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August 2014

August 28, 2014

Things Jesus Wasn’t

I came across the above image on Facebook. Would you agree with all of these...

August 21, 2014

Jesus takes the ALS #IceBucketChallenge

Roger Wolsey shared the above on Facebook. If Jesus were living in our world today, how do...

August 11, 2014

Is Mythicism an Ebola-Like Virus?

Jonathan Bernier wrote a blog post about how people reacted to an instance of "Ebola-like...

August 06, 2014

Notsrim in the Talmud: Mandaeans, Christians, or Both?

A recent article in Tablet magazine mentions the reference to notsrim in a Talmud discussion...

August 05, 2014

Jesus Choking Hazard

Fred Clark shared a link to a post about a Jesus action figure, which I...

August 02, 2014

Discount for Disobeying Jesus

The receipt above has been circulating via social media. Mrs. Betty Bowers shared these appropriate...

July 2014

July 28, 2014

In Jesus’ Way

The above photo was kindly taken by Ryan Eller on the recent trip I led...

July 27, 2014

Jesus the Exception?

While I was traveling recently, lots more appeared in the blogosphere related to the historical...

July 22, 2014

An Inconvenient Jesus

Frank Schaeffer has offered a blog post which seeks to highlight how unlike modern "Bible-believing...

July 03, 2014

Sermon on the Amount

June 2014

June 30, 2014

Another Ehrman Round-Up

I am hoping to read Bart Ehrman's recent book, How Jesus Became God, before the...

June 29, 2014

The Size and Status of Jesus’ Family

The depiction of the size of Jesus' family in Mark 6:3 puts the number of...

June 26, 2014

Recalling Our Matrix

Paul Regnier made a bingo game to help students spot parallels between Jesus and Neo...

June 25, 2014

Early Reviews of Richard Carrier’s On The Historicity of Jesus Christ

Loren Rosson has reviewed two books which offer two different mythicist theories - one in...

June 23, 2014

Skeptics of a Feather

I happened across a document reflecting mythicist claims and views recently, and was struck when...

June 20, 2014

Following Jesus Without Excess Baggage

Roger Wolsey shared this on the Kissing Fish Facebook page: It is apparently from the...

June 12, 2014

Jesus Is ________

An Australian website asks people to fill in the blank. The answers have been shared...

June 09, 2014

I AM – the Name of God?

On another thread, about whether Jesus claimed to be God, the subject of Jesus saying...

June 09, 2014

Jesus and the Historian’s Craft

Tim O'Neill has posted part 1 and part 2 of an online article which is getting...

June 02, 2014

Jesus Didn’t Think He Was God

I mentioned a few posts about Bart Ehrman's recent book yesterday, and there are already...

May 2014

May 31, 2014

Jesus is #5

A list has been drawn up of the 100 most frequently edited Wikipedia articles (HT...

May 31, 2014

Deer Jesus

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May 30, 2014

Socialist Jesus vs. Libertarian Jesus

James Knight, on his blog The Philosophical Muser, posted the above image, with comments to...

May 29, 2014

Warp Speed Jesus (Ascension Day Limerick)

Jeff Carter wrote the following limerick, inspired by my post "Ascension Deficit Disorder": It is...

May 29, 2014

Jesus was Not a New Yorker

May 29, 2014

Ascension Deficit Disorder

Today is Ascension Day. The cartoon above is one that I have shared before. In...

May 21, 2014

Zeba Crook and Richard Carrier Discuss the Historicity of Jesus

Click the above to watch their discussion on YouTube. I didn't watch the whole thing,...

May 21, 2014

Jesus Chris

This example of why it is important to think seriously about placement of labels as...

May 09, 2014

Shared Names: Christology and Confusion

Nijay Gupta kindly responded to my post. This is turning out to be a delightful...

May 08, 2014

How High is Kyrios Christology?

Nijay Gupta has offered a reply on his blog to my post which was critical...

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