The book we know as 1 Enoch was well known to early Christians. Its importance produced an understandable question among some influential early Christian writers and, one may presume, Christians in general: Should 1 Enoch be considered inspired and thus “Scripture” in...
2 Peter
Peter Gentry on the Nephilim
Addendum to Peter Gentry on the Nephilim, December 13, 2019 - MSH I'm tempted to just tell readers to ignore what follows below (my original post) because it seems I have misunderstood Peter's trajectory. But it's there since it might be applicable to someone out...
Naked Bible 92: Stones of Fire
Ezekiel 28:14, 16 describe an “anointed cherub” who walked in the midst of “the stones of fire” and was removed from among “the stones of fire.” What are the stones of fire? What do these verses describe? How do the phrases relate to what’s going on in Ezekiel 28 and...
Naked Bible Podcast Episode 98: Conversation about Alternatives to Modern Church (“House Churches”)
In this episode Mike and Trey talk with Tim Andrews and Rich Baker about alternative ways to think about church – specifically, if church wasn’t a time or a place, what would that be like? Tim Andrews currently lives in Atlanta, GA, and has been in leadership in...
Addendum to Peter Gentry on the Nephilim
I'm tempted to just tell readers to ignore my original post on Peter Gentry's thoughts on the Nephilim, because it seems I have misunderstood Peter's trajectory. But I have nevertheless let it remain on the blog (accompanied by what follows) since it might be...
Naked Bible Podcast Episode 121 – Ezekiel 12-13
The prophet Ezekiel has telegraphed the doom of Jerusalem in a series of visual re-enactment signs, visions, and prophetic oracles. Chapters 12-13 continue with more sign acts, but shifts to God’s assessment of objections by the exiles as to the certainty of...
Jesus and the Morning Star
One of the questions I get with some frequency concerns the phrase "(bright) morning star." The gist of the question usually concerns some presumed relationship between Jesus and Lucifer (the question, as we will see, is something of a misnomer all on its own). That's...
The Naked Bible’s Thoughts on Inspiration, Part 5 – Which Edition of the Book of Jeremiah Originated with God but not the Human Writers?
It's been pretty quiet at The Naked Bible. The last post on the multiple editions of Joshua didn't get much of a response. It's made me wonder about posting more edition "problems" -- especially this one -- but I promised. Again, the issue of the biblical books being...
The Naked Bible’s Thoughts on Inspiration, Part 2
In this post I want to turn to 2 Peter 1:20-21 and share a few thoughts on how this passage dovetails with my views on 2 Tim 3:16. Here's the passage (ESV): 20 knowing this first of all, that no prophecy of Scripture comes from someone's own interpretation. 21 For no...
The Naked Bible’s Thoughts on Inspiration, Part 1
I've reached a point with this subject where I think it's time to just start putting out what I think about inspiration and inerrancy. It'll probably take a few posts on the former before I get to the latter. Your comments have been helpful, but I'm sensing that I...
John Milor vs. Gary Bates, Part 4
Continuing (and completing) my comments on the exchange between John Milor and Gary Bates. My comments are at "MSH." ------------------------ John Milor shares Gary Bates' third point: Point 3: Since extraterrestrials would have no hope for salvation, this would mean...