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November 2008:

December 2008:

  • The Prosperity Preachers Series: Joel Osteen, Part 2
  • Chapter Previews: "One at The Expense of the Other" -- Chapter from my book on the reliability of the New Testament, in which I address the claim that literacy "destroys" oral tradition.
  • The Ghosts of End Times Past, Part 2: J. R. Church's Psalm Reading -- On J. R. Church's Hidden Prophecies in the Psalms.
  • The Plain Truth -- On the so-called "doctine of perspicuity".
  • Oh, Christmas Tree! -- A fun one for the season! Are Christmas trees pagan phallic symbols?
  • Momma God -- A check-it-out on a cult called the World Mission Society Church of God.
  • E-Block Book Snaps:
    • Nicholas Perrin's Thomas: The Other Gospel
    • Deepak Chopra's The Third Jesus
    • David Sanford's If God Disappears
  • Ask the Perfesser

January/February 2009:

  • The Prosperity Preachers Series: Joyce Meyer, Part 1 -- a look at Meyer's self-help books.
  • Chapter Previews: Was Jesus Illiterate? --From my book Trusting the New Testament.
  • E-Block Book Snaps:
    • Rick Warren's Purpose-Driven Church
    • Eckhart Tolle's A New Earth
    • Clinton Chisholm's Revelations of Ras Tafari
  • The Ghosts of End Times Past, Part 3: Robert Faid Marks the Beast -- A look back at popular "end times" books of the past. This time: Robert Faid's Gorbachev! Has the Real Antichrist Come?
  • Stone Sabbath -- on an argument sent to me by a reader that commandmenets engraved in stone apply to everyone.
  • Cursin' 'Bout my Generation -- on the teaching of "generational curses."
  • Ask the Perfesser -- Questions of the month submitted to our expert, Professor Sam Nullanvoid.

March/April 2009:

  • The Prosperity Preachers Series: Joyce Meyer, Part 2 -- a look at Meyer's theological books.
  • Chapter Previews: The Embarrassment of Riches --From my book Trusting the New Testament, on the NT textual tradition versus secular works.
  • E-Block Book Snaps:
    • Robert McElvane's Grand Theft Jesus
    • Philip Jenkins' The Next Christendom
    • William Lobdell's Losing My Religion
  • The Ghosts of End Times Past, Part 4: Hal Lindsey's Late (But Not So Great) Eschatology -- A look back at popular "end times" books of the past. This time: Snapshot of three decades of Hal Lindsey.
  • The Paul Fan Club, Part 1 -- A look at Douglas del Tondo's Jesus' Words Only
  • The Adventures of Herc and Rom -- are Hercules and Romulus "copycat Christ" figures?
  • Holy Internet! -- guest author Lita Cosner reviews religious Internet resources
  • Unmodern Biography -- guest author James Pinnington takes a comparative look at the Gospels and ancient biography.
  • Ask the Perfesser -- Questions of the month submitted to our expert, Professor Sam Nullanvoid.

Special Edition: Bart Ehrman's Jesus Interrupted Refuted

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May/June 2009:

  • The Prosperity Preachers Series: Joyce Meyer, Part 3
  • Chapter Previews: This is the Way We Remember -- on ancient memory methods
  • Topical Update: Rene Salm's Nazareth Miss
  • Fiction or Forgery? -- on the assumption that "forged" ancient works were meany to be taken as authentic.
  • The Problem of Stoooopidity -- Comments in light of a recent news item concerning a Wikipedia hoax, plus access to my ISCA presentation on information mismanagement.
  • Holy Internet! A Guide to Online Religious Resources
  • The Ghosts of End Times Present, Part 1: John Hagee's Alternate Is-raelity
  • The Paul Fan Club, Part 2 -- Second part of analysis of claims made in Douglas Del Tondo's Jesus' Words Only
  • My Time with the Witnesses -- Guest author James Pinnington gives us a diary of his encounters with Jehovah's Witnesses.
  • The Folded Napkin Legend
  • E-Block Book Snaps
    • Kenton Sparks' God's Word in Human Words
    • Diana Butler Bass' A People's History of Christianity
    • Marcus Borg and John Crossan's The First Paul
  • Ask the Perfesser

July 2009:

