Maybe the Nativity doesn't look quite like we think it does
Don’t you find it just a little bit odd that Jesus “the carpenter” never once used an allusion to woodworking in all his amazing stories? But Yeshua ha boneh (Aramaic), Jesus the builder, made several references to working with stone. Read More …
Tim was interviewed live by Shannon Davis of Omegaman Radio on November 17th. The audio for this interview is available on the Omegaman Radio YouTube Channel as part of a broadcast marathon. In the following “video” (audio only), you can Read More …
The “Jerusalem Chronicle” is one of a series of historiographical clay tablets recovered from ancient Mesopotamia. Also know as the Assyrian and/or Babylonian Chronicles (“ABC”), they record events in Mesopotamia starting in the second half of the second millennium through Read More …
The Cyrenius of the King James Version was a Roman official named Publius Sulpicius Quirinius.[1] His name is known to Christians because he is mentioned in the traditional “Christmas Story,” but we know much more about Quirinius from historical sources Read More …
In this episode Tim and Michael discuss the realization that the traditional nativity story is wholly inaccurate; the historical development of the traditional nativity story; and new insights into whether Jesus was really born in a stable. Since a manger Read More …
Many ancient western European churches in general, and churches in Britain in particular observed a Christian festival called “Michaelmas” (i.e., “Michael sent”), now known as “The Feast of St. Michael and All Angels.” The date of the festival, still recognized Read More …
We can trace the origins of many of the traditions found in nativity plays to what are known as the Infancy Gospels, pseudepigraphal works written much later than the canonical gospels, and falsely attributed to biblical authors, characters, or themes. Sadly, Read More …
El Brocense defended his critique in writing, which became a part of the official Inquisition records. As a result, the files of the Spanish Inquisition contain one of the earliest historical/exegetical arguments contradicting the traditional nativity story. Read More …
This past week I recorded a podcast for Time Ends Radio. The host of TER is an old friend, Maxx Navas—he and I worked together at Guitar Center in Stevenson Ranch, California. Some quick comments about this interview: Although predominantly Read More …
I had the privilege of meeting J. Warner (Jim) Wallace at NRB 2020 last week in Nashville. Jim is a former atheist who is now an apologist for Christianity. He used his skills as a cold case detective to investigate Read More …