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You can watch a lot of movies of various sorts and quality on airplanes. I saw two coming back from Turkey yesterday, one of which was simply excellent, one of which was– fun fluff. I also went to the cinema in Izmir (ancient Smyrna) and watched Pirates of the Caribbean III with a Turkish audience…

It seemed like I had been climbing up arms and legs forever. I really wasn’t an acrobat at all, but to get to the top, I had to climb up and over a lot of people. And now I was standing on top of the heap of humanity. Do you know how difficult it is…

Marc Axelrod was one of my best students at Ashland Theological Seminary many years ago. He is now a fine pastor in Wisconsin. Recently, he sent me this sermon which I thought was helpful in various ways. So I am reprinting it here. See what you think. BW3 ————- NOT TO WORRY Two business executives…

There once was a man named UriahWhose wife would not sit tightOn the roof her bath was visibleEspecially in daylight It came to the king’s attentionWho found it quite a sightSo he summoned her to his palaceTo have a special night This led to the inevitableThis Sheba was a delightBut the consequences became quite visibleSo…

Hi friends. This is just a brief call to prayer. I am heading to Haran and Nimrud in Turkey on Monday. I’ll let you know if I find the ossuary of Abraham 🙂 But as you know there have been some bad things going down over there for Christians, so say a prayer for me…

On the surface the man seemed about as threatening as your corner grocer. He was affable, friendly, had a nice smile too. He did not come across like Jimmy Swaggart or Jim Baker as either too menacing or too slick and smaltzy for words. But there is no question that he accomplished far more than…

After starting a new diet I altered my drive to work to avoid passing my favorite bakery. I accidentally drove by the bakery this morning, and as I approached, there in the window were a host of goodies. I felt this was no accident, so I prayed … “Lord, it’s up to you, if you…

I’m sure you’ve seen it too. You go to a funeral of someone who was a devout Christian who lived a full and rich life, and its an incredibly somber and subdued occasion. You would think the person went straight to Hell to judge from the reaction of the congregation. What in the world is…

One of the major trends in contemporary theology 30 plus years ago was the rise of liberation theology, in various forms. I suppose that makes it no longer quite so contemporary. Of all the branches of this theology, its most influential form came out of Latin and South America and involved a variety of Catholic…

It must be the year for tombs. Ehud Netzer, a very fine archaeologist indeed from Hebrew University, after working on the excavation at the Herodium outside Bethlehem for years has now reported that the tomb of Herod the Great has likely been found. Bits of an elaborate sarcophagus were found but no bones were in…
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