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My book Jesus and Money is being picked up as a textbook this Fall, including at Greenville College in Ill. where I will be giving the Convocation Address this week.  Here is the text of the address. JESUS AND MONEY               Money is like truth serum. Whoever touches it turns either into gold or…

For some weeks now, there have been a lot of protests and prayers being offered in the capital of Poland, and the center of attention and controversy is a large wooden cross and a former President who is both revered and reviled.  Here is the link to the story. See what you think. BW3 http://www.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/08/23/frum.poland.cross/index.html?hpt=T2

“Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, and I took the one less traveled by…..” “Walking down a country road” “The highway to Hell” The road to nowhere. Shoreline drive. The roundabout way to get there. Tunnel vision. “The long and winding road, that leads to your door.”

Despite repeated denials,  there are still many conservative persons, including many conservative Christians who think the President of the United States is a Muslim.  One can only imagine that his recent remarks about the proposed mosque in N.Y. near ground zero will only further fuel such opinions.  There has been a recent Pew Research poll…

The summer fun reading period is almost over, but I wanted to mention two excellent novels that give you a better feel for the first century world in which the NT was written.  Both novels are set in the 70s A.D., both involve some good historical research (though not without some probable flaws— i.e. Lindsey…

For further developments of this theme see my Jesus and Money. Music courtesy of a band from my wife’s neighborhood in Massachusetts—- Vertical Horizon

Interview with Ben Witherington III on THE INDELIBLE IMAGE http://nijaygupta.wordpress.com/2010/08/16/interview-with-ben-witherington-iii-on-the-indelible-image/ Ben Witherington III, Amos Professor of NT for Doctoral Studies at Asbury Theological Seminary (KY), is a highly competent interpreter of Scripture and a prolific author. We have some interesting similarities. We both studied at secular undergrads (Ben at UNC and me at Miami Univ), both…

Cary Hughes sent me a link to an article on Don Carson’s blog about seminary education and what needs to change about it. Here is the link to the article  http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/tgc/2010/08/13/tgc-asks-what-one-thing-you-would-change-about-seminary-education/ What intrigues me about this article is two fold. First of all, the people being asked are connected to Reformed Seminaries, it isn’t a…

One of the real problems for theological education in far flung places like Australia and New Zealand is the cost of theological books. Having spent a good deal of this and last summer Down Under in both countries, it is clear to me this is a serious issue.  Ordering books on Amazon U.S. from there…
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