Hat tip to Lindsay Kennedy of My Digital Seminary for this link: The Relationship Between the Worship of Other Gods and the Worship of Idols within the Old Testament I obviously haven't read it yet, but it looks worthwhile. I searched for Benjamin Sommer's name in it...
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The Origin of Sin in Irenaeus and Jewish Pseudepigrapha (Enoch, Jubilees, Etc.)
Readers of this blog know that several people who've commented in the past about my views on Romans 5:12 have thought that plain reading of the text out of step with traditional Christianity. Below is an article (not publicly accessible) that shows that Irenaeus wrote...
Naked Bible 82: Q&A 8
Our 8th Question and Answer episode! Transcript 82 Q&A 8 00:00 – Intro and holiday update01:00 – Genesis 32:22–32 – Is Jacob wrestling with God a unique story?06:55 – Enoch – Was Genesis 5's Enoch based on earlier material or real?17:45 – Enoch’s 365 years and...
Recent Supernatural Interview
Here's a link to one of the recent interviews I've done for Supernatural. The host is Matt Dabbs. It's an example of a mainstream Christian site to which you can direct friends for whom this sort of content will be entirely new.
Important Divine Council Article
I thought I'd share an article that I consider one of the best I've ever read for understanding the divine council in biblical theology. It's a book chapter. I've converted it to PDF from my digital edition of book (there's no copyright prohibition that I can see in...
Naked Bible 71: Q&A 7
Our 7th Question and Answer episode! Transcript 71 QA7 Timestamps & Questions Timestamp Question Summary 00:00–02:00 Intro by Trey Stricklin — housekeeping, podcast updates 02:00–06:38 Can you explain more about the “two Yahwehs” idea in light of Deuteronomy...
Naked Bible 68: Interview with Fern and Audrey
UPDATE 3/7/2018: Fern and Audrey now have their own non-profit ministry. Please donate to Discovering MErcy! In this episode we take a break from Leviticus to talk to two friends of Mike who use the divine council worldview of biblical theology in a unique way –...
Interview on Conspirinormal on the Unseen Realm
This was my second time on Conspirinormal. This one spends a little time on items in The Unseen Realm, but actually jumps around on a lot of topics.
The Unseen Realm: A Game-Changer for Evangelical Christianity
I'm grateful to Brian Godawa for his post today encouraging everyone in the evangelical orbit to read The Unseen Realm. I believe he's right -- it is indeed a game-changer. If people give it a read they will never be able to read their Bible the same way again. I know...
Shaun Tabatt Interview with Mike Heiser on The Unseen Realm
Shaun Tabatt of Cross Focused Media interviewed me a short time ago about my book, The Unseen Realm. It was a good interview, as Shaun was quite familiar with the content (here is his interview page). You can watch the interview here: Readers should know that all...
Mike Interviewed by Calvary Chapel Pastor (Soaring Eagle Radio) about The Divine Council
Mike Spaulding, host of Soaring Eagle Eadio, is a Calvary Chapel pastor in Lima, OH. The interview took place before the launch of The Unseen Realm.
Reviews of The Unseen Realm
Now that we're ten days into the launch of The Unseen Realm, reviews are starting to pop up on the web. Here are the ones I've found or have had sent to me. Please read them and, even more importantly, share them on Facebook and other social media. It's important that...
Mike Heiser and Darrell Bock in Conversation about The Unseen Realm
A few folks have commented recently (at work and in email) about enjoying my chat with Darrell Bock on Faithlife Today. We talked about my book, The Unseen Realm. For those who haven't seen that, here it is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Omjhzf4MVQ4
Mike Heiser on Reddit “Ask Me Anything” (AMA) Session Tomorrow
I'll be on Reddit tomorrow at 12:30pm Pacific time for an AMA - "Ask Me Anything" - session. I've never been on Reddit before, so I can't tell you much. This is a first for me. I've been told I'll be for 1.5-2 hrs and will have to type my answers. Lexham / Faithlife...
Amazing First Day for Unseen Realm
The launch of my book, The Unseen Realm, has been a great success. The good news is that, earlier in the day, the Kindle edition hit #1 on Amazon's "Hot New Releases" for Theology. It now stands (as of this post) at #2 The "bad" news is that we've learned that the...