I am frequently asked for my opinion on the Book of Jasher and the Book of Gad the Seer (more properly called the Chronicles of Gad the Seer, per 1 Chron 29:29). There are books by both titles floating around (typically on the internet) that purport to be these...
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Science Now Able to Remotely Hack the Brain
Yes, you read that correctly. Good thing I don't need to make things up for my novels. Stuff like this makes freaking readers out a whole lot easier. Thanks, scientists!
The Portent Portending: Synthetic Genomes Are Just a Click Away
Readers of my fiction know that synthetic biology was a sub-plot element in The Portent. Well, we're moving down the road toward creating humans from scratch (or some sort of human derivative). This article describes a new process for creating a functioning gene. What...
A (Useless?) Plea to Stop the Madness
Had some short chat time with Joel Richardson today and yesterday. Joel sent me a brief audio link to some comments of Hugh Ross that a good number of people who promote the flat earth idea are actually atheists posing at Christians to make the faith look stupid...
Naked Bible Podcast Episode 176: Hebrews 1:5-14
The writer of Hebrews builds on his assertions that the particular son of God (Jesus) who was the agent of creation, eternal wisdom, and the essence of God, by comparing him to other supernatural sons of God (angels). But what does a phrase like “You are my son, today...
Naked Bible Podcast Episode 175: Hebrews 1:1-4
Hebrews 1:1-4 sets the tone for the entire epistle. The writer asserts that the revelation given by God through one particular son—Jesus Christ—is superior to Torah. It is Christ who is the full expression of God’s wisdom, and the actual, essential being of God...
Naked Bible Podcast Episode 174: Live from Lubbock, TX
Dr. Heiser answers questions from a live audience. Thank you to Wayland Baptist University for hosting and Nathan for organizing the event. Thank you to everyone who came and joined us in Lubbock, Texas. In this special live-recorded episode of the Naked Bible...
Remember this Famous FBI UFO Memo?
Below is one of the most well-known FBI documents associated with UFOs. It's known as the Hoover-Tolson (or, Ladd-Hoover) memo and is dated July 15, 1947. The chronological proximity to the Roswell case is, of course, what makes it famous. UFO researchers say it's...
Heavenly Worship in Second Temple Judaism, Early Christianity, and Gnostic Sects: Part 5
This is the 5th and final post in a series by guest blogger, Stephen Huebscher ------- This is the final post in this series, and I draw a number of conclusions here. At the end, I list all the works that I referenced in this series, in case I missed one earlier. This...
The Meaning of the Total Solar Eclipse
Honestly, this one's easy: It means that a small group of Christians will succeed in making lots of people think all Christians are dimwits. Again. Articles like this one have been appearing for the last week or so as evidence: BLACK MOON: Does solar eclipse fulfill...
Naked Bible Podcast Episode 172: Melchizedek Q & A
The episode is now live. In this follow-up to the multi-part Melchizedek series, Dr. Michael Heiser answers listener questions exploring the deeper and often speculative traditions about the mysterious priest-king of Genesis 14. This Q&A episode touches not only...
RH Negative Blood: Alien-Nephilim-Hybrid Nonsense
A couple months ago my PEERANORMAL Podcast focused on this modern myth. Here's a pretty thorough-but-readable essay on the RH nephilim silliness. It's very informative. I guess at a time when people are willing to believe the earth is actually flat and all ISS / NASA...
Elongated Skulls: Professional vs. Amateur Research
Below are three informative essays on elongated skulls that anyone interested in the topic should read. They are informative because they provide a good survey (and sources in the notes) of the sort of research professionals conduct on these skulls, and because they...
Naked Bible Podcast Episode 171: Q & A # 23
The episode is now live! In this Q&A-packed episode of the Naked Bible Podcast, Dr. Michael Heiser answers listener-submitted questions ranging from biblical languages and textual oddities to theological concepts like eternal functional subordination and...
Elongated Skull, Red-Haired Mummy Myth
Are there very old skeletons that have red hair? Sure. That isn't the myth. The myth is that a skeleton or mummy with red hair means that said specimen is evidence of nephilim or visitation of Old World giants in the New World. (I've asked before for the verse that...