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April 2, 2024
Was Jesus Opposed to Women and Childbirth? The Lost Gospel of the Egyptians
Now here are some conversations between Jesus and one of his women followers I bet you’ve never seen before! When Salome asked, “How long will death prevail?” the Lord replied “For as long as you women bear children.” But he did not say this because life is evil or the creation wicked; instead he was [...]
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March 31, 2024
A Really Scathing Review of My Book on Suffering
I’ve devoted my past couple of posts to a review of one of my books that the reviewer (really) didn’t like, and doing so reminded me of the most scathing review that, to my knowledge, I ever received, that at the time (sixteen years ago) I thought was outrageous, and now find rather humorous…. I’m [...]
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March 30, 2024
Making the Gospels Say What You WANT Them To Say
Here is the second post on the Very Reverend Robert Barron’s curious critiques of my book How Jesus Became God. I will not be doing a point-by-point assessment of everything he says; I frankly found none of his criticisms very convincing, largely because, as I indicated in the previous post, he does not appear to [...]
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March 28, 2024
Dealing With Reviews of My Books By People Who (Apparently) Haven’t Read Them
As I am inching closer to writing my next book, on how the ethics of Jesus transformed the moral conscience of the West, I have started thinking, possibly not unnaturally, about how some of my earlier books were critiqued in published reviews. I really don't mind if someone understands what I write and has reasoned [...]
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March 27, 2024
Public Lecture at Wake Forest University: April 2
In case any of you is around Winston Salem NC next Tuesday, April 2 -- I'll be giving a public lecture at Wake Forest. This'll be the first event I've done like this since before Covid! I'll be talking about the real-life effects of the Christian view that the End is Near, based on my [...]
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Among Paul’s Enemies….
In my previous post I indicated that among the lost writings of early Christianity, one batch that I would especially like to see discovered would be those produced by Paul’s enemies among the Christians. I don’t know how many of his opponents were writing-literate, but possibly some of them were, and their own attacks on [...]
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March 26, 2024
Reminder! Platinum Webinar This Evening (Tuesday, March 26)! Did Jesus Really Mean It?
Reminder of the Platinum webinar this evening! Here's the original post from last week. I'm looking forward to hearing your feedback on this section of my (soon to be written) (we hope) book. ******************* Hey Platinums, I'm afraid I have bad news and happy I have good news. Bad news: We had a technical difficulty [...]
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What Did Paul’s Christian Enemies Write About Him?
In my upcoming course I'll be talking about whether Peter and Paul were at odds. That might seem like a strange and implausible idea to some people. But from a historical perspective, there is nothing at all unlikely about it. We know that Paul had enemies (among the Christians!) all over the place. Some of [...]
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March 24, 2024
A Self-Evaluation of My Self-Debate: Is the Book of Acts Historically Reliable?
I have now completed my posts on the debate I had with myself in front of my New Testament class on the question of whether the New Testament book of Acts is historically reliable. If you want to see the whole debate, just read the posts in sequence: the affirmative speech arguing Acts is indeed [...]
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