Frans & Tory

26/07/2025

Why is the quest for the historical Jesus necessary? It is nessesary because our primary sources - The Gospels - although generally considered positive, are also problematic.

Our primary sources for the life of Jesus are the Gospels. These although positive, have some limitations and problems. In this session we briefly work thro...

20/07/2025

https://open.substack.com/pub/fj3deconstruct/p/my-personal-jesus?r=5b1wf5&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

20/07/2025

https://youtu.be/X_Luegv9ukY

Our primary sources for the life of Jesus are the Gospels. These although positive, have some limitations and problems. In this session we briefly work thro...

13/07/2025

https://youtu.be/gKrV_DOVDEU?si=LLaLQwDcO-6jCMLC

4. Judaism as Religion in the first Century;5. The External sources for Jesus.

01/07/2025

Starting this Sunday…. On YouTube

29/06/2025

My Accidental Journey Into the Search for the Historical Jesus

22/06/2025

We don't have the original, verbatim words of Jesus - What Now ?

Do we have the original Gospel of Mark? Do we have the verbatim words of Jesus? If Not what does that mean and how do we proceed?We look at the data that we ...

16/06/2025

Mark used to be thought of as the ugly duckling of the New Testament Gospels. Now we know why, for scholars it is the Swan amoungst the Ducks.

https://youtube.com/live/0S_g7RP4FVM?feature=share

I grew up reading John and Matthew. Mark was just above Leviticus on the reading list. I have since discovered, that in the search of the historical figure o...

01/06/2025

The Gospels are not inerrant accounts. Face the Music and learn to dance to it.

Watch a video discussion of the article here:
https://youtube.com/live/tH40gpd3ric?feature=share

Read the article here:
https://fj3deconstruct.substack.com/p/why-the-bible-is-not-inerrant?r=5b1wf5

We make a distinction between inerrancy and reliability and then continue to differentiate between trivial and troubling differences found in the Gospels. Fi...

11/05/2025

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_QV9jlnwnKS7j1Op8sM9Uuxmzhq42-wd

Changing my mind about the Bible has been one of the most difficult journeys of my life. In this series I try to recall my journey, while noting some importa...

16/04/2025

Facing the music that relentless inquiry set in motion.

15/04/2025

Why Genesis chapter 1 is late to the creation story party.

In this final instalment we attempt to show that Genesis 1 is the final Israelite evolution of the ancient Chaoskampf myth. Substack: Why the Bible is not In...