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April 2018

April 03, 2018

Superstar’s Judas: Larger Than Life

Judas is the real star of the show Jesus Christ Superstar. His portrayal in the...

April 02, 2018

Cross-Examining the Bedrock for What We Believe

Here are the strongest objections to my claim that Jesus’ resurrection is the bedrock for...

March 2018

March 30, 2018

The Bedrock for What We Believe: Jesus’ Resurrection

We find the bedrock for what we believe inside the Church of the Holy Sepulcher...

March 27, 2018

Showdown in the Garden of Gethsemane

It’s like the fabled “Showdown at the OK Corral,” only here the scene is a...

March 26, 2018

Anti Ain’t the Word We Thought It Was

The word anti means “against” in English far more than it does in Greek. Examining...

March 22, 2018

Thief or Terrorist: What Kind of Criminal Was Crucified With Jesus?

“Thief” is too mild a word in the verse where we are told that Jesus...

March 19, 2018

Puzzles in the Trial of Jesus

Two major puzzles about the trial of Jesus deserve answers. First, on which day of...

March 15, 2018

No Restroom on the Sabbath at Qumran!

The ancient Qumran community was so strict about the Sabbath that their rules did not...

March 12, 2018

Pharisees: Unfairly Trashed

The Pharisees have had a lot of undeserved bad press. Like the Puritans, they have...

March 08, 2018

What Is Right? Life on the Straight and Level

The Hebrew concept of being “upright,” doing what is “right,” the opposite of crookedness, is...

March 05, 2018

Does God Do Bad? Depends on What You Mean

Does God do “bad?” It depends on what you mean by “bad.” The Bible teaches...

March 01, 2018

Church Compensation 2000 Years Later: How Biblical Are We?

Church compensation has come a long way from the days of the early church, or...

February 2018

February 26, 2018

Lawlessness: What Happens When Law Itself Becomes Lawless?

Lawlessness is not where people commit crimes, but when law itself is dismantled by those...

February 22, 2018

Drag Versus Draw: How Does God Bring People to Faith?

“Drag” versus “draw” – which way would be the best word to translate what Jesus...

February 19, 2018

Holiness: Being Different From a Dysfunctional World, Part Two

In my first post on holiness, I introduced the novel idea that holiness means simply...

February 15, 2018

Holiness: Being Different From a Dysfunctional World

Here at the start of Lent is a good time to reexamine the meaning of...

February 12, 2018

Desire, Lust, and Coveting: It’s All the Same Word!

Desire can be good, bad, or neither. In the New Testament, lust, coveting, everyday neutral...

February 08, 2018

Correcting Mother Teresa’s Jesus

Mother Teresa’s message that Jesus comes to us in the face of the poor and...

February 05, 2018

Eunuchs in Biblical Times

Eunuchs have become another attempted Biblical argument in favor of rewriting the Bible’s sexual ethic....

January 2018

January 31, 2018

Does God Care How We Dress?

Does God care about how we dress or what we wear? Does God expect us...

January 29, 2018

Male Performance Issues in Biblical Times

Male performance problems can be found right in 1 Kings 1. King David is 70...

January 25, 2018

Same-Sex Marriage in Biblical Times

There is already ample evidence that the New Testament writers did know of loving, mutual...

January 22, 2018

Age of Consent in Biblical Times

The Bible gives no age of consent for sex. It simply teaches that sex must...

January 18, 2018

Gender Identity in Biblical Times

Gender identity was seen much differently by the Jews of Jesus’ day than the issue...

January 15, 2018

Favoritism: God Hates It

The Bible says that God is not a “lifter of faces.” God doesn’t check your...

January 11, 2018

Hell: Hideous Threat, or Reality?

Hell: is it a hideous threat, unworthy of our enlightened age? Is hell merely a...

January 08, 2018

Reincarnation and the Bible: Are We Playing for Keeps?

Can reincarnation be compatible with the Christian Gospel? Hebrews 9:27 says no: “It is appointed...

January 04, 2018

Hobson’s Choice: How Do Christians Choose Political Leaders?

So whom should Christians support in our leadership choices? It’s a Hobson’s choice: a choice...

January 01, 2018

Controlled by the Calendar: Romans in Galatia

When Paul complains that the Galatians “observe days and months and seasons and years,” could...

December 2017

December 28, 2017

Brothers or Cousins of Jesus?

Are the “brothers” of Jesus in Mark 6:3 really his cousins, or his half-brothers? Can...

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