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February 2016

February 22, 2016

Dating the Gospels

Matthew Ferguson drew my attention to this discussion he had with Craig Evans about the...

January 2016

January 06, 2016

Epiphany and History

Having attempted to do away with contradictions between Matthew and Luke for Christmas, Ian Paul...

December 2015

December 25, 2015

Myrrhy Christmas!

I saw this in the store and had to take a picture of it. Inside...

December 24, 2015

Rachel Weeping at Christmas

Someone left a comment on an old blog post I shared on Facebook, saying they...

December 19, 2015

Would You Lie To Defend The Virgin Birth?

I was disturbed to see Charisma News appealing recently to outright falsehoods in its efforts to...

December 03, 2015

Refugee Christmas

The cartoon above came to my attention via Daily Kos. Brice Jones recently wrote a...

November 2015

November 15, 2015

Where Jesus Prayed

I am happy to have the chance to participate in the Patheos Book Club about...

September 2015

September 29, 2015

#YCAS2015 and Gospel Authorship Around the Blogosphere

I'm not the only blogger who was at the York Christian Apocrypha Symposium, by any...

September 15, 2015

Were Jesus’ Grandparents a Gay Couple?

The question is facetious, but I presume readers are aware of the genuine issue that...

August 2015

August 13, 2015

Straight Outta the Synoptic Problem

Another Straight Outta Compton Bible meme that came to my attention via Joel Watts.

June 2015

June 19, 2015

Is Q the Didache?

Alan Garrow has shared a number of videos arguing that the Didache is the source of...

April 2015

April 29, 2015

The Disciples’ Prayer

Several people have been blogging about a book that I mentioned when I read a...

April 05, 2015

Bake for them Two

An updating of Matthew 5:41 by Jessica Kantrowitz. Click through to her blog to read...

February 2015

February 21, 2015

Matthew Conflator

Chris Tilling shared a link to Alan Garrow's website, where he explores the neglected solution...

December 2014

December 26, 2014

Are the Gospels Anonymous?

I created a draft post back in October when Michael Barber shared a link to an...

November 2014

November 04, 2014

Q Conference

Mark Goodacre mentioned a conference in Denmark in June 2015, “Gospel Interpretation and the Q‐Hypothesis.” I'm...

October 2014

October 19, 2014

Unlocking the Gospels

There is no way to "unlock" the Gospel of Matthew. It does not have hidden...

May 2014

May 28, 2014

Synoptic Potato Head

I've shared this before, some years ago, but it is worth circulating again. Click on...

May 28, 2014

Synoptic Solution, Mon Capitaine

At least twice before, I've shared images playing on the fact that "Q" is both...

May 07, 2014

Why Not The Beatitudes?

February 2014

February 24, 2014

Students’ Prayer

Jeffrey Gibson has emphasized that the Lord's Prayer ought to be called the disciples' prayer....

February 18, 2014

The Q Continuum

I couldn't resist (with inspiration from a Facebook comment by Carl Beck Sachs) using this...

February 14, 2014

You Have Heard Them Called Antitheses, But I Say To You…

Doug Chaplin has posted about the extraordinary antitheses in Matthew's Gospel. I disagree with his...

February 05, 2014

Before or After the Meek Inherit the Earth?

Today's Speed Bump cartoon intersects with two interests of mine - the Bible and science...

February 01, 2014

Q Skepticism in the Biblioblogosphere

There has been a lot of discussion of Q online recently. The Jesus Blog declared...

January 2014

January 27, 2014

Quelle Erat Demonstrandum

The Jesus Blog has a poll, asking "Do You Q?" Please click through and vote!...

January 27, 2014

Say NO to Fundamentalism

Steve Caruso shared the above image he made, in a post which suggests that the...

January 05, 2014

What is Sin? (Virtual Sunday School)

Last Sunday in my Sunday school class, we reached the part of the Lord's Prayer...

December 2013

December 31, 2013

Were the Gospels Originally Anonymous?

Like many New Testament scholars, the work that I do builds on the work of...

December 07, 2013

Farrer-Goulder-Goodacreian Rhapsody

Is this a real source? Is this just fantasy? Scholarly landslide An escape from reality...

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