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Women as Witnesses to the Empty Tomb
Today is Resurrection Sunday! As a follow-up to my article yesterday on the authenticity of Jesus' burial in a rock tomb, here is an excerpt from The Incarnate Christ and His Critics: A Biblical Defense (p. 635-36) on the role … Continue reading
Posted in apologetics, Biblical Studies, Jesus and Christology
Tagged empty tomb, Mary Magdalene, resurrection
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We Know Where Jesus Was Buried
In observance of Holy Saturday, here is an excerpt from The Incarnate Christ and His Critics: A Biblical Defense (p. 634), which I co-authored with Ed Komoszewski, on the location of Jesus' tomb. The evidence summarized here shows that the … Continue reading
Posted in apologetics, Biblical Studies
Tagged Church of the Holy Sepulchre, empty tomb, resurrection
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Reliability of the Text: Mormons and the Old Testament #4
We saw in the first article in this series, “Mormons and the Old Testament Canon,” that the LDS Church accepts the same books in the Old Testament that are in the Jewish canon of Scripture and in the Protestant Old … Continue reading
The KJV and Other Bibles: Mormons and the Old Testament #3
We continue our series on Mormons and the Old Testament by discussing the King James Version (KJV) in Mormonism. The Standard LDS Position Joseph Fielding Smith was the grandson of Hyrum Smith (Joseph Smith’s brother) and the tenth LDS … Continue reading
Posted in Biblical Studies, Mormonism
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Lost Books? Mormons and the Old Testament #2
We saw in the first article in this series that the LDS Church accepts the same books in the Old Testament that are in the Jewish canon of Scripture and in the Protestant Old Testament. Yet they deny the inspiration … Continue reading
Mormons and the Old Testament Canon: Mormons and the Old Testament #1
This article is the first in a projected series on Mormonism and the Old Testament. Throughout this year (2026), the LDS Church’s official curriculum Come, Follow Me takes members through the Old Testament.[1] These articles offer an evangelical Christian perspective … Continue reading
Posted in Biblical Studies, Mormonism
Tagged Bruce McConkie, canon, Mormons and the Old Testament
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From the Shema to the Homoousios: The Jewish Roots and New Testament Origins of the Nicene Creed
My paper, "From the Shema to the Homoousios: The Jewish Roots and New Testament Origins of the Nicene Creed," has now been uploaded to my page on Academia.edu. Critics of the Nicene Creed routinely characterize it as a Hellenized distortion … Continue reading
Did Paul Merely Try to Persecute Christians? A Response to Robyn Faith Walsh’s Second Argument
In a follow-up video to her earlier video arguing that Paul did not persecute Christians, which I discussed in my previous blog post, Robyn Walsh offers another argument in defense of her claim. In this video, she reports that two … Continue reading
Posted in Biblical Studies, Uncategorized
Tagged Galatians 1:13, Paul, Robyn Faith Walsh
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Genesis 1:1 and Creation Ex Nihilo (Out of Nothing) Revisited
Jews and Christians often quote Genesis 1:1 in support of the belief that God created the universe out of nothing (Latin, ex nihilo). Biblical scholars, however, often challenge the use of Genesis 1:1 to support creation ex nihilo. Note how the … Continue reading