Whether you have watched this one before or not, I think you will find it fairly unique and of value. I did! I just rewatched it in choosing what to post as Easter Sunday fades into our past this evening. I had forgotten just how thorough it was. The description…
As we move from Thursday through Sunday morning, observed as Easter tomorrow, this 30 minute overview of the events surrounding Jesus’s crucifixion and burial takes you on the ground with plenty of archaeological evidence. I wanted to share it with you all this Saturday night–when I think Jesus’ corpse was…
In this long form interview with notes and maps I discuss who were the Ebionites? Were John the Baptist, Jesus, and James part of a “stream” of faith and piety that traced back to the Dead Sea Scroll group, and down through a so-called “Christianity,” before, during, in contrast to…
As we move along into what Christians traditionally call “Holy Week”–with both Passover and Easter ahead, I wanted to share a blog post I did back in 2022– with links to just about every aspect of the main events from Palm Sunday through Easter–and thereafter. Here is the main link…
https://youtu.be/E3A_R96EKwg Today is Nisan the first on the Hebrew Calendar–the biblical New Year in the Spring based on Exodus 12:1. Nice time–in the Northern Hemisphere at least, for resolutions and New Beginnings as Spring begins. I recorded this video in late March 2025 when I was in Jerusalem on Nisan…
https://youtu.be/WDVPuljWbPc This is a more public version of a lecture I presented last month to those in my on-line course, “Christianity Before Paul.” The Ten recorded topics/lectures in the course are supplemented by monthly Zoom meetings in which we explore aspects of the Mary-John-Jesus-Mary Magdalene-James movement more in depth. In…
In this extended interview with Johnny Ova, Pastor of the “Sound of Heaven” Church and host of the “Dig In” Podcast @thejohnnyova, we explore some of the key issues in any quest for the Historical Mary. https://youtu.be/E0YKcNuBc0o
I recorded this video four years ago. I wanted to put it up and ask you to think about what we have learned, forgotten, or need to remember or reconsider since this was presented. Enjoy! https://youtu.be/c-a4NHGlG_g?si=hIsXJ85mranfBgOv
I was pleased to “pinch hit” for Bart Ehrman today on his popular Youtube podcast, “Misquoting Jesus,” just in time for the big holiday this week. I know I am mostly preaching to the “Choir” here for my regular blog readers, since many of you have either read my book,…
In this edited radio interview, to which I have added video and images, John Batchelor, legendary host of CBS “Eye on the World,” takes me though my new book, The Lost Mary, which he had so thoroughly read and absorbed. It was a delight to speak with him. Enjoy! And…
