Did Bible authors sign their names to their work? No? Then how do we know who wrote what?

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

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...

"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...

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

"We contend that viewing the inspiration of Scripture solely from the cognitive environment of print culture opens the door to...

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

Rhetoric… So what? What are the implications for us, modern readers of the Gospel of John? And what might be of value in applying ancient...

It has been suggested that the gospel of John is organized similarly to a Ciceronian argument in a court of law (Cicero was a well known...

While only a few privileged denizens of antiquity had access to an education in rhetoric, nearly everyone experienced it in some way as...