Mar 26, 2024
Jesus' closest disciple was Simon, whom henicknamed "Peter" -- that is "The Rock." But in the Gospels and the writings of Paul, Peter is fickle, clumsy, and unreliable, less like a rock than shifting sand.
After the New Testament we have numerous writings both about and allegedly by him. In looking over all these...
Mar 19, 2024
Jesus' followers have always called him the "messiah," from the earliest days of the religion -- so much so that "Christ" (the Greek word for Messiah) became his second name. But most Jews, both then and now, rejected the claim, pointing out that Jesus in fact was nothing like the messiah.
Do they have a point? If so,...
Mar 12, 2024
Every Christian fundamentalist on the planet, of course, claims that they follow Jesus. Avidly. But do they?
Why do so many seem to overlook or ignore many of Jesus' key teachings? Surely they know what he said about loving the enemy and the foreigner? Why do they claim that Jesus said things he never, actually,...
Mar 5, 2024
Some evangelical preachers claim that Jesus is walking all over the pages of the Old Testament.
The Old Testament, of course, doesn't say so. But believing Christians all the way in antiquity claimed that the Jewish Scriptures not only predict Jesus but also portray him, as a person involved with the creation of the...