Iron and Myth 37: Care and Feeding of the Dead
2025-02-17
IN THE ANCIENT Near East, the dead never really went away. And if you didn’t care for them properly, they could make your life hell.Continue Reading
Unraveling Revelation: The Long War Against the Giants
2024-11-18
The weird parts of the Bible are probably important! That was a pet saying of the late Dr. Michael Heiser, and we agree.
All Souls’ Day
2024-11-02
A TRADITIONAL celebration intended to honor the spirits of dead ancestors has its roots in Canaanite and Amorite veneration of the Rephaim—the spirits of the giants destroyed in the Flood.Continue Reading
Iron and Myth 34: Gods of Greece in the Bible
2024-10-21
OLYMPIANS, Titans, and demigod heroes in the Bible? Yes, and the Jews of Jesus’ day knew it.Continue Reading
Netanyahu Addresses Persian People
2024-10-01
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the people of Iran directly Monday with a simple message: Until the Islamic Revolution, Persians and Jews were friends—and can be again.
Iron and Myth 32: Azazel, Lilith, and other Demons in the Bible
2024-08-19
ONE OF THE MYSTERIES of the Bible is why there are no accounts of priests or prophets casting out demons. Why is that?Continue Reading
Iron and Myth 31: The Nephilim
2024-07-22
“THERE WERE GIANTS in the earth in those days.” Those nine words are among the most controversial in the entire Bible.Continue Reading
Iron and Myth 30: The Sons of God
2024-06-17
A DEBATE over the nature and identity of a shadowy group mentioned in the Book of Genesis has divided Christian theologians for the last 1,600 years.Continue Reading
“They Wouldn’t Just Eat Any White Men That Fell From the Sky”
2024-04-20
THOSE IMMORTAL WORDS were spoken by Michael Kabuni, a political science lecturer at the University of Papua New Guinea, responding to a false claim by President Biden that his uncle had been eaten by cannibals after being shot down in WWII.Continue Reading
UFOs, Red Heifers, and Tucker Carlson
2024-04-13
THE MOOD IN ISRAEL is tense this weekend, as intelligence sources say Iran is preparing an imminent strike to retaliate for the recent airstrike against Iran’s embassy in Damascus.Continue Reading