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June 2021

June 15, 2021

New Book: #WhatIsGodLike by Rachel Held Evans and Matthew Paul Turner

There was one person who was immediately at the top of my list of possible...

May 2021

May 19, 2021

Chris Tilling, Paul’s Divine Christology

I am long overdue to blog about Chris Tilling's important study, Paul's Divine Christology, published first...

May 18, 2021

Reminder: What Jesus Learned from Women Conversation!

This is a reminder about the upcoming conversation about What Jesus Learned from Women. You can...

April 2021

April 09, 2021

ChristianBooks Q&A: What Jesus Learned from Women

The bookseller Christianbooks.com provides an opportunity for authors to share additional information about their books...

March 2021

March 03, 2021

What Jesus Learned from Women Press Kit Q&A

I thought I would share here on the blog a few brief questions and answers...

December 2020

December 26, 2020

Two Critical Books about Young-Earth Creationism

I was delighted to provide an endorsement for Derrick Peterson's new book Flat Earths and Fake...

December 19, 2020

Interview with Steve Wiggins

All readers of biblioblogs presumably know Steve Wiggins' name, and those who publish academic books...

December 01, 2020

Review of God’s Universe

Back in 2007 I wrote this review of God's Universe by Owen Gingerich (for those who may...

November 2020

November 29, 2020

Review of Six Impossible Things Before Breakfast

In 2007 I read and reviewed an interesting book relevant to those interested in science...

October 2020

October 10, 2020

Bible Black

I hope at some point to blog about recent books related to racism and the...

September 2020

September 22, 2020

Christ in the Multiverse: An Interview with David Williams

I had the privilege of meeting David Williams (follow him on Twitter as @BelovedSpear) when...

September 07, 2020

Review of Elaine Storkey, Women in a Patriarchal World

I was so excited to see an announcement about the appearance of Elaine Storkey’s new...

August 2020

August 11, 2020

Interview with Ariel Sabar about his new book, Veritas

I was incredibly excited when I saw that acclaimed journalist Ariel Sabar had a book...

July 2020

July 14, 2020

A Book You’d Be Surprised To Learn That I Like

A few years ago, Mike Bird posted the first "Let's all do X and then...

April 2020

April 18, 2020

Keep Up Your Biblical Aramaic and/or Hebrew in Two Minutes a Day

If the pandemic's isolation of us all persists for another three years, you'll be happy...

March 2020

March 27, 2020

Ancient Robots

Ancient aliens is pseudoscience and science fiction. Ancient robots is something else. Adrienne Mayor writes...

March 23, 2020

What I’ve Learned from What Jesus Learned from Women

On International Women's Day, my wife encouraged me to share at least one excerpt from...

February 2020

February 11, 2020

Review of The First Christian Believer

My review of Rivka Nir’s book about John the Baptist, The First Christian Believer, has...

November 2019

November 15, 2019

Review of Nicholaus Pumphrey, Superman and the Bible

I thought I would share the complete original version of my review of Nicholaus Pumphrey’s book...

April 2019

April 04, 2019

Pastoral Review of The Burial of Jesus

I was very happy to receive a message from the pastor of my church, Rev....

January 2019

January 25, 2019

Reading the Gospel of Mark (and its Christology) in Context

This is another blog post that existed as a draft for a long time. The...

January 17, 2019

Reviews of Theology and Science Fiction

Andy Hickman kindly reviewed my book Theology and Science Fiction on Goodreads. Here's how his review...

January 14, 2019

Review of van Bladel, From Sasanian Mandaeans to Ṣābians of the Marshes

I recently had a review I wrote of Kevin van Bladel's book, From Sasanian Mandaeans...

April 2018

April 15, 2018

New Reviews of Theology and Science Fiction

A couple of reviews of my book Theology and Science Fiction have appeared recently. Jaime Wright...

February 2018

February 09, 2018

Theology and Science Fiction Radio Interview and Review

I recently spoke with Jim Lebans of the Canadian Broadcasting Company about religion and the...

January 2018

January 20, 2018

Bible Nation around the Blogosphere

Scott McLemee has written a review of Candida Moss and Joel Baden's book Bible Nation for Inside...

January 15, 2018

Review of Just Immigration

My review of the book Just Immigration: American Policy in Christian Perspective by Mark R. Amstutz...

December 2017

December 12, 2017

Mind The Gap: An Interview with Matthias Henze

I am ever so grateful to Matthias Henze for allowing me the opportunity to interview him...

October 2017

October 16, 2017

A Complicated Pregnancy

Let me share my blurb endorsing Kyle Roberts' new book: In A Complicated Pregnancy, Kyle...

October 15, 2017

Scholars Using Social Media

Larry Hurtado, Deane Galbraith, Scot McKnight, and Bob Cornwall are among those who've already mentioned a new...

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