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December 2021

December 20, 2021

New Review of What Jesus Learned from Women

Clif Hostetler wrote the following on Amazon as a review of my book What Jesus...

December 16, 2021

Rethinking the Dates of the New Testament

I provided an endorsement for Jonathan Bernier's new book Rethinking the Dates of the New Testament....

December 08, 2021

Magnificat (On My Own)

I make a point of committing to doing the final project along with students when...

December 07, 2021

The Elohist Akedah

Composer Delvyn Case has set the Elohist's version of the story of Abraham's sacrifice of...

October 2021

October 25, 2021

Election, Priesthood, and Creation: A Plain Reading of Genesis 1-4 (and Beyond)

My adult Sunday school class at Crooked Creek Baptist Church has read Genesis 1-3 together,...

October 18, 2021

Conversations About Women in the Bible

Let me begin with the delightful opportunity I had to talk with Jaime Clark-Soles and...

October 09, 2021

Michele Bachmann Cites Famous Social Justice Verse from the Catholic Bible

Michelle Bachmann has done so many strange and dubious things with the Bible that at...

October 06, 2021

Exorcism Left and Right

I enjoyed talking about the story of the Gerasene/Gadarene/Gergesene demoniac in my Sunday school class...

September 2021

September 08, 2021

Forgive Us Our Debts, Not Repay Our Debts

Several points come together in this blog post, emerging from the journey of my Sunday...

September 06, 2021

Jesus Snorted Like a Horse

In a book discussion about my book What Jesus Learned from Women Elizabeth Raine pointed out that,...

September 03, 2021

Was Jesus a Racist?

There has been a flurry of discussion online about the story of the Syrophoenician woman....

September 01, 2021

The Census and the Plague

I had another new (to me) insight into a text, one that I suspect will...

August 2021

August 27, 2021

The Song of Rachel’s Sister (and More Bible and Music)

Returning to the topic of the Bible and music with some items that are new...

August 12, 2021

Why So Many Books on Women and the Bible?

Jaime Clark-Soles is the author of an important recent book on the subject of women...

August 09, 2021

Paul’s Letters Round-Up

Recent blog post and articles about the epistles and other things related to Paul: David...

August 02, 2021

What Jesus Learned from Women: Reviews, Guest Posts, Methodology, and More

A new episode of Glenn Siepert’s What If podcast has been released in which Glenn...

July 2021

July 23, 2021

More Biblical Music: Hebrew Love Poetry, John the Baptist, and More

First, although not specifically about the Bible and music, music in Christian worship is a...

July 13, 2021

“To Your Tents, O Israel!” A Neglected Background to Early Christianity

Those who have read my book What Jesus Learned From Women and/or have heard some of my...

July 07, 2021

Psalms by George Theophilus Walker

Time for some more biblical music for your enjoyment. Listening to a symphony by George...

July 02, 2021

Could John the Baptist Have Been From Nazareth?

This post relates to the book project that I've taken the first steps towards working...

June 2021

June 30, 2021

Revelation Roundup

There was enough blogging about Revelation recently to merit a blog post collecting them for...

June 24, 2021

The Most Extraordinary and Implausible Inventions Ever Woven out of Gospel Texts

The lectionary reading for this coming Sunday is one that I devote a chapter to...

June 12, 2021

What What Jesus Learned from Women Learned from Archaeology

There is a letter to the editor in the Summer 2021 issue of Biblical Archaeology Review...

June 11, 2021

#CFP: Antisemitism in the Fourth Gospel (Book Anthology)

From GCRR Press GCRR Press is currently inviting papers for a themed article collection relating...

June 10, 2021

Bible Music by Philip Moody, Robert Nathaniel Dett, Florent Schmitt, and Jonathan Pease (Plus Nightbirde and More)

YouTube introduced me to Philip Moody's "Laguna Concerto," and as with all music I enjoy,...

June 04, 2021

What Jesus Learned from Women Latest

Some updates related to What Jesus Learned from Women as well as some other related links....

June 03, 2021

The Biblical Baptist Cicada Diet

With my interest in John the Baptist, I can’t believe that once again I had...

May 2021

May 24, 2021

What Jesus Learned from Women: An American Baptist Conversation

Here is the recording of the event: Some of the questions included: 1. In...

May 13, 2021

#CFP Belief in the Ancient World and in Biblical Texts: 2021 University of St Andrews Biblical Studies Symposium (July 7-9, 2021)

2021 University of St Andrews Biblical Studies Symposium July 7-9, 2021 - Online only The...

May 11, 2021

Noah and Nunc

YouTube introduced me to the music of William C. White, and whenever I am introduced...

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