This question is asked of me so often that I've decided to post an *unedited* excerpt from my forthcoming Demons book (due out sometime in 2019 -- it's in editorial now). Here's a brief take on the issue; part of a larger discussion: What is spiritual warfare-from...
Genesis 3
Naked Bible Podcast Episode 174: Live from Lubbock, TX
Dr. Heiser answers questions from a live audience. Thank you to Wayland Baptist University for hosting and Nathan for organizing the event. Thank you to everyone who came and joined us in Lubbock, Texas. In this special live-recorded episode of the Naked Bible...
Naked Bible Podcast Episode 148: Q & A Number 19
The episode is now live. In Episode 148 of the Naked Bible Podcast, Dr. Michael Heiser tackles deep theological questions from listeners on topics ranging from spiritual death to the divine beings in Genesis and the resurgence of Gnosticism in modern Christian...
Naked Bible Podcast Episode 143: Ezekiel 28
The focus in this episode is Ezek 28:1-19. As readers of my book, The Unseen Realm: Recovering the Supernatural Worldview of the Bible know, this is a controversial passage. All scholars agree that this is an oracle and lament against a human prince of Tyre. The...
Naked Bible Podcast Episode 103 – Moses and the Bronze Serpent
The episode is now live. Naked Bible Podcast Episode 103 explores the often-misunderstood passage in Numbers 21:4–9, where Moses is instructed to make a bronze serpent and lift it up for Israel’s healing after yet another episode of rebellion in the wilderness. Dr....
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...
Guest Post on Adam Topic
A Naked Bible reader, Bryan Hodge, asked permission to post his thoughts on the Adam issue (it picks up on my previous post about 'adam with or without the definite article). They are below. I presume that reader comments will be answered by him. Once again, the...
Taking Genesis 1-3 at Face Value: Is it Compatible with Recent Genome Research?
[Addendum 7/27/2012: I hope readers will have a look at the comments on this post when they are done reading the post. There are some good, coherent questions asked. I hope readers will see that these questions only *appear* problematic *since* they are asked from the...
Is ‘adam “Adam”?
I've been thinking (still) about the historical Adam issue. It surprises me that I haven't seen anyone (yet -- perhaps one of you knows an exception) address the grammatical-syntactical issue as it relates to "Adam" in Genesis 1-5. I speak specifically of the fact...
The Evolution of Adam: Additional Thoughts
[NOTE / UPDATE: 6/6/2020 - I was recently informed that BioLogos deleted that article mentioned below by Dennis Venema because the science in it was deemed indefensible. For details on that, click here.] A few weeks ago I had offered some thoughts on a review of Peter...
Review of Peter Enns’ Book, The Evolution of Adam
This review of Peter Enns' short but important book, The Evolution of Adam: What the Bible Does and Doesn't Say about Human Origins, is getting some discussion on the web. I just finished Enns' book, so I want to share some impressions of this review and what Enns is...
Serpent and Eve PaleoBabble FollowUp
Some of you may have noticed that there has been recent discussion on this thread on the PaleoBabble site. Apparently someone who desperately wants to say the serpent and Eve had sex to (not sure) defend Zecharia Sitchin or some sort of sexual activity between...
John Milor vs. Gary Bates
A few days ago Dr. Stephen Yulish was kind enough to forward this link to me. If you follow the link you'll find an article on the UFO Digest website by John MIlor entitled "Cosmic Salvation." Milor is a Christian and believes (in most general terms) that the Bible...
Adam’s Sin and Old Testament Theology
In my last post about contextualizing the OT in light of the ancient Near Eastern culture of the OT writers, I was reminded again of the striking absence of Adam's sin in OT theology. Other than Genesis 3 and then Genesis 4-5, where Adam is mentioned with respect to...