Some time back a family member suggested that I should make Uninvented available in audio format, and I kind of blew it off at the time. The more I thought about it, though, the more I realized that might encourage more people to “read” the book. Given the age in which we, I realized many people who would likely never read the book might like to listen to it. So, I decided to give it a go.

Initially I was going to have my brother Nick who is a famous rock star and voiceover artist do it, and when he suggested I might want to do it given they are my words, after all, and it would be good to do it in my voice, I thought no way. I didn’t need to add something else to my to-do list, and I’d have to learn how to record and all that entails. But the more we talked about it the more it made sense to have it in my own voice. Now that I am a blog post reading professional (don’t laugh), I thought not only could I probably pull it off, but I would also actually enjoy doing it. Having written, and re-written it a zillion times, and read it many others, I could make it sound like I intend it to be read.

What I’ve decided is that I will record one chapter at a time and post them here for download, and then keep each chapter once it’s done on a separate Audio Book page I’m creating. Then when it’s completed, I’ll publish the audio book on Audible so readers will have three options, paperback, Kindle/electronic, and audio. It is also available on Amazon and iTunes. Enjoy!

  • Liberal Christianity, and Its Contradictions
  • The Enlightenment Sets the Stage
  • The Effect of the Enlightenment on the Interpretation of Scripture
  • Biblical Criticism Gets Its Start: The Arbitrary Becomes the Authority
  • The First Liberal Christian
  • The Quest for the Historical Jesus
  • The Christian Understanding of Revelation
  • Creation and General Revelation
  • The Bible and Special Revelation
  • The Idea of Biblical Inspiration
  • It’s Either Verbal Plenary Inspiration or Nothing
  • Biblical Hermeneutics
  • A Creator God
  • Abraham, Sarah, and the Patriarchs
  • Moses and the Exodus
  • The Time of the Judges
  • King David
  • The Prophets
  • You Don’t Make Up a First Century Rock Star
  • The Jewish Diaspora
  • The Greek Language
  • Roman Roads
  • Memory
  • John the Baptist and Jewish Messianic Expectations
  • John and the Reaction of Others to Jesus
  • Jesus, a Friend of Tax Collectors and Sinners
  • Jesus and Women
  • The Nature of Biblical Miracles
  • Turning Water Into Wine
  • Miracles and Jesus’ Authority
  • Jesus’ Special Relationship to Water and Nature
  • Jesus Raises Lazarus from the Dead
  • Acts and the Apostles
  • The Difficult and Unpredictable Jesus
  • The Un-Family-Friendly Jesus
  • Peter Turns into Satan!
  • The Transfiguration
  • A Samaritan Would Never Be a Jewish Hero
  • How Not to Win Friends and Influence People
  • The Argument from Jesus
  • It’s All or Nothing at All: The Problem with Partial Jesus
  • The Forgiveness of Sin
  • The Hard Sayings of Jesus
  • Eat My Flesh and Drink My Blood
  • The Way, the Truth, and the Life
  • The First Will Be Last, And the Last Will be First
  • A Virgin Conception and Birth
  • Jesus the Bastard Child
  • “Can Anything Good Come from Nazareth?”
  •  Crucifixion and Death
  • Three Days in the Tomb
  • The Myth of the Dying and Rising God
  • What About That Empty Tomb?
  • How Did an Empty Tomb Turn into Christianity?
  • The Jews and Resurrection
  • Did They Steal the Body?
  • Other Options?
  • What Does the New Testament Actually Say About the Resurrection?
  • Why Are There No Depictions of the Resurrection?
  • The Criterion of Embarrassment
  • The Effect of the Resurrection
  • A Hebrew of Hebrews
  • Paul’s Mission to the Gentiles
  • Paul’s World Transforming Teaching