Dear Bart, I was listening to your (excellent) Misquoting Jesus podcast on Was Jesus Really Born in Bethlehem (https://youtu.be/0i7Sa3WXfhM?si=NMjSQkFsUuTfky_z). From…
On Twelve Days of Christmas Day 5: Matthew’s Version of the Birth of Jesus
My goodness, I have almost 5 decades on this planet, and I feel I'm approaching the place you are in.…
On Bart’s Latest Attack on Christianity by Randy Alcorn
Hi, Bart. I read somewhere that two independent versions of the Letter to the Laodiceans survived in manuscripts of the…
On Paul’s Letter to the … Laodiceans? Long Thought to be Part of the New Testament!
"They don’t actually call him Emmanuel, of course (a Hebrew term that means 'God is with us') but Jesus (which…
On Twelve Days of Christmas Day 5: Matthew’s Version of the Birth of Jesus
During Herod's reign, Mary and Joseph fled to Egypt to escape his domain over Judah. After Herod's death, Archelaus only…
On Twelve Days of Christmas Day 4: O Little Town of Nazareth?
Fascinating! It reads so similarly to the gospels, it’s amazing that it was written so much later. The characters, terms,…
On Twelve Days of Christmas Day 3: A Different Account of Joseph and Mary!
That "star" sounds a drone. Maybe they go back farther than we knew.
On Twelve Days of Christmas Day 2: The Myth of the First Christmas
I have a question for Bart. Every year right before Christmas we get numerous claims that Jesus was a Palestinian…
On Twelve Days of Christmas Day 4: O Little Town of Nazareth?
Asterisks are the most common indicators of emphasis used online where italics are not available. (On some sites, asterisks as…
On Can We Know What Jesus Said About Himself?
Oops! I only meant to post once.
On Jewish Sects in the time of Jesus: Pharisees and Sadducees