Bart argues that understanding what the Gospels really are is not the same as trashing them.
Read by John Paul Middlesworth.
Dr. Ehrman offers an example of Paul quoting an early creed, indicating what the earliest Christology would have been. Read by John Paul Middlesworth
The author of 1 Peter has different concerns from the disciple Peter, as Dr. Ehrman emphasizes. Read by John Paul Middlesworth.
In a guest post, Professor Julius-Kei Kato discusses the historical context of the Beatitudes, which can lead to a contemporary way of applying them.