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Did Jesus Really Have 12 Disciples?

According to Robert Price, "[T]he Twelve, Schmithals argues, are a group of authorities originating in the early church that was...

Ehrman: From Mainstream to Extreme?

Buried in a footnote from one of my writings is the following rant: [Bart] Ehrman's thesis fits in with all the evidence of the Gospel...

What the Radicals and Conservatives Have in Common

Elsewhere, I have written about my annoyance with mainstream New Testament scholars. Here I sum up the situation: “Only scholars who are...

Bart Ehrman on “Mass Hallucinations”

In a truly insightful passage from How Jesus Became God, Bart Ehrman wrote, “most people at the end of the day believe that mass...

The Miracle Claims of the Apostles

According to 1 Corinthians 15:11, Paul wrote, “I preach what they [the other apostles] preach” (Jerusalem Bible). If we’re going by that...

How Jesus Became God: Ten Years Later

It’s been ten years now since Bart Ehrman published his great book How Jesus Became God (HarperCollins, 2014). At the time, I didn’t...

Is Bitcoin a MLM Scheme?

Years ago, when Robert Kiyosaki was asked what he thought of a multi-level marketing (MLM) business, he replied, “I have heard rumors...

Bitcoin: Good as Gold?

A fairly new book by Bitcoin enthusiast Bobby C. Lee is titled The Promise of Bitcoin, but the public is still ignoring the challenge of...

Do Deficits Matter?

In a YouTube video, Robert Kiyosaki referred to MMT as “Marxist Monetary Theory”. A recent book about MMT, which mentions the “People’s...

The American Way of Death Protection

In 1963, Jessica Mitford published an exposé on the “cost of dying,” and it became a best-seller. The book was called The American Way of...

Increased Government Spending and Inflation

Even when gold was money, the quantity of money could fluctuate. Gold could be hoarded or used in jewelry. As Karl Marx explained, "By...

Jerome Powell’s Momentous Mandate

On November 22, 2021, President Biden nominated Jerome Powell to be Fed chair for another four years. According to the Associated Press,...

Does Government Spending Cause Inflation?

The new large spending bill, known in the media as Build Back Better, was passed by the House recently. Opponents of the law are on...

Will the Fed Have to Raise Rates?

Pundits are finally asking officials if the Federal Reserve is going to "raise rates." Federal Reserve (from here, Fed or the Fed)...

The Intractable Labor Shortage

For as long as I can remember, eliminating unemployment was a political objective. It is, therefore, surreal to be constantly reminded of...

Problems with Keynes Revisited

I established in my last post that Keynes's objection to classical economics had something to do with a labor supply curve that was...

Problems with Keynes

According to John Maynard Keynes, the classical economists of his day taught that the “utility of the wage when a given volume of labour...

The Case Against Kalam

Today, Christians share the Kalam Cosmological Argument through social media posts, books, etc. Kalam is an Arabic word, and Muslims,...

The 1 Corinthians Problem

When it comes to Paul, scholars have long presumed that he received the famous creed (1 Cor. 15:3-7) from people. For example, C. H....

THE ARGUMENT FROM "MERELY"

It's basically the Second Edition of the pamphlet. Most of the pamphlet made it into the book. See the link. http://booklife.com/project/...

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