  • The Prosperity Preachers Series: T. D. Jakes, Part 1
  • Chapter Previews: The Authorship of Hebrews
  • Experiencing Pablum? On Henry Blackaby's Experiencing God material
  • Topical Update: Win One for the Egypters, Part 1: A depth examination of Dorothy Murdock's (Acharya S) Christ in Egypt.
  • Holy Internet! A Guide to Online Religious Resources
  • The Ghosts of End Times Present, Part 2: John Walvoord's Boiling Oil
  • Indiscreet with Discrepancies: 5 reasons why even if discrepancies exist in accounts, they cannot simply be dismissed
  • The Paul Fan Club, Part 3: Wrapup of analysis of claims made in Douglas Del Tondo's Jesus' Words Only
  • The Rauch Stuff: Depth criticism of Jonathan Rauch's book, Gay Marriage
  • E-Block Book Snaps:
    • Kris Komarnitsky's Doubting Jesus' Resurrection
    • Stephen Kingsley's The Easter Answer
    • God Is Not... and God Does Not...
    • N. T. Wright's Justification

August/September 2009:

  • The Prosperity Preachers Series: T. D. Jakes, Part 2
  • Chapter Previews: Alternate Burial Traditions of Jesus -- Chapter from my upcoming book on the Resurrection which addresses the question, "Does the NT indicate that there were other, earlier and conflicting stories of Jesus' burial?"
  • Topical Update: Win One for the Egypters, Part 2 -- A depth examination of Dorothy Murdock's (Acharya S) Christ in Egypt.
  • Holy Internet! A Guide to Online Religious Resources
  • The Ghosts of End Times Present, Part 3: Grant Jeffrey's Repetition-o-rama
  • Life After Life -- An expository article on Jewish views of the afterlife.
  • Inside Out -- A brief look at the so-called "Insider Movement".
  • A Severe Unitarianism -- On an anti-Trinitarian treatise by "Servetus the Evangelical" titled, The Restitution of Jesus Christ
  • E-Block Book Snaps:

Special Edition: John Loftus' Why I Became an Atheist Refuted

October 2009:

  • The Prosperity Preachers Series: A Pause for Consideration
  • Chapter Previews: Defining Resurrection
  • Topical Update: Win One for the Egypters, Part 3 (On Dorothy Murdock's Christ in Egypt.)
  • Holy Internet! A Guide to Online Religious Resources
  • The Heralds of the New Age Past, Part 1: Constance Cumbey's Rainbow Coalition
  • Victory in Jesus -- A look at an expression of the "Christus Victor" atonement theory.
  • Aquinas vs. Bandoli -- response to an atheist criticism of Aquinas.
  • The Remus Factor -- A comparison for the pagan copycat thesis.
  • Sabbath Shackles -- Three demands for Sabbath observance evaluated.
  • Does God Hate the Gentiles in the Old Testament?
  • Cognitive Contrarium -- On Kris Komarnitsky's theories about cognitive dissonance and the Resurrection.
  • E-Block Book Snaps:
    • Roger Aus' The Death, Burial and Resurrection of Jesus and the Death, Burial and Translation of Moses in Judaic Tradition
    • Frank Viola's Reimagining Church
  • Ask the Perfesser

November 2009:

  • Conversations With God? -- An evaluation of John Bevere's Under Cover with special reference to his claims to have God's mouth to his ear.
  • The Popular Pastors Series, Part 1: Charles Stanley's Divine Dialogues
  • Chapter Previews: Buried with Honors? -- A response to William Lane Craig's evaluation of Byron McCane's thesis.
  • The Heralds of the New Age Past, Part 2: Phil Phillips' Toy Story
  • The Atonement Contextualized
  • The Deacon's Chair -- A brief commentary on John Collins' study of the word diakonia with special reference to Frank Viola's claims in Reimagining Church
  • E-Block Book Snaps
    • James Crossley's Jesus in an Age of Terror
    • Peter Gomes' The Scandalous Gospel of Jesus
  • Ask the Perfesser

December 2009:

  • The Popular Pastors Series, Part 2: Chuck Swindoll's Peculiar Pardoxicals
  • Take Me to Your Leader -- An evaluation of John Bevere's teachings on leadership in Under Cover.
  • Chapter Previews: The Shame of Crucifixion
  • The Heralds of the New Age Past, Part 3: Dave Hunt's Seduction Deconstruction
  • GEICO: The Mark of the Beast -- A look at claims that Christians should have neither insurance nor debts.
  • Topical Updates: Mythicism Out in the Wash, Part 1 -- An examination of Earl Doherty's "update" to The Jesus Puzzle.
  • E-Block Book Snaps
    • Richard Gabriel's Jesus the Egyptian
    • D. M. Murdock's The Gospel According to Acharya S
    • Michael Baigent's Racing Toward Armageddon