyana and Jesus] were not…
'The Case for Miracles'… Book Review: ‘The Case for Miracles’ by Lee Strobel, part 4 10 Sep 201820 Jan 2019 In part one of my review of Lee Strobel’s The Case for Miracles I covered chapters 1-3, a section featuring Strobel’s interview of the skeptic Michael Shermer. In part two I…
'The Case for Miracles'… Book Review: ‘The Case for Miracles’ by Lee Strobel, part 3 29 Jun 201820 Jan 2019 In part one of my review of Lee Strobel’s The Case for Miracles I covered chapters 1-3, a section featuring Strobel’s interview of the skeptic Michael Shermer. In part two I…
'The Case for Miracles'… Book Review: ‘The Case for Miracles’ by Lee Strobel, part 2 1 Jun 201820 Jan 2019 In part one of my review of Lee Strobel's The Case for Miracles I covered chapters 1-3, a section featuring Strobel's interview of the skeptic Michael Shermer. Today we will briefly…
