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It was Lent when the minister called Charlie into his office, his long time church janitor. “Charlie” said the pastor, “I wonder if you could help me with the service this Sunday?” Charlie scratched his head and said ‘Sure, in what way?” “Well, I need you to move a piece of furniture around repeatedly.” Sunday…

Thomas Long defines a saint as follows: “saints are figures out of the Christian past whose lives have been insufficiently researched.”

Fallen human beings have a very difficult time understanding real love. They are born inherently self-centered creatures, and what begins as a necessary survival mechanism, becomes in an adult a practiced art form. In its extreme expression it becomes narcissism, the heart turned in upon itself to such an extent, that like King Midas, everything…

It is now late in the summer movie game, but sometimes the best is saved for last, and in this case the best three-peat movie has been saved for last this summer. The final movie based on the final novel Robert Ludlam wrote about Jason Bourne is now in theaters, and it succeeds at many…

Art Linkletter made a career of interviewing children. One of my favorites was when he ask a young African American girl what her favorite Bible story was. She replied– “the wedding feast at Cana story”. Somewhat surprised Linkletter then asked: “What did you like most about the story?” “Well I liked the part where Jesus…

Below you will find a link to a brief video made by a Jewish young man named Mr. Max Blumenthal. He decided to visit the recent CUFI (Christians United for Israel) meeting led by Rev. Hagee and his friends. There are many things that are chilling about this video but here are my top five:…

THE FOLLOWING IS AN EXCERPT FROM MY FORTHCOMING COMMENTARY ON PHILEMON, COLOSSIANS, AND EPHESIANS, DUE OUT FROM EERDMANS IN NOVEMBER OR DECEMBER. BW3 One of the more obviously relevant texts for the discussion of modern Christian worship is Ephesians 5.18-21, which involves a series of clauses all dependent on a main verb that talks about…

On a day when we have reached the eschaton of Harry Potter novels, it is appropriate to talk about summer reading, and what might be profitable. J.K. Rowling is certainly a good writer in the English spirit and style, but her works while very creative and entertaining are not classic prose. She does not have…

The heyday of musicals has long since come and gone. In fact they peaked in the late 50s and early 60s (think ‘Music Man’, ‘Oklahoma’, or the real blockbuster that basically killed off the genre for a generation– ‘The Sound of Music’). Basically those sorts of musicals were exported from the Broadway stage in NY…
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