In this rather long episode (due to updates and corrections in my knowledge), I go over all of the textual and archeological evidence we have for the existence of the Shroud of Turin's images from 30 A.D. to 500 A.D.I assess two Pro-Shroud hypotheses; Ian Wilson's Image of Edessa/Mandylion theory and its use of the Abgar Legend in ancient Edessa and compare that with Jack Markwardt's Image of God Incarnate theory and Jack's notion of the Shroud having been in ancient Antioch for the first 5 centuries. Finally, I also assess the Shroud skeptic's hypothesis that all texts from this period must be referring to something other than Shroud images.

Continuing on with my Shroud series on SJ Thomason's channel, I invited Bible expert, Larry Stalley, to come on and address the texts of the New Testament that he believes are cryptic references to the Shroud images. Additionally, we also address 4 skeptical Bible-based objections to the Shroud of Turin (no explicit mentions, John mentions multiple strips/cloths, Isaiah 52:14 failed Messianic prophecy and 1 Cor 11- no long hair).

Christian Egyptologist, Dr. David Falk, has chosen to weigh in on the Shroud debate and make a short 20 min video outlining his reasons for thinking the Shroud is a Byzantine painting dating sometime before the 4th Crusade in 1204 A.D. in Constantinople. Interestingly, I was part of his motivation for his doing so and so I take it as my responsibility to refute the 4-5 substantive points he makes as to why the Shroud is not historically authentic as Jesus' burial shroud.

I was a guest on Tyler Vela's podcast to discuss the Molinism via the Libertarian freewill vs. Compatibilism debate from a philosophical perspective. Enjoy!

Here is the Grand Finale on spiritual abuse- we cover lessons learned from the Jim Jones cult and also the phases of spiritual abuse.

Jaime returns to provide some more depth on spiritual abuse, this time from a strictly Biblical perspective. What does the Scripture itself say about this topic?Next time, will be the Grand Finale on spiritual abuse to close out the series on this topic!

I guest starred on Guy Powell's Podcast to go over an illustration of the application of my "MRF Approach" for assessing various Shroud image forming mechanisms.

In this episode, Dale and SJ will explore the traditional painting hypothesis, which was proposed by Walter McCrone from a scientific perspective.

Harry Stark returns to critique Bart Ehrman's foolish take on the Laws of Nature.

Unfortunately, for the past couple months I have been wrapped up in an Investigation Committee investigating some allegations as to potential spiritual abuses by my former Pastor at my old church, Midland Park. That investigation has now concluded and I wanted to share some generalized and helpful lessons from my own experiences attending that church and what I learned from the investigation process. Atheist and former Church of Christ member David Johnson, along with David Russell, Dr. Tony Costa and Jamie Castro all join me to discuss how we tell the difference between a Bible-believing Pastor and healthy church environment vs. a cult leader in a toxic cult-like gathering masquerading as a church. The truth is not always as clear cut as one might hope and there are often gray zones involved.