The episode is now live. Naked Bible Podcast Episode 107 continues Dr. Michael Heiser’s expositional study of the Book of Obadiah, focusing on the final verses (vv. 18 and 21), where the judgment of Edom and the rise of God’s Kingdom are declared. Heiser unpacks how...
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Why Do Christians Disagree About End Times?
That's the title of a new Mobile Ed mini-course I created for my employer Faithlife / Logos Bible Software. It's a short video introduction to some of the issues that undermine consensus in eschatology. Folks who follow this blog will have gotten more detail on these...
Naked Bible Podcast Episode 101: Jesus, the Exile, and the Tribulation
Mike does some eschatology (and next week, too). Kind of like a Bigfoot sighting. Get it while supplies last! In this provocative episode of the Naked Bible Podcast, Dr. Michael Heiser reframes the popular evangelical understanding of the “tribulation” by exploring...
Naked Bible 96: Q&A 11
Our 11th Question and Answer episode! Link referenced: AllAboutGod.com In this wide-ranging listener Q&A episode, Dr. Michael Heiser answers theological and biblical questions that touch on some of his most well-known teaching topics. The questions cover...
Naked Bible 90: Lake of Fire
This episode discusses why hellfire in the New Testament is associated with “the devil and his angels" (Matt 25:41). Where does that idea come from? There are in fact earlier books that are the basis for this language—inside and outside the Old Testament. Transcript...
Why the Meaning of Daniel’s 70 Sevens (“Weeks”) is Not Self-Evident
Years ago I wrote a series of posts under the title "Why an Obsession with Eschatology is a Waste of Time." One of the fundamental goals of that series was to debunk the notion, held by countless Christians of all eschatological persuasions, that whatever view they...
Reviews of Scholarly Books in Biblical Studies, Archaeology, and Theology
I don't recall ever having blogged about the RBL site and blog (Review of Biblical Literature). Both the website and blog provide free access to book reviews on scholarly books for biblical studies, archaeology, and theology. The most recent issue showed up in my...
An Imaginary Conversation with a Modern Nephilim Believer
One of the major trajectories in my new novel The Portent, is how Christians think about end times -- specifically, how some are prone to marry end times to conspiracies about UFOs and alien abductions, which they believe are really cover for the creation of a new...
Paul, Israel, and the “Israel of God”
Anyone who has read my series on why the *obsession* with eschatology is a waste of time will recall that one of the big issues is what "Israel" means in the epistles -- and especially Paul's works. This issue is central to any view of eschatology. One perspective...
What Will YOU Being Doing When the World Doesn’t End?
With ten days to go until mythical doomsday, I was wishing today that there was a convenient way to celebrate the epic fail with PaleoBabble readers -- something like an online New Year's Eve party for sane people with geeky fascination for the ancient world, where we...
The Planet X Fraud
In case you haven't heard of "Planet X," it's a notorious piece on Paleobabble that was derived from Zecharia Sitchin's 12th planet Nibiru nonsense. However, Planet X has since taken on a (fake) life of its own, so that the idea cannot be equated with Sitchin's...
Naked Bible Podcast 029: Prophecy and Apocalyptic Genre
In this episode, we're going to talk about two genres: prophecy and apocalyptic. The reason for doubling up will become apparent as we proceed, but basically we need to talk about these two genres because most modern Bible students don't realize there are clear...
Send Mike Lame Bible Prophecy Predictions for 2012
I just read through the comments and one reader asked about Ezekiel 29 -- how the passage is being used to predict yet future events (turns out in this case, before the 2012 doomsday; how ominous). I'm speaking at a conference in 2013 that may surprise some of you:...
Nick Redfern Final Events Lecture Online
Readers may recall that I reviewed Nick Redfern's book, Final Events and the Secret Government Group on Demonic UFOs and the Afterlife on this blog back in 2010. Nick has posted a lecture on the book and its content here. Having heard Nick lecture before, I'd...
Getting to Know Your 2012 Apocalyptic PaleoBabble
I came across this lengthy conversation (from this past August) recently. It's a good article that provides a number of links for understanding the history and past cultural applications of the 2012 Mayan "prophecy" nonsense. It's a good starting point for research...