According to a recent report: “Recognized as the largest grassroots social movement in the world with chapters in over 60 Countries,” (source) the Zeitgeist movement is gaining momentum. Zeitgeist: The Movie was a 2007 documentary-style film by Peter Joseph. It presents a number of conspiracy theory-based ideas, such as the Christ myth theory, conspiracy theories about…
Category: Gnosticism
Did the Early Church Muzzle the Canon?
Did the early Church muzzle the Canon of Scripture or suppress certain books from being in the Canon? Here is a deleted scene from our upcoming film Jesus of Testimony with Dan Wallace answering that question. Dr. Wallace is professor of New Testament Studies at Dallas Theological Seminary (has taught there for more than 25 years) and…
Gospel of Judas: Authentic But Heretical
A recent article in the Christian Post is titled ‘Gospel’ of Judas Free of Forgeries But Still ‘Fake, Heretical,’ Says New Testament Scholar. Katherine Weber reported, “Researchers have recently revealed their methods for determining that the Gospel of Judas, a fragmented Coptic text traced to Egypt in approximately A.D. 280, is in fact free of…
A New New Testament: Old Old Heresy
A culminating work of the Jesus Seminar era and of others influenced by it, the New New Testament A Bible for the 21st Century Combining Traditional and Newly Discovered Texts edited by Hal Taussig presents old old Gnostic heresy. A founding member of the Jesus Seminar, Taussig and 19 American “spiritual leaders” and scholars selected 10 texts to…