John 10 begins with the closest thing to a parable we find in the Gospel of John. While parables are common in the other three Gospels, John does not record a single parable. In this passage, Jesus us… more →
Reading Actswrote 4 hours ago: Chapter 9 starts with a verse that, IMO, should have been attached to Chapter 8. I honestly don … more →
wrote 21 hours ago: An event Paul was familiar with (The Last Supper, The Novgorod School, 15th Century). Jesus’ resurre … more →
wrote 1 day ago: Jesus (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Who is Jesus? What did he do? How does a Naturalistic Pantheist view … more →
wrote 3 days ago: When you read the New Testament you find that Rome has hegemony over Palestine and that a family cal … more →
wrote 3 days ago: Chapter 9 concludes. This probably could have been squeezed into the last post, but better too short … more →
wrote 4 days ago: A sermon three years after Deep Water Horizon on love, freedom, and caring for each other, the oyste … more →
wrote 4 days ago: There is a widely held belief that the Christians were persecuted from The days of Christ and the p … more →
wrote 5 days ago: In 1906, theologian and philanthropist Albert Schweitzer published The Quest of the Historical Jesus … more →
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wrote 5 days ago: This week, I was required to write a lengthy paper comparing my own beliefs to the Apostles’ C … more →
wrote 6 days ago: Here is my presentation that I gave on the Jesus myth theory for the Network of Christian Apologists … more →
wrote 1 week ago: Readings for Ascension Sunday: Acts 1: 1-11; Ps. 47: 2-3, 6-9; Eph. 1: 17-23; Lk. 24: 48-53 http://w … more →
wrote 1 week ago: for more, visit jesusand mo.net Ben, the current Christian to visit these pages with his claims, has … more →
wrote 1 week ago: How research in ancient speech & talk sheds light on Jesus’ interactions with the Pharisees in t … more →
wrote 1 week ago: In Reading the Gospels Wisely: A Narrative and Theological Introduction Jonathan T. Pennington sets … more →
wrote 1 week ago: Over on his blog, Jim Davila shares the sad news of the passing of Geza Vermes. SAD NEWS: I have jus … more →
wrote 1 week ago: The rest of this chapter is pretty much Jesus talking for much of the time. As such, it’s like … more →
wrote 1 week ago: I have been talking to a number of Jesus mythicists lately and they have been putting forth somethin … more →
wrote 1 week ago: This is the final part of my review of Richard Carrier’s book, Proving History: Bayes’s Theorem and … more →