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Gone to Carolina (in the Flesh)
By
Ben Witherington
There are so many James Taylor’s songs I love but here are two of my favorites to tide you over while I’m gone to Carolina in the flesh to help our daughter move. James and Livingston were still in Chapel Hill when I went there, and his Daddy was still at the Med school. And…
The Ark of the Covenant in Ethiopia— or Not
By
Ben Witherington
Not for the first time and undoubtedly not for the last, the Orthodox Church of Ethiopia is claiming it has the original Ark of the Covenant spoken of in the Bible, and made famous all over again by Indiana Jones. What is new about all this is that the Patriarch of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church…
Mystery Highway– a Gem from Phil and Randy
By
Ben Witherington
Last week was all music, all the time. First I went to the 40th anniversary Ichthus festival and had a blast watching the Ascension Band (full of former members of Earth Wind and Fire and from Prince’s band, now getting their funk together for the Lord) with Phil Keaggy, and then I went to the…
The Papias Stele
By
Ben Witherington
Sometimes you are just wandering around in a graveyard and you find something remarkable. In this case I was actually looking for something Mark Fairchild, my fellow explorer of Turkey told me about— a grave stele for someone named Papias, lodged in the courtyard of the Hierapolis museum. After scouring the landscape, I finally came…
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