For centuries, the influence of Greek Philosophy upon biblical religion has been treated primarily as a problem of interpretation. The usual account assumes that Revelation …
(OT 2.0 means the Christianized religious system that imitates the Old Covenant while replacing truth, conscience, and prophetic obedience with Pauline blood theology, hierarchical authority, …
The scene of the so-called “rich young ruler” who comes to Jesus, kneels, asks about eternal life, and goes away sorrowful is, in its present …
The Gospel proclaimed by Jesus of Nazareth does not begin with mystical power, ecstatic experience, or membership in a religious institution. It begins with the …
Give artificial intelligence a premise, and it can build a world around it. Tell it that the human soul is immortal. It can explain death …
Between Divine Mandate and Historical Conflict The received Old Testament corpus presents a theocratic structure with three distinct authorities: the prophet, the priest, and the …
Genesis 22 presents one of the most celebrated scenes in the received biblical canon. God commands Abraham to take Isaac, the son whom he loves, …
By the time of Jesus, Judaism had become a religion in which authority was increasingly identified with the text and with those who claimed the …
The Philosophy of the Canon and Religious Syncretism The idea of a “sacred canon” — a closed, immutable, normative collection of texts — does not …
I want to say it bluntly: philosophy is not wisdom, but deception. It has been and remains the greatest intellectual fraud of humanity. It presented …