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Brazilian Baby Dances (the Samba) for Joy
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Ben Witherington
The New Face of Evangelicalism
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Ben Witherington
There is a new program on ABC at 2:30p.m. on Tuesdays entitled Beliefs. Here is one of the episodes that alter reader Carey Hughes found.
Lands of the Bible—Sardis
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Ben Witherington
Without question one of my favorite sites to visit and revisit is Sardis, home of the fancy synagogue and even fancier gymnasium lovingly restored by a team from Harvard. The picture immediately above is of the Torah shrine portion of the synagogue (built after the NT era) which attests to the social status and economic wherewithall…
Lands of the Bible 2010–Laodicea and Hierapolis II
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Ben Witherington
Hierapolis, today known as Pammukale (cotton castle) has also been undergoing an upgrade including an upgrade of imaginative signs. The town gets its modern name from the limestone cliffs that characterize the area and the hot springs that people since antiquity have come here to take advantage. From a Christian point of view however this town became…
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