I woke up this morning to lots of global headlines…report on Iran’s nuclear violations and likely independent strike by Israel, Indian plane crash, Hamas killing Gazans at aid centers, the Badgad situation…reminds me of Steve Earle’s opening lines in his song Jerusalem: “I woke up this morning and none of…
Breaking News! There are multiple media stories out today about the new methods of dating the Dead Sea Scrolls using AI and new C-14 testing. This is a solid and important development, but it is being sensationally reported to have proven that the visionary prophecy of the book of Daniel…
The festival of Shavuot falls tonight on the Jewish calendar, observed through Monday sundown. Shavuot in Hebrew literally means “weeks” or “sevens,” which refers to the seven weeks between Passover and what was originally a harvest celebration on the 50th day–also called the “feast of firstfruits” (Exodus 34:22). In Greek…
In this very personal video I reflect on one of my dearest friends in life who died long before his time from a totally unexpected sudden onslaught condition called Lewy Bodies (DLB), related to Parkinson’s and Alzheimers. He fought with courage and I was able to spent some really quality…
I recently did an interview with Jacob Giron, a young open minded Christian believer who regularly explores “out of the box,” issues on his Youtube Channel (@LeadersTalkPodcast), including reading my books: Paul and Jesus, and Restoring Abrahamic Faith: https://youtu.be/BEHIsCRBE_M
I thought you all might enjoy this little piece on the historical location of Cana off the Galilee–you remember, the water-to-wine story! Well it turns out there is much more to the story…and I was honored to be the one who was interviewed. Is This Where Jesus Turned Water into…
The new revised and expanded 4th edition of my little book Restoring Abrahamic Faith is available now on Amazon in paperback as of noon EDT today. Here is the link: https://amzn.to/3F90SA7 I will be adding Kindle, Hardcover, and Audio at a later date, as well as translations into several languages,…
I am asked this question more than ANY other when I lecture or talk about the Dead Sea Scrolls! Here is my answer in less than 30 minutes! This is a short 25 minute excerpt of a longer 1:45 minute interview I did with Aaron Abke and Kameron Waters of…
It is often said that the three “Abrahamic” religions are Judaism, Christianity, and Islam–and by some broad definitions that might be the case. However, the core Hebrew faith, as reflected in a critical non-fundamentalist reading the Hebrew Bible itself, has largely been lost, forgotten, muted, or outright contradicted by these…
Here is a short clip of my remarks at the 2025 Waco Branch Davidian Memorial held on April 19th. I decided to talk about my conception of “True Religion,” transcending all groups, denominations, cults, movements, and spiritual paths. Before commenting on any aspect of the Waco tragedy please be sure…
