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Does Mark’s Gospel Implicitly Deny the Virgin Birth

WEBDecember 27, 2014. It is interesting that our first canonical Gospel (which is our first Gospel, whether canonical or noncanonical), Mark, does not have the story of the Virgin …

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The Life and Message of Paul

WEBIt may be too extreme to say that Paul is the “founder” or even the “co-founder” of Christianity, but he certainly is the key figure in the faith after Jesus. The …

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Arguments for Markan Priority (that Mark was the first Gospel …

WEBArguments for Markan Priority. For the past century or so, three arguments have proved widely convincing for establishing Mark’s priority to Matthew and Luke: …

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Did Christians Invent Hospitals

WEBHospitals – defined as buildings or building complexes that provided both outpatient and inpatient health care by professionally trained doctors and nurses based …

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Did Superior Health Care Lead to the Dominance of Christianity

WEBInteresting question from a recent member of the blog: QUESTION: In the August 5/12 New Yorker, a review of a new book, “The mosquito: A Human History of …

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The Miracle of New Life

WEBThe closest thing I’ve actually had to *witnessing* a “miracle,” though, was when I was present for the birth of my two children, Kelly in 1980 and Derek in 1982. …

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Why Jesus Does Miracles

WEBThe miracles in the Synoptics do demonstrate that what Jesus says is true. But in these Gospels what he talks about is not his own divinity. What he talks about is …

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Eternal Life and Damnation

WEBThe former focuses on moral sins that lead to eternal punishment: seductresses, adulterers, murderers, children who are disobedient to parents, slaves …

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Why Luke is Thought To Have Written Luke

WEBAugust 31, 2013. I made an off the cuff comment in a previous post that there was a certain logic that has led readers over the years to identify “Luke” as the author of the Third …

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A Scandalous Discovery of a Scandalous Gospel

WEBThe letter is addressed to an otherwise unknown person named Theodore, written in response to some of his queries about a particularly notorious sect of early …

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Did Ancient Greeks Invent Heaven and Hell

WEBBack, for a post, to the scholarly project I’m now doing on the “katabasis” traditions in early Christianity – the stories of people being given tours of / visions of both …

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A Less Weighty, Personal Matter

WEBA lot of people have noticed that I’ve lost a good bit of weight, and have asked if I’m OK. So, this is obviously of limited interest to people on the blog! But instead …

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How Constantine Became Emperor

WEBAs background to the conversion of the emperor Constantine I have been explaining how Diocletian had set up the Tetrarchy with a sensible order of succession, …

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John Shelby Spong: In Memoriam

WEBI was very sorry to learn last month that John Shelby Spong died (Sept. 12, 2021; age 90). Many of you know who he was; for those who don’t: he was one of the …

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A Good Time for Wisdom!

WEBObservation rather than revelation. The writer closely observes the world to see how it works, and he does not acquire his understanding from a divine revelation …

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An Interview about My Agnosticism

WEBWhat I give here is a very short (7 minute) interview that I did in conjunction with the lecture. But it is unlike other videos I have posted because in it I talk openly …

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The Literary Artistry of the Book of Acts

WEBI am in the middle of a thread dealing with the New Testament book of Acts, the first account that we have of the history of the Christian church at its very beginnings …

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Final Tribute To Larry Hurtado

WEBI am sorry to report that my colleague Larry Hurtado, a well-known scholar of the New Testament, author of several influential books, and prominent blogger, has …

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