Well, I'm home after three weeks on the road (PA, Providence RI, Boston, and you can throw in NY, Connecticut, and New Jersey in if you count the driving). To say I'm glad would be quite an understatement. Of course I had fun, saw friends and family, and met new...
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Naked Bible Podcast Episodes 187 and 188: Evangelical Theological Society Conference Interviews
It’s that time of year – a new round of interviews with scholars and professors at the annual meetings of the Evangelical Theological Society (ETS). Here are the two episodes into which those interviews were grouped. Stay tuned for interviews from the SBL Meetings as...
Naked Bible Podcast Episode 186: Discovering MErcy with Fern and Audrey
UPDATE 3/7/2018: Fern and Audrey now have their own non-profit ministry. Please donate to Discovering MErcy! Mike and Trey recently visited Fern and Audrey. The visit produced an opportunity not only to share some of the items discussed during that visit, but...
I am not a Prophet
I had not announced it yet (it came about a week or so ago), but I was asked to be on the Jim Bakker show and speak Wed night at his campus (Morningside) service. Last night it came to my attention that my appearance was being billed as "come to hear the prophets" (my...
Naked Bible Podcast Episode 184: Hebrews 5:11-6:20
Our series on the book of Hebrews continues the writer’s emphasis on the faithful priesthood of Christ – this time as the basis for turning away from a theology of dead works and clinging to faith. The centrality of not turning from the true gospel of faith in the...
Review of Passion Translation of Song of Songs (Solomon): “Truly Awful”
The first few sentences of this review of the Song of Songs (aka, the Song of Solomon) in the Passion Translation (the one that is enthusiastically promoted by NAR apostles) says it all: This translation of the Song of Songs is truly awful. As a professor of biblical...
New Online Hebrew Transliteration Tool
I sometimes get email asking about transliteration (and pronunciation) of Hebrew words. Transliteration can help folks who want to try and pronounce Hebrew. This new online tool allows you to paste in Hebrew text and get an instant transliteration (an accurate one,...
PEERANORMAL Episode 12: Zombies
Are zombies real or just something Hollywood is into nowadays? If you’ve ever seen the movie The Serpent and the Rainbow, you know the question is legitimate. That movie was based on a book by Wade Davis, who earned his PhD in part on the basis of his research into...
New Book: The Biblical Canon Lists from Early Christianity
This book looks like an excellent reference for anyone interested in the study of the biblical canon: The Biblical Canon Lists from Early Christianity: Texts and Analysis. A brief discussion of the book by one of its authors can be found here. The book will ship in...
Not Your Typical Mainstream Media Yuck-fest: Newsweek Special Edition on the Search for Alien Life
Alejandro Rojas has a short description of the recent special edition of Newsweek. Here's his first paragraph: Newsweek recently released a special edition magazine titled Life Beyond Earth? The Mission to Find the Answer, and while one might expect it to be dominated...
Naked Bible Podcast Episode 182: Hebrews 4:1-13
Hebrews 4:1-13 continues an important theme introduced in Hebrews 3—holding fast to faith so as to enter into God’s rest (i.e., inherit the promise of eternal life). The writer strikes an analogy between the rest of God, earlier related to entrance (or not) into the...
RFID Chips are Yesterday’s Mark of the Beast: Introducing Nanochips and Smart Dust
This article ought to make all those people who have equated the mark of the Beast with microchips blush with naive embarrassment and then curl into the fetal position: "Nanochips And Smart Dust: The Dangerous New Face Of The Human Microchipping Agenda" Hmmm .......
UFOs Over Nuclear Bases and the Paul Bennewitz Affair
Robert Hastings recently posted an essay that intertwines these two familiar UFO research topics: UFOs Filmed Hovering Over U.S. Air Force Nuclear Weapons Storage Area: Important New Revelations about the Paul Bennewitz Affair. The connection? In a sentence: ". . ....
Tom DeLonge: Give Me Money So I Can Keep Talking About UFO Disclosure
Sigh. When will UFO enthusiasts learn? Perhaps when they use their own money, instead of loans from Sambla, things will change. Until then, we are stuck.
Mike Talks Unseen Realm on the Steel on Steel Show with John Loeffler
Just a heads up. We recorded this show weeks ago, but the interview is only airing on October 28 -- the last half hour I'm told. It was fun to spend some time with John Loeffler, who enjoyed the content of The Unseen Realm. Enjoy!