Finally got around to making a short (35 min) video of my slides that I used in Week 2 of my prophecy series at church. The topic is noted in the title to the post. Since the audio of that session did not record, the video for it was not uploaded. This is a "summary...
Matthew
Were New Testament Writers Hermeneutical Hacks?
For those of you who read comments what follows will be familiar. I've been chatting back-and-forth with someone named John Loftus, who is an atheist and has a blog called debunking Christianity. One of the issues upon which John focused was what he perceives as...
Hallowing God's Name
That's a take on the title of a recent post by John Hobbins over on Ancient Hebrew Poetry. The context is a discussion about what constitutes a good Bible translation. I have to agree with John. The parts must be contextualized to produce a contextualized whole....
My Take on Matthew’s Use of Hosea 11:1
In addition to the good thoughts in the comments on the previous post, I thought I should chime in here. In a nutshell, I think we need to consider Matthew's real world setting. Matthew's gospel was written decades after Jesus' death and resurrection. Why is this...
The OT Used in the NT: Hosea 11:1 in Matthew 2:15
On to another famous passage for how the NT writers use the OT. Matthew 2:13-15 (key verse: v. 15) reads: 13 Now when they had departed, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, Rise, take the child and his mother, and flee to Egypt, and...
Christian Fundamentalism, Aliens, UFOs: What About Matthew 24:37-38 and Daniel 2:43?
As promised, in this post I'll be wrapping up my "Understanding the Christian Fundamentalist View of Aliens and UFOs" by addressing Matthew 24:37-38 and Daniel 2:43. My last few posts on that thread have directed readers to my Naked Bible series on why an obsession...
Focus on Fornication
I'll admit up front that I never thought I'd post on this subject, but it was brought to mind recently by a request I had via email to comment on the meaning of "fornication" (Greek: porneia). The question was put in the context of how some Christians have gotten the...
Video of Virgin Birth Talk Uploaded
I uploaded the previous talk I did at church on Wisdom, so here is the most recent one on the virgin birth: Class 3 - Jesus & The Old Testament - Michael Heiser - December 20, 2009 from Grace Church Bellingham on Vimeo. Editor's note: broken video removed; here is...