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February 2020

February 10, 2020
Abortion trumps everything!—Rhode Island priest says “pedophilia doesn’t kill anyone,” but forbids Communion given to...
February 10, 2020
Evangelists were elites representing two percent of the total population who could read and write—because...
February 08, 2020
Fiery catalysts, rather than flavoring or preservative, is what Jesus calls his disciples to be...
February 07, 2020
Missing from one Gospel, but included in another, traditions about Jesus differ widely between “Matthew,”...

January 2020

January 31, 2020
"PICARD," the latest Star Trek offering, is great, but it offers us an opportunity to...
January 30, 2020
Difficulties abound for Western Bible readers expecting of the Gospels the kind of fact-precise, historically...
January 25, 2020
Conversion of Paul is January 25—but how did he “convert” when he remained Israelite all...
January 23, 2020
Sayings of Jesus, originally pithy zingers, grew over time into much larger Gospel passages as...
January 21, 2020
Sacrilege should never happen, but sometimes it does, and it can even be the occasion...
January 20, 2020
Gospels, whether canonical or not, present difficulties to scholars wishing to learn about the historical...
January 18, 2020
Changing deeds and words of Jesus is not something recent in Christian history—from New Testament...
January 14, 2020
Baptism, when it comes to Jesus’ own, was both revelation and discovery of his identity....
January 12, 2020
Hart vs Martin: good men grapple over the mystery of God's salvation and justice. The...
January 10, 2020
Self to Jesus Meant?—Inappropriate questions about Jesus’ self-consciousness are generated by Western ethnocentrism. Self, as...
January 06, 2020
Comedian Ricky Gervais may have just shown us a glimpse of a rare sight: COSTLY...
January 04, 2020
Magi in "Matthew," often thought in spurious familiarity as “Three Kings,” showcase many layers of...
January 03, 2020
Celestial Occurrence is but one trope featured in manuals instructing ancients how to write about great...
January 01, 2020
Did Mary know everything that is asked in the popular Christian song, "Mary Did You...

December 2019

December 31, 2019
Jews should be read Judeans in our Bibles and lectionary, and this correction could help...
December 30, 2019
Fulfillment of biblical prophecies, such as Isaiah's promised birth of Emmanuel by the "virgin," isn't...
December 25, 2019
Away in a Manger, the old American Christmas carol, gets reimagined as "Away with the...
December 23, 2019
Christmas in the Gospel called “Matthew” is the earliest expression on record of Jesus’ birth,...
December 20, 2019
Pregnancy can be deadly in the Bible, but honorable people might lie about it in...
December 18, 2019
Horror stories fill the pages of Scripture, but none so prominently as the Infancy Narrative...
December 17, 2019
Marriage in the Bible, as between Mary and Joseph in the Christmas stories of "Matthew"...
December 13, 2019
True throughout, but with only some facts—that’s the Gospel Infancy Narratives of “Matthew” and “Luke.”...
December 11, 2019
Genealogies in the Gospels, hardly factual, are about establishing Jesus’ honor, not his actual patrilineal...
December 10, 2019
History?—Discrepancies and contradictions preclude treating either Matthew 1—2 or Luke 1—2 as historically accurate in...
December 08, 2019
Different accounts of Jesus birth and infancy—the Christmas stories found in Matthew 1—2 and Luke...
December 05, 2019
Memoirs, whether of Mary or Joseph, being used as the sources for Gospel Infancy Narratives...
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