‘End-of-the-World’ Baloney
Now that Thanksgiving is over, it’s time to start looking ahead to the next big event on the world’s stage. No, it’s not Christmas. For many, once again, it’s the proverbial “end of the world” scheduled for December 21, 2012. So, is it really going to happen this time? Have the Mayans got it right?…
READ MORE →A Thanksgiving First for Me
So my wife was out of town last week and I felt this strong urge to do something I’d never done before. I shot a turkey for Thanksgiving. Scared the hell out of the people in the frozen-food section. It was awesome! Just kidding, of course. But as we consider all that we are thankful…
READ MORE →A Lesser Jesus?
Here’s something I’ve discovered, since my latest book came out. Not everyone likes “The Greater Jesus.” Some Christians are offended by this title and concept. As one critic bluntly put it, “I don’t believe there is a greater Jesus. . . . That’s baloney! There is only one Jesus!” They reason: If there is…
READ MORE →My Indianapolis Star Article on Saturday
Last week I was asked to be one of three “clergy and religious experts in the area” to be contributors for an article addressing the post-Sandy issue of “How does your faith or ethical perspective inform your response to natural disasters?” This half-page article was published in this Saturday’s “Faith+Values” section of The Indianapolis Star…
READ MORE →‘Warriors of the Last Temple’–Movie Update
A few years ago Ted Baehr, publisher of Movieguide magazine in LA, approached me. He said that there has never been a big-screen Hollywood movie made about the topic of my Ph.D. dissertation (the Jewish-Roman War of AD 66-70) and that I had to be the one to write it (to get my POV). I…
READ MORE →Is Heaven Really Open Today?
Call it “funeral eschatology.” Christian preachers who don’t believe that Jesus has “returned” (or better yet has “come”) and received his first disciples into heaven (John 14:1-3), assure the family and friends at a Christian funeral that the dearly departed believer is better off than those there assembled because he/she is in heaven with Jesus,…
READ MORE →Clashing Hermeneutics–Who’s Right?
Some Christians are offended by the idea that Jesus actually came, right on time, and in age-ending, day-of-the-Lord, judgment in destruction of Jerusalem and the Temple during the Jewish-Roman War and demolition of 66-73 A.D. As one critic comments on this site bluntly puts it “if he came in 70-73 AD [there are] serious problems…
READ MORE →Welcome to PRI’s Redesigned and Expanded Website
This site is designed to appeal to a broad but intelligent audience of Christians, seekers, skeptics, those disenchanted with the Church, and non-Christians, alike, who are interested in re-exploring some of the most controversial and contested areas of the Christian faith. The basic question we are asking here is: Have we Christians been led astray,…
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