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Picture courtesy of  http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://mycontemplations.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/burning_book.jpg&imgrefurl In the what’s the U.S. coming to department, we have now learned that the U.S Army has been burning Bibles in Aghanistan to prevent them from being given to Afghans and influencing them. This apparently has been going on for a while now and is not a recent development.  Here is…

One of the less well known museums in all of Turkiye (yes that’s the right spelling) is the one in the home city of the famous second century Christian and martyr Polycarp.  This museum is full of things found in the agora and elsewhere in Izmir, and it is especially helpful in creating a mental…

Yes that’s me with the reasonable facsimile of Payne Stewart at the most famous golf course in my home state of N.C.– Pinehurst No. 2.  In my once in a lifetime opportunity to play the course it was the coldest day on record in early April, and I nearly froze to death.  It was warmer…

Laodicea of course is a city familiar to all bibliophiles, since it famously is the city referred to in Rev. 3 for its wealthy citizens of diffident faith.  It also has connections with the Pauline churches mentioned in Colossians. But we would not necessarily guess from these passing references how truly remarkable and large this…

Christopher Bryan, Render to Caesar, (Oxford: O.U. Press, 2005), pp. viii+ 185, $35.00.               I must confess from the outset that I have a particular inclination to like Christopher Bryan’s recent book, as he is a man after my own heart (and sharing a similar education and profession).  He analyzes the NT with the…

            Jealousy’s a cancer             It’s rotten to the core,             It’s never ever satisfied             It always begs for more.               It poisons even friendships             Puts marriages on the spot             As if what others seem to have             Surpasses what you’ve got.               The worm within an apple             The…

(image from Disney/Pixar) I must confess that I have a certain bias towards Pixar films. They are some of the most creative computer generated features out there, and not just because of their technical prowess.  Often the stories are moving or at least meaningful and the result is movie magic. So it was with a…

During the course of the next month, I will be sharing with you from time to time the results of my time in Turkey at archaeological sites in May 2009.   The first of these is a site south of Izmir (=Smyrna) that was part of the Ionian League, which is to say, part of…

Q: Tom you have been challenged repeatedly by some of yourReformed critics on the issue of imputed righteousness and the glory of God.Would you say these are the main problems when you have a discussion about justificationwith these critics?   A.Iwouldn’t say they are the two main problems, no. I set out what I see…

Cartoon courtesy of Signe Wilkinson. Read more Signe Wilkinson By now most of you will have heard that a doctor well known for performing late term abortions in some cases was murdered Sunday whilst ushering in his Lutheran Church in Kansas where he regularly attended.  Here is the link to the NY Times story. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/01/us/01tiller.html?th&emc=th…
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