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Jesus as the Unifier of the Bible
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Ben Witherington
I am reading a manuscript by Phillip King entitled The Bible is for Living, in which the following comment struck me— “the New Testament is not necessarily a commentary on the OldTestament, that is to say, Jesus is not to be found on every page ofthe Old Testament. The Old Testament text is not simply…
Ephesos at Night
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Ben Witherington
Tunc Tezel, a native of Turkey, is an amateur astronomer and photographer. I love his picture of Ephesos at night, taken as one looks up Curetes Street near Hadrian’s little temple he built. Thanks to Tim Collins for putting me on to his work. Here is a link where you can learn about him Tezel.…
Obama a Muslim? Not a Chance
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Ben Witherington
One of the most frequent emails I have had sent to me since the primaries were over by worried Christians is the one which claims that Barack Obama is a closet Muslim, based on the fact that he had a Muslim father, and, it is claimed, he attended a Muslim school when young in Indonesia.…
SHACKING UP WITH GOD—William P. Young’s ‘The Shack’
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Ben Witherington
When a novel by an unknown Christian writer which is basically privately published, goes to the top of the NY Times fiction bestseller list, mostly on the basis of word of mouth, you know something is up. More particularly you know it seems to be a God thing, since word of mouth doesn’t really travel…
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