In a couple of weeks I'll be filming three courses for Faithlife (my employer; aka Logos Bible Software) that revolve around content threads in my book The Unseen Realm: Recovering the Supernatural Worldview of the Bible. The idea is not to go through the book...
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Mike’s World
A bit of a personal aside for this post. Most readers know I'm busy (that word actually doesn't begin to describe the situation). But I sometimes get asked why I don't do certain things. For example ... Mike, why don't you / won't you: answer my email? spend time on...
Mike Heiser’s ETS Paper: The Divine Council in the Pentateuch
A week ago I presented this invited paper in the ETS Pentateuch section: ets-2016-divine-council-in-the-pentateuch The paper isn't an academic work per se. It's more conversational. I took that route because of the time limitation. However, it does have some different...
Mike Heiser on Reddit “Ask Me Anything” (AMA) Session Tomorrow
I'll be on Reddit tomorrow at 12:30pm Pacific time for an AMA - "Ask Me Anything" - session. I've never been on Reddit before, so I can't tell you much. This is a first for me. I've been told I'll be for 1.5-2 hrs and will have to type my answers. Lexham / Faithlife...
New MIQLAT Mission Video
I've made a new introductory video to explain the mission of my non-profit, MIQLAT. It runs just under 7 minutes. It has more detail than the old one and lays out our mission strategy. The video lives on the MIQLAT website here (please share), but I've embedded the...
Frank Viola’s New Book, Insurgence
Some of you may know the name Frank Viola. Frank has published several best-selling books in the wider Christian world. He spent a lot of time reading through and blogging about (very favorably) my own book, The Unseen Realm: Recovering the Supernatural Worldview of...
Parts 2 through 9 of Ben Witherington’s Review of The Unseen Realm
Yes, you read that correctly - 9 parts. I've been out of commission for about a week with grading, travel time, and now in an intensive teaching week with "Fern and Audrey" and a dozen other folks. So ... I fell behind keeping track of these. But here they are: Review...
Ben Witherington Review of The Unseen Realm, Part 1
I'm grateful that Dr. Ben Witherington has taken the time to not only read my book, The Unseen Realm, but also to blog about it. Here is the first installment of his review, which took the form of an interview/exchange with me. Ben is a well-known New Testament...
Mike Discusses Unseen Realm on The Fourth Watch Radio Show
I did this interview before leaving for FL. The host, Justen Faull, just sent me the links. This was a good interview; I hope you'll give it a listen. The Podcast Version is located here. Justen says this is the easy one for streaming for most listeners, but the...
Thoughts about Evil and the Gods
This essay on the Federalist will be of interest to those who follow my work and have read The Unseen Realm: Why We Should Question God in Response to Evil and Tragedy The essay is by Aaron Gleason. He's familiar with the divine council and the sorts of things I write...
Blog Review of Supernatural
Thanks are due to Spencer Robinson for this extended and thoughtful review of my book Supernatural: What the Bible Teaches About the Unseen World and Why it Matters (Lexham, 2015). This is the "lite" version of Unseen Realm.
Episode 34 of the Naked Bible Podcast (First Episode of the 2.0 Podcast) is Online
Trey and I decided to do the first episode of the 2.0 version of the podcast introducing ourselves and the new podcast. The episode is located on the podcast home page (see the button on the header). All episodes will be archived here as well. Listeners can of course...
The Unseen Realm and Supernatural: Table of Contents
In my previous update, I explained the new titles and provided cover art for my two "divine council worldview" books. What follows are the Table of Contents for each, at least how they stand now. I don't expect much rewording. The initial draft of what I'd been...
Divine Council Worldview for Kids!
I'm thrilled to announce the publication of a children's book by Sue Knefley and Laurel Roth that re-purposes material from Supernatural and The Unseen Realm for pre-schoolers and early grade school children: One Big Family: In the Heavens and On the Earth This is the...
Unseen Realm and Supernatural Leader’s Guides for Small Groups
I've been asked about the availability of the leader's guides a lot lately, so here's what I know: Unseen Realm The Q & A guide (referred to by me in posts a while back as a "primer" for Unseen Realm) is now titled: The Unseen Realm: A Question & Answer...