I recently gave my first lecture on the Historical Mary, mother of Jesus, to a Roman Catholic audience–in this case the Sisters of Maryknoll Institute. This is very in-depth with slides–for those who want to explore in more details the texts, archaeology, and history that shed precious light on the…
The ancient group of Jesus followers referred to as the “Ebionites” or “Nazarenes” were slandered, damned, and declared heretics by the mainstream Christian Orthodox Church Fathers. In this dialogue with filmmaker Kameron Waters, I argue that they may well be one of our best clues to recovering what the original…
https://youtu.be/baAWiUZHnww In this short video Bart Ehrman and I talk about the earliest layers of our New Testament gospel traditions regarding the teachings of Jesus about “Hell” or Gehenna–the Greek word used. Bart is offering a one day, two lecture FREE course on “What the Hell?” You can sign up…
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 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…
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 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,…
Have you ever wondered what the Jesus movement was like before the apostle Paul emerged with what he himself calls “my gospel”? I am pleased to announce that my new online course, “Christianity Before Paul,” has now been released and is available. The course is entirely online, self-paced, and…
In this overview of a more extensive lecture on the topic of “The Making of a Messiah,” I discuss some of the methods scholars use to peer through our historical and material evidence to try to get at what we call the “historical figure of Jesus,” not so much what…
In this edited interview I did with Aaron Abke, host of the Youtube channel The Jesus Way podcast we delve deeply into all aspects of the quest for the historical Mary, mother of Jesus. Here is an easy link to my new book, The Lost Mary: Rediscovering the Historical Mother…