Podcast appearances and mentions of robert conner

"I want to fly like an Eagle, let my spirit carry me..."The Stephen F. Austin High School Eagles of Port Acres, Texas, did just that in 1986, as they soared through a season of triumph, culminating in a historic State Semifinal matchup with Cuero and its sophomore phenom Robert Strait.Hear SFA seniors Kenny Ford, Allen Griggie, Kevin Henry, Damon Martin, and Derek Moore talk with Buck (who was an assistant coach for the Eagles) about that 1986 season, including remembrances about:attending Stephen F Austin High School in the mid-1980s;the 1985 Regional Finalist team, and its impact on the 1986 team;pre-district and district games;the 1986 playoff run;thoughts on SFA educators, coaches, players, and opponents;and other topics!The podcast brings up a wide range of names from Southeast Texas, including Richard Marler, Boyd Edwards, Danny Knowles, Greg Green, Jo Ellen Green, Loyce Comeaux, Ned Cole, Joe Washington Sr, Dr. Chester Levy Jr, Mike Owens, Sylvester Smith, Robert Lawson, Jimmy Wyble, George Thompson, Joe Smith, Larry Reece, Jim Yarberry, Larry Southard, John Evans, Leroy Ross, Graylin Johnson, Devin Woods, Kenneth Everfield, Roderick Batiste, Keith Randle, Burk Whittington, Jack Foster, Richard Washington, Curtis Barbay, Ernest Bo Gipson, Fred Kennebrew, Scott Conner, Randy Tomlinson, Scott Gooch, Shane Dronett, Otis Sowell, Chuck Langston, Ed Peveto, Julian Bush, Fredena Ballou, Ronnie Fisher, Robert Conner, Daniel Green, Derrick LeBlanc, Frederick Rhine, Kip Texada, Terry Parker, Brett Wilson, Murphy Ford, Jimbo Guy, Eric Garcia, Zandar Hebert, Glen Simien, Ed Reynolds, Jeff Sly, Terry Jones, Chris Lalonde, Arthur Thibodeaux, Derrick LeBlanc, Fred Robbins, Bobby Durham, Jason Chenault, Troy Bertrand, Brice Alpough, Eric Malveaux, Terest Pete, David Lalonde, Travis Sanders, Gerard Green, Amante Martin, ...and more! Other well-known names included in the podcast are Spike Dykes, Mike Gundy, Curtis Looper, Ezekiel Elliott, Tony Pollard, Brian Bosworth, Ray Lewis, Harry Hickey, Paul Johnson, Robert Strait, Wayne Mathis, Adam Arroyo, Rodney Pedrazza, Irvin Thomas, Brian Parks, Bill Shimek, Patrick Mahomes, Joe Burrow...and more!!"Time keeps on slippin', slippin', slippin', into the future..."Harken back to that time in 1986 when young men flew like Eagles...Right here on Down Trails of Victory podcast!

Introducing Robert Conner of Cream Percussion. Robert is an engineer that started a percussion studio to educate youth on correct playing styles in percussion. Robert runs a free percussion clinic in Atlanta called the Citywide Atlanta Percussion Clinic. His objective is To engage students in the beginning, intermediate, and advanced approaches to marching percussion. This podcast is brought to you by SAY Marketing and Promotions, Block Band Music & Publishing, Kevin Peete of ReMax Patriots, Block Us Up - Band Blog, Smokee O's BBQ, Math-Sci Tutoring and Educational Services, Lamik's Video Sofia's BBQ and Fish, Bull City Music School, HBCU Recruitment Center, and Prodigious Music Concepts LLC Check out our website http://www.themarchingpodcast.com/ you can email the show at marchingpodcast@gmail.com, find us on IG at themarchingpodcast, subscribe to us on Facebook at The Marching Podcast or tweet us @marchingpodcast, We hope you enjoy the show!  

In this week's show we discuss the concept of Jesus being a Necromancer. Our discussion of early Christianity, Greco-Roman culture and Gnosticism with Robert Conner continues. He is the author of Resurrection or Ghost Story? available online. During our program we discuss his research and the different types of ghosts stories in the ancient world. He shares how modern ghost stories are influenced by ancient ones and describes the documented apparitions of Romulus & Apollonius of Tyana which have many parallels to the resurrection stories in the New Testament and other stories.

In this week's show we discuss the concept of Jesus being a Necromancer. Our discussion of early Christianity, Greco-Roman culture and Gnosticism with Robert Conner continues. He is the author of Resurrection or Ghost Story? available online. During our program we discuss his research and the different types of ghosts stories in the ancient world. He shares how modern ghost stories are influenced by ancient ones and describes the documented apparitions of Romulus & Apollonius of Tyana which have many parallels to the resurrection stories in the New Testament and other stories.

