Month: September 2024

The Jewish Talmud and the Death of Jesus

In Chapter 7 of the book I’m currently working on (Thinking Critically about the Resurrection of Jesus: The Resuscitation of the Swoon Theory), I critically examine some objections against the Swoon Theory by various Christian apologists. The Swoon Theory claims (roughly) that Jesus survived his crucifixion and this led his disciples to mistakenly conclude that The Jewish Talmud and the Death of Jesus

(2/2) How Did The New Testament Authors Know The Antichrist Would Come?

See the previous post in this 2 part mini-series on the Antichrist HERE. The presence of the antichrist spirit in the Christian narrative as the ultimate danger primarily means we are not considering an outside oppositional force but rather that Christianity contains within itself the loose thread of its own potential unraveling, the Jenga piece (2/2) How Did The New Testament Authors Know The Antichrist Would Come?

Is A Vote Against Trump Sacrilege?

Donald Trump says he thinks God saved him from assassin’s bullet to help fix country’s problems. In other words, if you vote against Trump you’re voting against God. See the video HERE! Your name Your email Subject Your message (optional)

An Attempt to Repair Gary Habermas’ “Paul’s Conversion” Objection to the Swoon Theory

WHERE WE ARE In Chapter 7 of the book I’m currently working on (Thinking Critically about the Resurrection of Jesus: The Resuscitation of the Swoon Theory), I argue that an objection by Gary Habermas and Michael Licona to the Swoon Theory FAILS. The Swoon Theory is, roughly, the skeptical view that Jesus survived his crucifixion An Attempt to Repair Gary Habermas’ “Paul’s Conversion” Objection to the Swoon Theory

How Did The New Testament Authors Know The Antichrist Would Come?

(see Part 2 of this blog post HERE) (The Devil whispers to the Antichrist; detail from Sermons and Deeds of the Antichrist, Luca Signorelli, 1501, Orvieto Cathedral.  Wiki) The word “antichrist” is used only in the Epistles of John, although a similar idea of “pseudochrist” (“false messiah”) is used by Jesus in  Matthew 24:24 and How Did The New Testament Authors Know The Antichrist Would Come?

An Attempt to Repair William Craig’s “Jewish Thought” Objection to the Swoon Theory

WHERE WE ARE In Chapter 6 of the book I’m currently working on (Thinking Critically about the Resurrection of Jesus: The Resuscitation of the Swoon Theory), I argue that William Craig’s objections to the Swoon Theory FAIL. One of Craig’s objections asserts that Jewish Thought in the first century would have prevented Jesus’ disciples from An Attempt to Repair William Craig’s “Jewish Thought” Objection to the Swoon Theory