Besides enjoying your audiotapes from the Westar
Institute, I am enjoying the audiotapes from Bart
Ehrman from The Teaching Company. This company also
offers tapes from a man named Luke Timothy Johnson.
On your audiotapes of the resurrection, you mention
several times a Luke Timothy Johnson who has been
critical of your ministry. From your description of
him and their description of him, it sounds like they
are the same person. My question is are they the same
person? If so, would you recommend me investing in
purchasing his tapes?
Luke Timothy Johnson is a Roman Catholic priest, not
practicing the priesthood, who teaches New Testament
at Candler Theological Seminary at Emory University.
He is bright, articulate, winsome and, in my opinion,
is almost always wrong. He has been particularly
critical of both the Jesus Seminar and of me. The
basis of his criticism when reduced to its essence
seems to be this: "Since these people disagree with
traditional Christianity, they cannot be right since
traditional Christianity is always right." It never
seems to occur to Dr. Johnson that traditional
Christianity could be compromised, acculturated or
inaccurate. I find that a narrow, self-serving and
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