In this interview with researcher Robert Conner we discuss the following discovery: While cataloging material in the library of the monastery of Mar Saba in 1958, Morton Smith discovered a quotation from a letter of Clement of Alexandria copied in the end pages of a 17th century collection of the letters of Ignatius. After more than a decade of collaborative analysis of the find, Smith published his conclusions in 1973, setting off a firestorm of controversy in the New Testament studies guild. In 1975, a Jesuit scholar, Quentin Quesnell, claimed the letter had been forged and implied that Smith was the forger, moving the focus of debate off the text itself and onto Smith. Since then the pages containing the letter have been removed from the book and possibly destroyed, while Catholic and evangelical writers, none of whom have ever seen the pages in question, continue to claim that Smith forged the letter. Following his death in 1991, accusations against Smith took on a considerably more personal tone, highlighting his alleged homosexuality and by implication his dishonesty and moral perversity. Although the question of authenticity remains unresolved, the controversy has opened a window on the intellectually corrupt nature of apologetic New Testament studies, a subject of greater importance than the authenticity of early Christian texts.

Like the rest of the Bible, the New Testament is both a history of consciousness and a manual for mind control. Navigating this duality can provide insights into our psyche and its programming. Was Paul a mystic or a madman? Was Jesus a magical healer or a fancy myth? Are biblical miracles heaven-sent or just part of the arsenal of timeworn apologetics? We take the middle path on these issues and more, all to hopefully address of our own magic, miracle, and madness. Astral Guests – John Lofton, Robert Price, Robert Conner, contributors to The Case Against Miracles. This is a partial show for nonmembers. For the second half of the interview, please become a member: http://thegodabovegod.com/members/subscription-levels/   or patron at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/aeonbyte More information on Beth: http://www.bethmartens.com/ Get the book: https://amzn.to/39WGw7m

Author and Grant Cottage tour guide Robert Conner discussed his books General Gordon Granger: The Savior of Chickamauga and the Man Behind "Juneteenth" and The Last Circle of Ulysses Grant. Recorded from Grant Cottage Civil War Weekend, the podcast covers Granger's life, his difficult relationship with Ulysses Grant, and Robert's work at Grant Cottage.

In this week’s show our guest is Robert Conner author of Jesus the Sorcerer and the website Magic in Christianity. His articles “The Romans meet Jesus” and “Faking Jesus” are featured on disinfo.com and Scribd respectively. In our discussion we focus on the accusation from the Gospels that Jesus was a necromancer by King Herod. We also explore Jewish Apocalyptic movements, the difference between hallucinations and visions, the mythical Jesus theory, incantations, legends of demons in Solomonic literature and exorcisms.

In this week’s show our guest is Robert Conner author of Jesus the Sorcerer and the website Magic in Christianity. His articles “The Romans meet Jesus” and “Faking Jesus” are featured on disinfo.com and Scribd respectively. In our discussion we focus on the accusation from the Gospels that Jesus was a necromancer by King Herod. We also explore Jewish Apocalyptic movements, the difference between hallucinations and visions, the mythical Jesus theory, incantations, legends of demons in Solomonic literature and exorcisms.

In this week’s show we conclude our discussion of early Christianity, Greco-Roman culture and Gnosticism with Robbert Conner. He is the author of The Secret Gospel of Mark The description of the book is the following: “While cataloging material in the library of the monastery of Mar Saba in 1958, Morton Smith discovered a quotation from a letter of Clement of Alexandria copied in the end pages of a 17th century collection of the letters of Ignatius. After more than a decade of collaborative analysis of the find, Smith published his conclusions in 1973, setting off a firestorm of controversy in the New Testament studies guild. In 1975, a Jesuit scholar, Quentin Quesnell, claimed the letter had been forged and implied that Smith was the forger, moving the focus of debate off the text itself and onto Smith. Since then the pages containing the letter have been removed from the book and possibly destroyed, while Catholic and evangelical writers, none of whom have ever seen the pages in question, continue to claim that Smith forged the letter. Following his death in 1991, accusations against Smith took on a considerably more personal tone, highlighting his alleged homosexuality and by implication his dishonesty and moral perversity. Although the question of authenticity remains unresolved, the controversy has opened a window on the intellectually corrupt nature of apologetic New Testament studies, a subject of greater importance than the authenticity of early Christian texts.” In the letter Clement of Alexandria addresses a gnostic group known as the Carpocratians which he considers heretical and who might have corrupted Jesus’ teachings in the original version of the Gospel of Mark. The letter includes two excerpts from this Secret Gospel (From Morton Smith’s Translation): “And they come into Bethany. And a certain woman whose brother had died was there. And, coming, she prostrated herself before Jesus and says to him, “Son of David, have mercy on me.” But the disciples rebuked her. And Jesus, being angered, went off with her into the garden where the tomb was, and straightway a great cry was heard from the tomb. And going near Jesus rolled away the stone from the door of the tomb. And straightway, going in where the youth was, he stretched forth his hand and raised him, seizing his hand. But the youth, looking upon him, loved him and began to beseech him that he might be with him. And going out of the tomb they came into the house of the youth, for he was rich. And after six days Jesus told him what to do and in the evening the youth comes to him, wearing a linen cloth over his naked body. And he remained with him that night, for Jesus taught him the mystery of the kingdom of God. And thence, arising, he returned to the other side of the Jordan.” “And the sister of the youth whom Jesus loved and his mother and Salome were there, and Jesus did not receive them.” John Dominic Crossan (a scholar interviewed on our show) has the following view of the document “I consider that canonical Mark is a very deliberate revision of Secret Mark.”(D. Crossan, Four Other Gospels: Shadows on the Contours of Canon, Minneapolis, 1985, p. 108) Our guest shares many of Morton Smith’s ideas such as considering the historical Jesus as a magical healer and sharing his interest in alternative versions of the narratives depicted in the New Testament. During our show we also discuss the gospel birth narratives which have many parallels in different cultures. Mr. Conner shares his research and frustration with scholars or laymen who read things into texts which support their preconceived ideas.

