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“Outside of a dog, a good book is man’s best friend. Inside a dog, it’s too dark to read!”— Groucho Marx

There are few places that better demonstrate both the diversity and the divided character of Christianity than the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. So divided are we, that in order for anything to go on in that Church which likely stands over the spot where Jesus was crucified, the keys to the front…

Hi Friends: This is your invitation to a book-signing at Joseph-Beth Booksellers Monday Evening Nov. 10th at 7 p.m. (Come early and get the cookies!). Ann (my wife) and I will be signing the Lazarus Effect, and I will read an excerpt from it; and Julie Hare and I will be signing The Living Legacy,…

(pictures, except the first one, courtesy of Justin Taylor and the folks who produced the ESV Annotated Bible, which certainly has the best illustrations to date in a study Bible) One of the major debates in NT Studies in the past 50 or so years is when and where synagogues, which is to say purpose…

Here is a commentary by my friend James Howell on the election– written well before Election Day. See what you think. BW3———— The election is over. For the Oval Office, one winner, one loser. But neither is a loser. Both are people who offered themselves for public service, and have lived under a microscope, under…

This is a two part quiz, and there is no extra credit. PART ONEWhere was John McCain born? Where was Barack Obama born? PART TWOWhat is the rule in regard to where someone has to be born in order to run for the Presidency of the United States, or is there a birthplace rule? Have…

I am very pleased to be able to conclude this series of posts with an insightful analysis by Dr. Steven Mizrach, a professor of Cultural Anthropology at Florida International University, used with his permission. This post helps us see some of the social and political implications of post-modernism, an appropriate subject the day before an…

I am very pleased to be able to announce that a project which has taken a lifetime of thought and meditation and writing has finally seen the light of day. Most of you know I have been a published poet since I was very young indeed, but there has never been a collection of my…

I must confess, I am not the world’s biggest Angelina Jolie fan. Yes she can act, but until this movie, I had not really found a film that showed her scope and full abilities. John Malkovich on the other hand is an amazing actor of huge range and scope in abilities. He could play the…
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