The Bible and Culture

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When's the last time you laughed and laughed and laughed and laughed and laughed.......??   It's been a while for me. Most of the one hours and 39 minutes I spent laughing in this movie. It's been a tough Fall.  And there have not exactly been a plethora of good or funny movies in the last three months.  Especially not good comedies. And when is the last time you SAW Eddie Murphy in a good and funny movie? No fair counting his role as Donkey in the Shrek series. This is the Eddie Murphy … [Read more...]

The cycle of Shrek movies has come (and mercifully) gone, but now we have a spin off--- Puss and Boots, starring one of the best cameo characters from the Shrek sagas. Like most such movie series they start well enough, and then they run out of good ideas. And most spin offs are even less original than the original. For an hour and a half, I was hoping this would not be true of Puss and Boots. After all, I am a cat fancier, a life long owner of the furry felines. And without question … [Read more...]

Here's a secure link to where you can get this 3 DVD docu-drama. http://www.olivebranchcreative.com/ … [Read more...]

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The 4th Art West archaeological thriller, and the one with most advanced kudos is now ready for your purchase. And you can get it at a big discount. Here is the link.......https://wipfandstock.com/store/Corinthian_Leather_The_Fourth_Art_West_Adventure Or more expensively at Amazon. … [Read more...]

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http://youtu.be/mSByjqMGtaU Kudos to James Foster for finding this...... … [Read more...]

One of the most interesting things about books and scrolls in Jesus' world is where we find them. One might expect to find them in the ruins of houses, or under the Temple Mount. Where we most often find them is in hiding places, chiefly in caves, and more caves. and more caves. Books were highly prized in the world of Jesus, they were the things you took with you to wherever you sought refuge from invaders, or oppressors of various sorts. A standard roll of papyrus in mid-first century A.D. … [Read more...]