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August 2021

August 23, 2021

Overrated Romans

Paul's Letter to the Romans is the most overrated document in the Bible. Overrated, that's...

March 2021

March 15, 2021

Jesus Wasn’t Christian

Jesus wasn’t Christian, and neither were the Twelve, Paul, or any other first-century persons. Do...

February 2021

February 03, 2021

Paul Never Experienced Guilt

Paul never experienced guilt or other psychological states familiar to Americans. Recently, I wrote about...

January 2021

January 29, 2021

Timothy and Titus Are Forgeries, and That’s Okay!

The Pastoral Epistles were not really written by Paul to Timothy or Titus, but that...

January 25, 2021

Paul Never Converted

That Paul never converted (he never switched religions) makes for a fascinating discussion on the...

October 2020

October 19, 2020

Math Debunks Pauline Myths

Math doesn’t lie about Paul’s evangelization. In yesterday’s post, we discussed the reliability of...

October 18, 2020

Paul Evangelized the Gentiles, Right??

When it comes to reading Paul for cues about how to evangelize, Christians’ worst obstacle...

August 2020

August 13, 2020

Romans 9—11: Challenges for American Christians

Romans 9—11 offers challenges to American Christian individualistic complacency. This past Sunday, we read from...

August 07, 2020

Blind Spots Ruin Christianity

Our blind spots render Christianity useless to help and heal the Dark Age we have...

July 2020

July 22, 2020

Results for the Quiz on Jesus, Paul, & Gospels

Results from our recent quiz on Jesus, Paul, and the Gospels may surprise and challenge...

July 18, 2020

Quiz on Jesus, Paul, & the Gospels: How Much Do We Really Know?

Quiz yourself on just how well you understand Jesus, Paul, and the Gospels. Spurious familiarity...

July 13, 2020

Images or Idols? Paul & 1 Corinthians 8:1-13

Images and their shadow-power, not worshiping false gods, is what Paul is addressing in 1...

July 13, 2020

Fixing Distortions: Paul & 1 Corinthians 8:1-13

Fixing spurious familiarity about Paul and his letter-writing results in understanding 1 Corinthians 8:1-13. Recently...

July 07, 2020

Nature in Paul’s Writings

Nature in Paul's writings, or rather the Greek word we translate as nature, probably doesn't...

July 07, 2020

Even More Henotheism—Paul and the New Testament Writings

Even more henotheism is to be found throughout the pages of the New Testament documents....

July 05, 2020

Difficult Men: Paul & the Pillars

Difficult men are found at the roots of the Church, and nasty disputes between them...

July 05, 2020

Apostolic Succession: What It Is

Apostolic succession is true, but maybe not in the way we often popularly imagine it...

June 2020

June 29, 2020

Succession of Apostles on the Feast of Peter & Paul

Succession of the Apostles deals with the fact that bishops later assumed the pastoral responsibilities...

June 10, 2020

Monotheism & Trinity—Doctrine Develops

Monotheism and the doctrine of the Trinity evolved through an amazing process in many messy...

January 2020

January 25, 2020

Conversion (or Metanoia) of Paul?

Conversion of Paul is January 25—but how did he “convert” when he remained Israelite all...

November 2019

November 08, 2019

Forgeries Inspired: “Second Thessalonians”

Forgeries like Second Thessalonians are inspired even though Paul didn’t write them. Forgeries being read...