I recently did an interview with Jacob Giron, a young open minded Christian believer who regularly explores "out of the box," issues on his Youtube Channel (@LeadersTalkPodcast), including reading my books: Paul and Jesus, and Restoring Abrahamic faith: youtu.be/BEHIsCRBE_M

I miss him every day... youtu.be/pfH9cffLafU

Chag Sameach Everyone...or Happy Harvesting! Probably more than you might want to know about Shavuot--today on the biblical calendar, tomorrow on the Jewish calendar--and it is all explained here--be sure and read the final lines--with my suggestions for "observance"! 🍷🥖

This in-depth two HOUR presentation by Dr. historian Nicholas Allen surveys the history of the Shroud of Turin, all the issues as to dating and provenance, and how the Shroud of Turin was produced in the early 14th century. Stick with it and I think you will be glad you did. Dr.

In this video retell with slides the discovery of the ONLY scientifically dated Jewish burial shroud from 1st century Jerusalem every discovered--25 years ago in a tomb south of the Old City in the Valley of Hinnom at Akeldama. It has great relevance to all the attention the

My son Nathan, master Luthier (violas and guitars specialty), in Spain, is offering summer courses for learning the craft. You can make your own guitar as part of the course.

Wishing all my friends and readers a happy and meaningful 4th of July on our 249th Anniversary--with next year our 250th! I thought this poster from General George Washington published for our American Army was somehow appropriate in thinking about some of the speech habits that

Our hearts are broken watching details. I’ve driven those roads and valleys hundreds of times all the years I went to college in Abilene I would drive home through that country to visit my parents fairly regularly and then back many times to the whole San Antonio area. It just

Is this the Face of Jesus...the Turin Shroud--getting the facts straight. Millions of sincere Christians believe the Turin Shroud offers something very close to a photographic image of the historical Jesus--including selected scientists, Bible scholars, and theologians--and

In this edited interview with Aaron Abke and Kameron Waters on Youtube (Aaron Abke ) I take off my "academic" hat for a bit, without discarding it, and talk about a narrative and conceptual "essence" of what I call Abrahamic Faith as reflected in the Hebrew Bible. This

In this Q&A session with Jeremiah Giehl host of Youtube Channel @PullingTheThreadPodcast , I address the question of whether critical methods of studying the historical figure of Jesus should be viewed as positive and constructive or negative and destructive. Check out

Celebrated our 42nd anniversary yesterday, Bond Chapel, University of Chicago, August 13, 1983. Then and now...

Pleased to interview Helen Bond today! Don't miss this one. For more info and a special link to this big event see the description to the video. youtu.be/2376o_vqepM

In this 1.45 hour video Dr. Justins Sledge (Youtube host of Esoterica) and I begin to delve into the topic of "Who Was the historical Jesus" based on the recent presentation Justin made on his channel, see link below. This is Part I, covering the basics on the John the

In this preview of the upcoming 3rd annual "New Investigations of the New Testament" conference, with the theme of the "Quest for the Historical Jesus," I interview Professor Mark Goodacre of Duke University. youtu.be/WaHx1T3-uLU

In this fascinating interview with one of my favorite scholars, Dr. Joel Marcus, of Duke University, we preview his lecture "Jesus and the Law" for the upcoming virtual conference: "New Investigations of the New Testament--the Historical Jesus." At the end we talk about Bob Dylan

In this fascinating interview Dale Allison, one of the most highly regarded historians of Jesus and early Christianity , previews his upcoming lecture at the highly anticipated New Investigations of the New Testament Conference coming up Sept 26-28th. This wide-ranging informal