GSK Episode One: An Invented Tradition

Is Christmas a biblical fact or a man-made tradition? The likelihood that Jesus of Nazareth was born on December 25th is near zero. Furthermore, we tend to tell the traditional nativity story as if it happened in a historical vacuum. Read More …

No One Expects the Spanish Inquisition

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 …

The Truth Behind Jesus’ Death and Resurrection (The Hidden Truth Show with Jim Breslo, Part 2)

I had the privilege of recording a second helping of the Hidden Truth Show with Jim Breslo yesterday. It just went live on all major podcast platforms and video. The Truth Behind Jesus’ Death and Resurrection “How and when Jesus Read More …

God Save the King on TimeEnds Radio (Part 2)

I had the privilege of being interviewed a second time by Maxx Navas for TimeEnds Radio yesterday. We talked more about what the real Nativity really would have looked like, as well as some common misconceptions that are part of Read More …

God Save the King on Time Ends Radio with Maxx Navas

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 …

The Protevangelium of James

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 what we now refer to as the canonical gospels. The oldest and most Read More …

Why “Easter” Isn’t Biblical (But the Resurrection Is)

During the filming for God Save the King, one of the crew members and I were having a conversation. He remarked, “Okay, you’ve completely re-educated me about the birth of Jesus of Nazareth, especially the correct date—so tell me something—is the Read More …

Sorry, “Easter” Isn’t Biblical Either

During the filming for God Save the King, one of the crew members and I were having a conversation. He remarked, “Okay, you’ve completely re-educated me about the birth of Jesus of Nazareth, especially the correct date—so tell me something—is the Read More …

Ezra Stiles on Christmas

While the fact of Jesus’ birth is clearly recorded in the Bible, primarily in Matthew 1–2 and Luke 1–2, there is no explicit mention of a specific date when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea. Furthermore, as previously mentioned, Read More …