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Making Waves– from the Silver Surfer to Evan Almighty
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Ben Witherington
In the world of safe entertainment by means of sequels of popular films, some brands do better than others. Let’s admit from the outset that the first Fantastic Four movie while certainly fun, was not— well… fantastic. And the same can be said of the second one, though I found it a bit better than…
Dung- Nab it!
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Ben Witherington
We’re talking a lot these days about alternate fuels– ethanol for instance. But there is another natural resource that has long been used for fuel in the ANE, including at Haran where this picture was taken. Those little spherical objects in the picture. Well, that’s dung. More specifically its probably some combination of donkey, cow,…
Deeper Connections– Resources for Sunday School, Bible Studies, Youth Groups
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Ben Witherington
I am pleased to commend to you some fine new DVDs done by some first rate scholars, which are useful catalysts for getting deeper into the Biblical text and applying it in practical ways to the Christian life. If you like the Rob Bell videos, you should love these, and you will get far more…
Mt. Nimrud– The Turkish Mt. Olympus
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Ben Witherington
Climbing up Mt. Nimrud did not prove to be as difficult as I had expected because we were able to drive to within about 1500 feet below the top of the mountain. I have a variety of pictures and thoughts to share with you in this post. What you are looking at above is in…
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