journal articles

Women in Ministry: Is There a Biblical View?

by | Feb 20, 2011 |

Previous post on "women in ministry": Reexamination of Phoebe as 'Diakonos' and 'Prostatis' I've been asked a couple of times to hit on this topic. It's been two years since I said anything about it on this blog. To be honest, it ranks right down there near prophecy...

The Limits of Divine Omniscience

by | Jan 29, 2011 |

That's the focus and/or question in this article (entitled: The Limits of Omniscience). I thought it was an interesting thing to have you all read on the heels of the election and predestination discussion.  The last paragraph nicely highlights the issue, but you'll...

Where Was Abraham's Ur?

by | Jan 9, 2011 |

Let's file this one under "What you know may not be so."  What could be more obvious than Abraham coming from the southern Mesopotamian (Sumerian) city of Ur?  Plenty. Check out this three-page article I'm having my Ancient Israel students read this quarter (I...

Free PDFs for Some Articles by Mike

by | Nov 4, 2010 |

I just found out via Liberty University (I'm adjunct for them in their distance program) that I can post links on my blog to free PDF articles that I have written.  I presume they have cleared everything with respect rights or they wouldn't be suggesting this to...

Is Easter Named After a Pagan Goddess?

by | Mar 31, 2018 |

Short answer: Nope. A bit more of an answer: Nope, and let's stop the "Easter is pagan" madness. For the longer answer, keep reading -- both what follows and the article I've linked to. I thought I had posted this last year, but I guess I had not. I want to share a...

PEERANORMAL Episode #2: Psychic Animals?

by | May 7, 2016 |

The episode is now live. Pet-owners often observe behavior that makes them wonder if their pet has a psychic connection to them. One example is the perception that a dog or cat “knows” when its owner is on the way home. This episode of Peeranormal discusses some...

Recent Dissertation on Satan Available Online

by | Mar 22, 2016 |

Derek Brown (a friend who works at Faithlife/Logos with me) recently had his dissertation published through Mohr-Siebeck. The dissertation itself (done at Edinburgh) is available for free online. It's entitled: "God of this age: Satan in the churches and Letters of...

Naked Bible 83: Leviticus 23-25

by | Jan 16, 2016 |

This episode discusses items in three chapters of Leviticus including how Leviticus 23 conceptualizes the Sabbath, how its description of Israelite feasts and festivals diverges with other passages in the Torah, the imagery of the “shewbread” (“bread of the...

Red Rain of Kerala, India and Panspermia

by | Sep 27, 2013 |

Is the red rain phenomena of Kerala, India, proof of extraterrestrial life? Does it contain ET DNA? Does it demonstrate a panspermia mechanism? The answers, in order, are: no, no, and no. The red rain issue seems to come up a lot. I want to use it as an example of how...