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What Happened Before The Gospels?
The Form-Critical View of Oral Tradition
Jan 11
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John Nelson
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Two Years Behind the Gospels
A Reader's Digest for 2025
Jan 3
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Does Christianity Rise and Fall on the Virgin Birth?
A Brief Reflection on a Biblical Conception
Dec 27, 2025
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Five Facts about the Gospels (You Might Not Hear in a Pew)
Nov 16, 2024
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Did Matthew Invent the Virgin Birth?
Dec 7, 2025
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How to Become a World Expert on the Historical Jesus
Jul 12, 2025
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Fact-Checking the Gospels on Joe Rogan
Feb 15, 2025
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Can the Dates of Jesus' Death Be Reconciled?
Jan 21, 2024
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Did Jesus Claim to be God?
May 16, 2025
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Q&A: Have we got Christmas all wrong?
(Almost) every question you have ever asked about Jesus' birth
Nov 29, 2025
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Did Matthew Invent the Virgin Birth?
A popular misconception about the Nativity
Dec 7, 2025
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The Nativity: History, Theology & Literature
Watch my Christmas lecture now
Dec 24, 2025
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Jesus' Physical Appearance – A Conversation
Discussing my new book with Contingent History
Dec 20, 2025
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Behind the Nativity Stories
A Christmas Lecture on the Gospel Accounts
Dec 13, 2025
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50 Questions on Jesus' Physical Appearance
(Almost) every question you have ever asked about Jesus' image
Nov 22, 2025
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Was Jesus... Short?
Reflections on Luke's Little Messiah
Nov 14, 2025
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