Tag: Too Good To Be False

At the time of his temptation in Luke 4:1-13, Jesus showed character like no one else’s. He had the power — Satan was right about this! — he had the power to turn the stone into bread. He was hungry enough, too. Yet here, as throughout the Gospels, Jesus...

Who wrote Jesus’ character into the Gospels? How’d they do it? Skeptics treat this as if it were easy, and if that question had an easy answer. They’ve got a lot of catching up to do. I say this by way of answering Bob Seidensticker’s third post of four....

Coffee? Absolutely! But Robby Lashua — who’s really a great interview host — also says, “I love this book. You need to get it!” and… “This book is very different from the norm — in a good way. It’s so refreshing to read.” and also … “Through reading the...

It’s strange. You’d think an atheist as sure of himself as Bob Seidensticker would be more serious about it. Last week he blogged the question, “How Good Was Jesus if He Didn’t Eliminate Slavery?” I answered by explaining how the the principles Jesus’ taught cut every leg out from...

Marcus Borg put out an incredible amount of writing, so I may have missed it, but I’ve studied the books that seem most likely to be relevant. Based on that reading, I would suggest that Borg (1942-2015), one of our generation’s more influential New Testament scholars, had something like...

Why did the gospel authors write the gospels? For believers the answer might be a question: “Why even ask? Isn’t it obvious?” That answer isn’t universal, though. Today on the Thinking Christian podcast we launch a new series on Jesus through the gospels, starting with Luke’s answer to that...

Announcing a change in the plan for this podcast: Instead of a weekly podcast of 20-25 minutes, I’ll be publishing up to 3 times a week, with shorter content focused on Jesus in the Gospels (with occasional other topics). I’m making the change in response to what I keep...

It’s begun! I’ve been looking forward to the first atheist responses to Too Good to be False. Pinecreek Doug, an atheist known to me mostly for his street epistemology, posted a video critique yesterday. It’s the first pushback any atheist has offered so far. Of course I expect more,...

Just a quick update as I’m heading out the door. First, for those who’ve subscribed to email updates, my apologies for a hiccup in the system that sent an old message on Monday about a webinar that happened weeks ago. Second, tomorrow (Tuesday) is a big day: Three interviews...