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The Jesus Beneath Christianity What happens when we separate a first-century Jewish teacher from two thousand years of theology? By Jim Palmer from his email of September 4, 2026. All emphasis below is mine. Preface Last night, twenty-one people enrolled in the Existential Health Practitioner Training and Certification Course gathered together for the first time. […]
Continue ReadingAll below is by Jim Palmer The Jesus Beneath Christianity What happens when we separate a first-century Jewish teacher from two thousand years of theology Jim Palmer, Sep 04, 2026 Preface Last night, twenty-one people enrolled in the Existential Health Practitioner Training and Certification Course gathered together for the first time. They come from remarkably […]
Continue ReadingFrom the Tabor Circle by Keith P. Myers posted 9/3/2026. Keith said “Not AI. These are excerpts from the book itself that I have edited and arranged so that it makes a nice concise summary of the major topics.” This is rather long because it is my [Keith’s] summary of an entire book. I found […]
Continue ReadingThis post contains responses by BSA members to the question in the title and responses to comments amde in the thread. I did not include the OP as his skeptism and debating tendacies are not helpful. His post is here. The responses below are very interesting. Tre Murillo – exegetical exvangelical Hi Nathaniel, you’ve asked a […]
Continue ReadingFrom his Facebook post on 8/5/2026. Jim Palmer One of the most liberating discoveries is that life is rarely as binary as we were taught. You can believe in God without being a theist. You can not believe in God and still live a deeply spiritual life. You can find profound significance in Jesus without […]
Continue Reading8/5/2026 – This post contains three posts by BSA member Michael Waddell followed by the post by Charles Bledsoe that inspired Michael. What is sin? Part 1: the invention of sin. Michael Waddell posted Feb 10, 2025 at BSA. Note: This is the start of a 3-part series inspired by Charles Bledsoe’s post An Unabashedly […]
Continue ReadingFrom Jim Palmer’s Facebook channel on 7/31/2026. Jim Palmer I find it curious that nearly every creed of the Church, whether the early ecumenical creeds, the Roman Catholic catechisms, or the countless Protestant statements of faith, is primarily concerned with defining theological propositions about Jesus. They tell us what to believe concerning his nature, his […]
Continue Reading7/18/2026 – From Dr. Bart Ehrman’s blog post here. The five posts linked below by Bart’s good friends are very interesting, as the two scholars articulate how they balance faith, the church, and the academy. As Dr. Jeff Siker said he lives with “one foot in the church and one in the academy”. They are […]
Continue ReadingBy Jim Palmer from his Facebook post. Emphasis is mine. Christianity did not simply misunderstand Jesus. It reversed his message. Instead of preserving Jesus as an example of what it means to become fully human, Christianity steadily elevated him beyond humanity itself. It transformed him into a cosmic exception: born of a virgin, the only […]
Continue ReadingPost at BSA by Steve Hunsaker on 7/13/2026 in God, Faith & Theology. The Promised Land Is Not a Place What does “holy land” and “promised land” really mean, and what we lose when we make it literal You were handed these words as geography. The holy land: a strip of earth at the far […]
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