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Apocalypticism July 9, 2017

99.99% of Humanity Will Burn in Hell Forever, and Ever, and Ever…

When I was growing up in the Cambellite/Stone “Churches of Christ” one of the ongoing discussions among my college age missionary minded friends at Abilene Christian College (now University) was whether or not those who had “never heard” the gospel of Christ, and thus had had no chance to respond and…

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2nd Temple Judaism July 5, 2017

Diggin’ In the Holy City

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Christian Origins June 25, 2017

Ring Them Bells! The True Gospel according to Bob Dylan

Yesterday morning in Jerusalem I heard the bells of the Dormition Abbey on Mt Zion and wept thinking of Bob Dylan’s song. Here are some thoughts on the profound lyrics. There are many “Gospels,” many Gods, many Lords, and many Christs. The challenge is sorting them out. Paul refers to…

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Christian Origins June 13, 2017

Was Mary Magdalene the Wife of Jesus? Was She a Prostitute and Sinner?

Birger Pearson’s piece at the BAS Web site addressing the questions of whether Mary Magdalene was Jesus’ wife? and Was Mary Magdalene a Prostitute? is really well done in my view. It is short but to the point. I see it as an advance over the article he did some…

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Uncategorized June 6, 2017

How Fundamentalism Works

Fundamentalism relies on two pillars.  First one needs an inspired and Holy Book, and second one must  forget that that book has a history… Joseph Hoffmann (paraphrased)

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2nd Temple Judaism June 6, 2017

Jesus as Illegitimate and the Talpiot Tomb: Some Overlooked Considerations

In the meantime, it is indeed interesting to note that this very practice of patronymy/paponymy/metronymy, by its repetitive nature, leaves the sample of names quite narrow and refutes in essence the argument of “very common names” put forward by a number scholars that the Talpiot tomb was not that of…

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2nd Temple Judaism June 1, 2017

The Names in the Talpiot Tombs: Considering all the Evidence

Since I began writing about the “Jesus Family tomb” discovered in East Talpiot, Jerusalem around Easter 1981, by far the most common response by colleagues and media reports alike has been the inaccurate generalization that the names found in the tomb were “extremely common.”  The obvious intention of this assertion…

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2nd Temple Judaism June 1, 2017

An Ancient Pre-Christian Messianic Vision

I wanted to share with my readers the translation of an ancient text, known in various Greek manuscripts as well as Aramaic fragments found among the Dead Sea Scrolls, with which many might not be familiar. It seems to capture in a few lines the core of ideas of the…

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Biblical Expositions May 22, 2017

The Top Seven Fateful Passages in the New Testament (7) “Salvation only in Jesus”

The New Testament has been the most influential collection of documents in history. Taken by both commoners and those in power as the inspired and infallible  “Word of God,” and interpreted ofttimes outside its historical context, its fateful influence has often emerged from single passages with far-ranging consequences: And there…

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Biblical Expositions May 21, 2017

The Top Seven Fateful Passages in the New Testament (6) “Look to the Things Unseen”

The New Testament has been the most influential collection of documents in history. Taken by both commoners and those in power as the inspired and infallible  “Word of God,” and interpreted ofttimes outside its historical context, its fateful influence has often emerged from single passages with far-ranging consequences: We look…

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