In this week’s show our guest is Robert Conner author of Jesus the Sorcerer and the website Magic in Christianity. His articles “The Romans meet Jesus” and “Faking Jesus” are featured on disinfo.com and Scribd respectively. We discuss the topic Magic & The Supernatural in the early church focusing on Jesus’ relation to Greek Culture and how the apostle Paul borrowed ideas from some of the mystery cults in the Mediterranean. We also discuss sourcery and demonology in the Greco/Roman culture of that time.According to Gershon Scholem, the late expert in Jewish mysticism, Jewish Gnosticism did not exist since as Kabbalistic literature did not develop until later centuries. Mr. Conner discusses the work of Elaine Pagels,’ an expert in the Gnostic Gospels, as she wrote the most extensive work on Gnosticism in Paul’s writings. Our topic is very controversial in nature, especially as our guest discusses information that can be misconstruded by some. For example: when discussing how early Christians commited acts of vandalism in the Roman Empire he is reporting accounts from Roman leaders who are antagonistic to the nascent Jesus movement. Regarding Jesus claims the aspect of fulfilled prophecy is a debatable topic that is not covered in this series. In this show we also do not discuss the impact of Christianity on human history or the traditional Christian interpretation of world events. Our guest shares the worldview of the apocalyptic groups which were part of first century Judaism. However, he does not address claims scholarly concerns that the gospels are not historically reliable sources, but apologetic missionary tracts which make it difficult to do a historical reconstruction of the events that transpired. At first impression it appears that in some of his works he claims that the Gnostics were the majority of Jesus followers. This is one of the controversial points of his argument since it is part of the justification for his view of Jesus and his followers using magic to gain members. Gnosticism is known as secretive in nature, not evangelistic as many groups in that time period and beyond. I asked our guest regarding the sexuality of Jesus and his followers because in his booklet Faking Jesus he alludes to the accusation of some Roman leaders that the early Christians were immoral in their relationships. This type of personal attack on the opposition is common among groups struggling for political power. The demonization of the other is the easiest way to neutralize your opponents views. Mr. Conner also does not address the differences between the Gnostic perspective of God and the biblical one. This is an important topic that I will try to bring up in our future interviews. I am also interested in discussing the Gospels’ birth narratives which have many parallels in other cultures. Many academic would disagree with his view that later Christians manipulated the scriptures; instead some scholars see the Hebrew Bible as inspiration for many different views. One examples is the Essenes at Qumran who reinterpreted the scriptures to meet their theological needs, but this does not mean they were heretical for doing this since it took centuries for classical Judaism to develop.

This episode is part II of our interview with Robert Conner author of Jesus the Sorcerer and the website Magic in Christianity. His articles “The Romans meet Jesus” and “Faking Jesus” are featured on disinfo.com and Scribd respectively.

“I command you, ghost of the dead (nekudaimon), by the powerful and implacable god and by his holy names, to stand beside me in the night to come, in whatever form you had…” Michael A. Morgan Sepher Ha-Razim: The Book of Mysteries., Chico, CA: Scholars Press, 1983., pg. 36,38. In this week’s show we continue our discussion of early Christianity, Greco-Roman culture and Gnosticism with Robert Conner. He is the author of Resurrection or Ghost Story? available on Scribd. During our program we discuss his research and the different types of ghosts stories in the ancient world. He shares how modern ghost stories are influenced by ancient ones and describes the documented apparitions of Romulus & Apollonius of Tyana which have many parallels to the resurrection stories in the New Testament and other stories.

Robert Conner, author of "General Gordon Granger: The Savior of Chickamauga and the Man Behind Juneteenth"

Robert Conner, author of "General Gordon Granger: The Savior of Chickamauga and the Man Behind Juneteenth"

Robert Conner, author of "General Gordon Granger: The Savior of Chickamauga and the Man Behind Juneteenth"

Robert Conner, author of "General Gordon Granger: The Savior of Chickamauga and the Man Behind Juneteenth"

Robert Conner, author of General Gordon Granger: The Savior of Chickamauga and the Man Behind Juneteenth