Category Archives: bible

Clarification: Isaiah 14 and Ezekiel 28

Posted on March 10, 2026 by ehurst

Short answer — most people read this backwards. They insist that the text points to something else, when it is that something else is pointing back to the text. In your mind, envision an oral body of lore about the … Continue reading →

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Latter Day Idolatry

Posted on March 7, 2026 by ehurst

I’m not dead; I’ve just been busy. My biking blog will eventually explain in detail. In the Bible, the crux of sin was not in the actions you took. The matter of disobedience was itself secondary. The central core issue … Continue reading →

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Getting Words Right

Posted on February 28, 2026 by ehurst

Re: Naked Bible 131: Conference Interviews Part 4 Let’s talk about terminology. This is no different than anything we’ve said before; it’s just another person expressing the same thing when Heiser interviewed NT Wright. The Kingdom of God is what … Continue reading →

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Symbols and Icons

Posted on February 21, 2026 by ehurst

Re: Naked Bible 130: Conference Interviews Part 3 Heiser interviews David Burnett regarding his paper, “Death, Resurrection, and Transformation in Scripture in 1 Corinthians 15”. This has to do mostly with how the Septuagint and New Testament documents interplay via … Continue reading →

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Conscience and Conviction

Posted on February 14, 2026 by ehurst

We can say that your conscience is your capacity to read your convictions. Conscience is the interface between your conscious mind and your convictions. But the conscience needs training; the convictions do not. The convictions are not developed but discovered. … Continue reading →

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It Matters to God

Posted on January 31, 2026 by ehurst

Re — Naked Bible 126: Ezekiel 18 I believe Heiser chases too many rabbits in this podcast. It’s not as complicated as he makes it out to be. How many times did God miraculously spare His people in the OT? … Continue reading →

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The Omphalos

Posted on January 28, 2026 by ehurst

Re: Naked Bible 124: Ezekiel 17 You can quickly discern who is a fake scholar of ancient religions by how they take the ANE mythology literally. Fake scholars (the kind typically hired for TV shows about ancient history) will talk … Continue reading →

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Identifying Abraham’s Ur

Posted on January 17, 2026 by ehurst

I’m chasing a rabbit here. While listening to Heiser’s podcast on Ezekiel 16, he brought up the question of where Abraham’s Ur actually was. The issue arises where Ezekiel slaps down the arrogant attitude of the elders that they descended … Continue reading →

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An Issue with Ezekiel 14

Posted on January 13, 2026 by ehurst

Re: Naked Bible 122: Ezekiel 14-15 Right in the middle of this podcast, roughly the 20:00 mark, Heiser begins talking about Ezekiel 14. Later at the 30:00 mark he raises a couple of small issues that I want to address. … Continue reading →

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The Mind of the New Covenant

Posted on January 3, 2026 by ehurst

We’ve been discussing the Hebrew concept of sin. In particular, we are trying to separate ourselves from the iron grip of western judicial reasoning so that our study of the Bible in general, and the New Testament in particular, is … Continue reading →

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