Our 4th Question and Answer episode! paper referenced in the show:Chiel-The-Mysterious-Book-of-Jasher Transcript 59 Q&A4 This Q&A session continues Mike Heiser’s practice of engaging directly with listener-submitted questions, particularly on theological,...
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A New Kind of Commentary: The High Definition New Testament (HDNT) Commentary Series
Readers here at Naked Bible recall that I've blogged before about the different types of commentaries. I only recommend commentaries that engage the text. Unfortunately, many commentaries that engage the text are filled with ancient language words and phrase and...
Kingdom of Heaven, Kingdom of God
I recently got an email that read as follows: I am studying with Koinonia Institute and have recently encountered a teaching that is making me feel very uncomfortable. I am being a Berean about this teaching and am therefore looking for some help from you if you can...
Thoughts on Some New Testament Salvation Language
I recently received a question from a reader asking me to comment about the NT phrase "born again" with respect to its relationship to "saved" language in the NT. What follows are a few thoughts. Here was the question: "My question, that I hoped you would get to in...
Jesus, Klingons, and DARPA
[Thanks to Cris for this link.] According to the Washington Post, the Pentagon apparently spent $100,000 for a workshop on interstellar space travel, which included a session that asked, "Did Jesus die for Klingons, too?" Taxpayers aren't thrilled, to say the least....
Salvation and Extraterrestrials: Catholic Theologian’s Vast Universe
I've mentioned Thomas O'Meara before on this blog. O'Meara is a Catholic theologian who has taken an interest in the theological implications of a genuine extraterrestrial reality. I don't agree with certain of his positions (or perhaps it might be best to call them...
Naked Bible Podcast Episode 10 Uploaded
The series on baptism continues with another discussion of a problem passage, Acts 2:38. In this episode, Dr. Michael Heiser explores the meaning of Acts 2:38, often misunderstood as teaching that baptism causes the forgiveness of sins. He focuses on the Greek word...
Naked Bible Podcast Episode #2
I just uploaded the second podcast episode. The subject of baptism is continued, as the series begins looking at the conflicting language regarding the gospel and baptism in well known creeds. In Episode 2 of the Naked Bible Podcast, Dr. Michael Heiser dives into the...
New Perspective on Paul: A Recent Reading Group Post
Well, the Naked Bible Reading Group on the NPP has started up. I gave everyone a week to read Kent Yinger's short book on it (The New Perspective on Paul: An Introduction), and posting has begun. What follows is my most recent post. I thought it might be useful to...
Further Commentary on the New Perspective
I thought I'd post some comment questions / statements produced by the initial NPP post that I said I'd return to. Here goes. My take at MSH. Q: What about the Romans 5 "sin is not counted where there is no law?" That can't mean that pre-Moses people were "let off the...
Thoughts on the New Perspective on Paul
Time for a few thoughts on the "Law" article I posted lasted time to get us started on the New Perspective on Paul (NPP) topic. First, I think the article is telling in its summary of how modern reformed theology (and so, much of evangelicalism) has essentially...
The Premises of Universal Salvation
Creating this post was a bit of a challenge. I want to faithfully represent the position of Robin Parry ("Gregory MacDonald") in his book The Evangelical Universalist, but I obviously can't reproduce it here. Parry clearly lays out his thinking (and so presents his...
Election and the Subset Remnant: Thoughts on Predestination
Finally got this video made. The audio isn't great, so turn up your speakers. I hope this helps you see how I'm thinking about predestination with respect to election and the subset of the saved remnant, per earlier posts on those topics. ...
Election and Salvation, Round Three
I decided to throw together a short video (9 minutes) to try and better explain/illustrate what my take on this topic is. I reference my thoughts on baptism therein -- how it is divorced from salvation, just as circumcision was -- and so it might be useful to skim...
Election, Salvation, Unbelief, and Eternal Security
Here we go. You'll note by the end that I really don't care for (or feel the need) to frame these issues they way they are typically framed. Election and Salvation The major point of my previous post on election was that it was not to be understood as synonymous with...