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Certainly one of the most spectacular Roman theaters in Turkey is at Aspendos, not least because the vast majority of it has been preserved or restored and one gets such a clear image of such a gargantuan place.  Here Greek and Roman comedies and tragedies would have been regular fare, and near here, at Perge,…

“To sleep, perchance to dream-ay, there’s the rub.” Hamlet (III, i, 65-68) I have a friend in Charlotte who records all his dreams in a dream journal.  He loves to try and ponder what the heck is going on in his brain when he doesn’t have it on a short leash. The problem of course…

SIN— FINAL CHAPTER               Gary Anderson concludes his study of the history of the concept of sin with a discussion of Anselm’s treatment (11-12century) of the subject in a classic work Cur Deus Homo?  Or Why the God-Man or perhaps better translated Why God became a Human Being. As Anderson rightly points out, the…

For those of us with gray hair, the iconic image above is all too familiar.  It is the image of Alfred Hitchcock, or at least a caricature of him, as he appeared in some of his famous ‘Alfred Hitchcock presents’ TV specials,  and then of course his many famous films.  But in this case it…

The preacher said, “Anyone with ‘special needs’ who wants to be prayed over, come forward to the altar.”   With that, Leroy got in line and when it was his turn, the preacher asked, “Leroy, what do you want me to pray about for you?”         Leroy replied, “Preacher, I need you to pray for…

Up up and away with Dan the camera man in our beautiful balloon.
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