Who's in and who's out: a question for many faith traditions, especially evangelicalism. What do you think the standard should be?

Are the "Christ of faith" and the "Jesus of history" in conflict? Answers vary, as expected.

Exploring the tensions between unbiased history and theological invention in the New Testament

Coffee Shop, Sunday afternoon. Behind their favorite hot brewed beverages sit two people just like you and me. One of the two is...

Once upon a time in a certain town, a preacher from down south set up shop at the Free Speech Corner. His blend of traditionalism and...

Luke and Matthew don't agree on the Nativity story. Details here!

If you are not familiar with the Advent season of the church, I refer you to the sermon I preached last year on the subject. You can...

"And God said, “Let there be lights in the dome of the sky to separate the day from the night, and let them be for signs and for seasons...

Imagine a world in which power struggles regularly erupt between rival factions whose tribes gather at the field of battle to pit their...

"Trust is the bedrock of social life at all levels, from romance and parenting to national government. Deception always undermines it....

Data over Dogma is a popular podcast that features Bible scholar Dan McClellan and Atheist Dan Beecher interacting with biblical material...

"What is it?" Whether it's Superman, a UFO or a strange sea creature, inquiring humans want to know. We make our best guesses: A bird? A...

What about the bothersome parts of the Bible that depict God telling people to kill other people? How did these scenes make it into our...

Thoughts on the Authorship of Scripture We cannot be dependent on the “original autographs,” not only because we do not have them, but...

"… Jesus was the kind of extraordinary person who inspired people so profoundly that they told stories about him. As they did, they...

You've seen optical illusions- they're everywhere. In times past, decorators and artists would produce paintings called trompe l'oeil...

It's around 40 CE. Stories and sayings of Jesus are circulating around Jerusalem, other nearby urban centers and Galilee. A novel Jewish...

Many churchgoing believers are given the impression that the Bible is totally unique among written works. We are taught that in subject...

There's more than one way to see the Good News. Ever heard of an exophytic complex cyst adjacent to the splenic dome? Unless you're a...

There once was a book called the Bible But some people labeled it libel "Why?" you may ask It was taken to task For promoting a God who's...