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Omar’s Story– The Tale of a Shiite Christian
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Ben Witherington
Omar Alrikabi is one of my students who has had a difficult journey living in the U.S. and has experienced a good deal of racism within and outside the Church since he is of Iraqii Shiite descent and is also a born again Christian, and Asbury seminary student in training for ministry. Here is a…
The Poet Laureate and the Budding Poet
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Ben Witherington
Today, May 7th was a proud day for the Witherington clan. Our only son David graduated from the University of Kentucky today with a degree in English Literature (like his Dad) and a concentration in Japanese (totally unlike his Dad). We were blessed to have Seamas Heaney, poet laureate of Ireland and Professor at Harvard…
Jesus on Thin Ice?
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Ben Witherington
Well its settled. We now know how Jesus managed to walk on water on the Sea of Galilee. It wasn’t a miracle after all. Jesus was on thin ice, and probably near the shore line of the Sea of Galilee. The Journal of Paleolimnology (who knew there was such a journal?) has an article written…
MI III— Mission not so Believable
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Ben Witherington
“Suspend your disbelief” I kept telling myself. After all, this is supposed to be just 126 minutes of summer fun, and after all we can’t expect serious drama from Tom Cruise. This has to be a action and special effects flick with lots of Cruise’s smiling mug splashed through the movie, for sure. And you…
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