Welcome to my Virtual Office. I am a Christian of the Charismatic persuasion. I am also a lawyer at a leading litigation firm in Los Angeles. My formal training in historical studies is limited to a minor in that subject from the University of Houston. Hence my onscreen name of "Layman." I have, however, devoted a substantial amount of time and resources to the study of early Christianity and the New Testament. Gathered together here are links to my articles that have been posted on various sites. Provided at the bottom of the page are links to audio files of my radio appearances. If you have any comments or questions, please email me at laymantwo at yahoo.com.
If you would like to read my book reviews or lists of books helpful for studying the New Testament or apologetics, visit my area at Amazon. Also, I regularly post shorter essays at the Christian CADRE blog. You can check out my personal library online as well.
 | Genre, Historicity, Date, and Authorship of The Acts of the Apostles (revised Word version, for the older html version, go here) |
| The Speeches in Acts |
| The Story of Jesus in Luke's Unique Material |
| The "We Passages" of Acts as a Literary Device for Sea Travel?: A Critique of Vernon Robbins |
| Da Vinci Code Q & A (Word Document) |
| Is it Possible to be Good Without God? |
| Pagans, Christianity, and Charity |
| Pagans, Christianity, and Infanticide |
| Just A Woman Radio 6/2/05, discussing the Justice Alito appointment (here) |
| Just A Woman Radio 2/20/06, discussing developments in Supreme Court jurisprudence (here and here) |
| Just A Woman Radio 3/13/06, discussing developments in abortion law (here and here) |
| Just A Woman Radio 5/07/06, discussing free speech on High School campuses (here and here) |
| The Lores Rizkalla Show 7/2/06, discussing the Hamdan v. Rumsfeld descision, by which the Supreme Court found the Bush Administration's military tribunals to be unconstitutional (here) |
| Counter Cult Apologetics Hour 4/27/06, calling in to discuss bodily resurrection in Paul's letters with Dr. Gary Habermas. My call begins about 45 minutes into the program (there were some technical difficulties). |