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I continue to receive significant questions from readers on key issues connected with the study of the New Testament. Here are three of them with my responses: QUESTION: Wouldn’t you agree that Jesus’ teaching is deeply rooted in Israel’s prophetic tradition, where judgment and restoration regularly unfold in stages rather than as a single, [...]
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In the 1960s my grandmother was a big believer in faith-healer (and later prosperity-preacher) Oral Roberts. Like many millions of others, she watched him on television and listened to him on radio, fully convinced he had the power of God to heal the sick. My father was dubious and found her faith a bit frustrating. [...]
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Yesterday I began to discuss the one Christian forger who got caught red handed who then tried to get off the hook. Well, bend over backwards to make himself look innocent. We've been seeing a lot of that these days. It goes way back. Humans are humans. Here is my assessment of the situation, highlighting [...]
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I have long argued that contrary to what you may hear a lot of people say (especially New Testament scholars!), the act of writing a book in someone else's name (e.g., claiming to be Paul, or Peter, or John, knowing full well you weren't [!]) was NOT regarded as an acceptable practice in the ancient [...]
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Let’s suppose Jesus was indeed a carpenter. Where did he get his wood? I’m assuming he didn’t pick it up at Lowe’s or Home Depot…. Pondering that question has helped me think in more granular detail about why it makes no sense to talk about Jesus in relation to modern economics. It’s easy, of course [...]
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