Misquoting Jesus with Bart Ehrman

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Were Early Christians Known to Be Moral Reprobates?

Many modern Christians think Christians are inherently more moral than non-believers. Non-Christians, as a rule, don't think so. What about in the ancient world? Why is it that the most widely attested view among ancient pagans was the opposite, that Christians were dangerously immoral reprobates? Why weren't they seen as stalwart proponents of family values?

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  Why Should We Think Luke and Acts Have the Same Author?

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  Pontius Pilate in a Different Light: A Little Known Apocryphal Gospel

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  What Are the Synoptic Gospels?

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  Did Early Christians Believe in Reincarnation?

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  Where Was Christianity on its 100th Birthday?

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  What Does the Bible Say about Abortion?

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  How to Detect a Forgery: The Secret Gospel of Mark

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  Was A Secret Gospel of Mark Discovered?

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  When Is a Christian Not A Christian?

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  Jesus in the Writings of the First-century Jewish historian Josephus

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  Was Jesus a Copycat? The Role of John the Baptist in the Ministry of Jesu…

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  How to Weaponize the Bible.

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  Featuring Megan Lewis! And all that entails.

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  But Could Peter Write Anything?

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  Do We Believe in the Separation of Church and State?

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  "What Did the Prophet Isaiah Say About Jesus? "