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Some Readers’ Questions and Some Responses

I continue to get excellent questions from readers of the blog.  I can't devote a post to all of them (I do answer all the ones I get in the comments section), but I do like to address a few of them publicly for everyone to see, every week or so.  Here's a current outstanding [...]

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Will Everyone be Saved? (Everyone??)

There has been an extraordinary range of views in Christianity about who will be “saved,” whether people have any say in the matter, what it requires, whether salvation can be lost, and … most everything else connected with this central teaching of the religion.  It may seem odd that disagreements among Christian thinkers would involve [...]

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Will Everyone be Saved? (Everyone??)

There has been an extraordinary range of views in Christianity about who will be “saved,” whether people have any say in the matter, what it requires, whether salvation can be lost, and … most everything else connected with this central teaching of the religion.  It may seem odd that disagreements among Christian thinkers would involve [...]

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Will “Everyone be Saved? (Everyone??)

There has been an extraordinary range of views in Christianity about who will be “saved,” whether people have any say in the matter, what it requires, whether salvation can be lost, and … most everything else connected with this central teaching of the religion.  It may seem odd that disagreements among Christian thinkers would involve [...]

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Can You “Lose Your Salvation”?

Does the New Testament teach that a person can lose their salvation?  It depends whom you ask.  And possibly which New Testament books you read. I have been discussing the letter to the Hebrews, an a couple of passages there are some of the key texts for discussing the issue.  First, some background: Since the [...]

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Does the Book of Hebrews Indicate Jesus Ever Came To Earth? A Response to Richard Carrier.

In an earlier post I indicated that I have difficulty responding to writings of mythicists, largely because they often say things that I think are dead wrong, but it would take so much time and effort to explain why.  This morning I did think I should at least give one example of the sort of [...]

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August 2025 Gold Q&A

Hey Gold & Platinum Members, It’s that time again—our monthly Gold Q&A is coming up, and Bart’s ready to take on your burning questions. The August Q&A will take place on Wednesday August 20th at at 7 PM Eastern. Have something you’ve been dying to ask? Send your question to: ehrmanblog@gmail.com (Please don’t drop it [...]

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The Letter to the Hebrews: For Further Reading

Here is a list of readings of relevance to the book of Hebrews.  Some of the books, as you will see, are just on Hebrews itself; more are on the broader topic that Hebrews addresses, the relationship of Jews and Christians in early Christianity.  This is a fraught topic: the first two on the list [...]

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The Book of Hebrews: Who Wrote It, When, and Why?

Now that I have discussed the overarching themes and emphases of the letter to the Hebrews, I can turn to the historical question of who actually wrote it, when, and why.   ******************************   The authorship of the book has been debated for nearly as long as the book has been in circulation; and part [...]

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The Letter to the Hebrews: In a Nutshell

I now return to my long “Nutshell” thread, explaining each book of the New Testament in brief terms, with one post laying out its major themes and emphases; another discussing what we can know about who wrote it, when, and why; another that provides suggestions for further reading; and at least one (and sometimes more) [...]

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