The Secular Frontier

In this talk Marcus discusses how to understand Paul being negative about the Law in some places and positive about it in others. For instance, Paul offers a more positive version of the Law in Romans, which may reflect a significant Jewish-Christian pop ... Read Article

I'd like to highlight how Staples argues against the substitutionary atonement interpretive model of reading Paul and instead argues for a transformation of the heart model which results in good acts and therefore good judgment. The substitutionary atone ... Read Article

'MIRACLES': Former first lady Melania Trump credits a higher power for watching over former President Trump during two assassination attempts. Melania continues the narrative I've been posting about that the right is framing the failed assassination atte ... Read Article

Benjamin White is one of the top and most respected Pauline scholars in the world. White’s talk is about how mathematics is used to help decide which of the New Testament letters are authentically written by Paul. I would like to highlight one poi ... Read Article

Bart provided an overview for the kinds of things that will be found in the conference presentations, and I would like to share a couple of these as background on Paul, and propose some questions that these ideas raise for me. God had made a covenant w ... Read Article

I'm excited to share that I will be reporting for The Secular Web/Internet Infidels on Bart Ehrman's conference this weekend on the apostle Paul. My hope is to share a few gems from each presenter that will encourage my reader to sign up for the conferen ... Read Article

Richest man in the world and Trump sycophant Elon Musk shared his thoughts on atheism: Notice he doesn't raise the issue of whether religion is true, just that it's (in his interpretation) pleasant. Why would a billionaire support Trump ... ? lol. ... Read Article

"Kelly and I are departing Mar-a-Lago, where we just spent a few hours with President Trump and are thanking God for protecting him today—once again. No leader in American history has endured more attacks and remained so strong and resilient. He is ... Read Article

After getting his clock cleaned in the first debate according to every credible poll and source (including RFK jr!), Trump apparently wants no part of another match with Kamala Harris. Trump spun it in this way: ... Read Article

I've talked a lot about how Trump has positioned himself for the argument that a vote against him is a vote against God. RFK Jr has just come out with an ad claiming that joining forces with Trump was a religious-based decision. He said: "For 19 yea ... Read Article

See the previous post in this 2 part mini-series on the Antichrist HERE. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHQqqM5sr7g The presence of the antichrist spirit in the Christian narrative as the ultimate danger primarily means we are not considering an ... Read Article

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ga146HLIzN8 What is the "Again" MAGA wants us to return to? Trump says a big part of this is returning to God. Trump: "Our country is missing a lot of religion. I think it really was a much better place with rel ... Read Article

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! ... Read Article

(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, althoug ... Read Article

Former President Donald Trump tells NBC News Correspondent Dasha Burns that Florida's six-week abortion law is "too short: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ot95upckLY That was yesterday. Today, he came out as a critic of the Florida abortio ... Read Article

In a previous post I noted Trump abandoned conservative evangelicals on the abortion issue. Clearly, he is hoping they are not one-issue voters, and certainly conservative evangelicals are going to vote Republican regardless, but why did Trump make this m ... Read Article

Yesterday I talked about Trump basically throwing his anti-abortion evangelical supporters under the bust by proposing a reproductive rights platform, obviously hoping to appeal to a wider moderate base while still maintaining as many evangelicals as poss ... Read Article

So today, Trump's second in command JD Vance has dialed back on one of the key issues for Evangelicals supporting Trump: the abortion ban. See the Meet The Press interview starting at 7:12-9:49 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zETjconbCRs What see ... Read Article

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Elon Musk recently did what he calls a "conversation" with Donald Trump which broke records with over a billion views. Conservative network Fox News chose this as the initial banner takeaway: THE MIRACLE': Trump reflects on how his faith in God h ... Read Article

I'd like to share that my third and final essay on Robyn Faith Walsh as been published. CHECK IT OUT! ABSTRACT: This is Part C of a three-part literary application and defense of Robyn Faith Walsh’s recent (2021) hypothesis that the Gospels are not, ... Read Article

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Male boxer "wins" Olympic match today when his female opponent quits after 46 seconds to avoid serious injury or death. The utter madness continues thanks entirely to the insane woke ideology. Is there anyone who thinks this is fair and just? (Michael Sh ... Read Article

The idea of the Philippian Christ poetry is Jesus left his high place to suffer for us. Evangelical Christians are framing Trump according to the same narrative: ... Read Article

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