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Ocean’s Thirteen– the Third Time’s the Charm
By
Ben Witherington
Finally a sequel that beats its predecessors and is not overloaded or over-bearing or overly long. Ocean’s 13, clocking in at 1 hour and 53 minutes and with a PG 13 rating proves that often less is more. We have a coherent, if occasionally complex script. We have good acting, and actors actually having fun…
Ephesos– 2007
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Ben Witherington
Ephesos (also known as Ephesus for the Latin form of the name), was without question one of the crucial cities in Paul’s world. It is no accident that Paul, with his urban ministry strategy spent over two years in this city, using it as a place to indiginize the Christian faith into Graeco-Roman culture. The…
The New ‘Answers in Genesis’ New Testament– Children’s Edition
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Ben Witherington
Jesus rides into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday on the foal of a raptor. People attempt to feed the raptor by laying palm branches on the road as he looks hungry.
Billy’s Backyard–Graham Library Opens in Charlotte
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Ben Witherington
Billy Graham received yesterday the treatment that normally is reserved for previous Presidents– he was given his own memorial library in Charlotte, N.C. Standing behind a lecture and looking frail but regal with his long white mane flowing down onto his shoulders Graham’s reaction to what had been done for him was typical– “I feel…
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