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November 2015

November 07, 2015

The Wind Always Blows in the Direction of the Promised Land

I love a good Jewish book. And I’m especially fond of Dr. Rachel Naomi Remen’s...

July 2015

July 17, 2015

The Two Creations in Genesis

The Bible opens up with two distinct creation myths. Recently, I had an opportunity to...

May 2015

May 09, 2015

The Word of God: Both Scandalous and Divine

I feel lost. So where do I go from here? It’s not uncommon for religious...

April 2015

April 30, 2015

Marcus Borg on How to Save the Bible

What are we to make of the Bible? It is a historical product that lacks...

April 19, 2015

Mormon Miscellaneous with Van Hale

Earlier this evening, I had a chance to visit with radio talk show host Van...

April 02, 2015

Teaching Biblical Studies and Judaism Through Utah State University

I’ve taken a position as the new online professor of Biblical Studies and Judaism for...

April 02, 2015

You Lost Me: Secular vs. Sacred Education

Secularism! Be afraid! It is a demonic force overtaking religious institutions as it consumes and...

April 01, 2015

Who Wrote the Gospels? (part 3)

Continuing this series, I would like to draw upon a quote from the Harper Collins...

March 2015

March 27, 2015

Come You Masters of War: Joshua Madson Lecture

This Tuesday night (March 31st), author of the forthcoming book Buried Words: Recovering the Non-Violent...

March 24, 2015

Who Wrote the Gospels (part 2)

Back in 1992, the Biblical Archaeology Society published a collection of introductory essays in a...

March 24, 2015

Mormon Studies Podcast

Brilliant textual analyst and historian of Mormonism, Brent Metcalfe, has started a new project titled,...

March 23, 2015

Who Wrote the Gospels? (part 1)

“A historical genre does not necessarily guarantee historical accuracy or reliability, and neither the evangelists...

March 22, 2015

B.H. Roberts a “Miserable Failure”

Like many, I hold a deep affinity for B. H. Roberts. A brilliant theologian, Roberts...

March 21, 2015

Tolkien’s Greek New Testament

Last night I had the opportunity to look at J.R.R. Tolkien's personal copy of the...

March 10, 2015

Joseph Spencer Lecture

Joseph Spencer, co-editor of the Maxwell Institute's Journal of Book of Mormon studies, and author...

March 07, 2015

Doubt as Fruitful Catalyst to Spiritual Growth

Fiona and Terryl Givens have made a thought-provoking contribution to recent online discussions concerning the...

March 05, 2015

Does Historicity Matter?

Yes. Of course historicity matters. My own approach to scripture is founded in the historical...

March 03, 2015

The Spiritual Nature of Doubt

When religious paradigms break apart through critical analysis, it is natural for believers to experience...

March 02, 2015

The New Testament: Why Don’t We Teach This?

Over the years, I have really enjoyed the writings of prolific New Testament scholar Bart...

March 02, 2015

Authoring the Old Testament: A Great Review

Tom Hardman, who posts at In Fide Scientiam: To Our Faith Add Knowledge, has posted...

February 2015

February 24, 2015

An Example of Critical Thinking and Religious Faith

Thought I would share the following picture of my friend, Tyler. Tyler (far left) decided...

February 23, 2015

Kitchen: Too Blatantly Apologetic to Warrant Serious Consideration as Historiography

I thought I would share a helpful follow-up citation to the last critique I posted...

February 18, 2015

The Earth Really Isn’t Flat: An Evangelical Critique of K.A. Kitchen

Last month, I wrote a three-part series titled "Don't Do Bible (but if you do,...

February 18, 2015

Historical versus Historicity

There's been some question as of late on the use of terms such as "historical"...

February 17, 2015

What it Means to be Mormon According to Joseph Smith

Joseph Smith embraced a dynamic religious view: freedom to believe; freedom to question; freedom to...

February 16, 2015

Exilic Absorption of the Female Goddess in Deutero-Isaiah

Despite his original divine masculinity, the anthropomorphic Yahweh was eventually emasculated in later biblical and...

February 14, 2015

Biblical Scholars: Preoccupied With the Reconstruction of History

From archeology, to literary criticism, to folklore analysis, modern biblical scholars use a variety of...

February 11, 2015

The Key To Success

It was the first ever session for the first Faith and Knowledge conference at Yale...

February 06, 2015

1 Nephi as Propaganda

The Book of Mormon begins by telling the story of a messianic figure named Nephi....

February 04, 2015

The Good News of Christ: Historicity and the New Testament

So the Hebrew Bible isn’t history. But what about the New Testament? The concept of...

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