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March 31, 2011
‘FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS’ — CHAPTER SIX: WATER FROM THE ROCK
[Note: This continues the chapter-by-chapter review of Rob Bell's Love Wins. To catch up on...
March 30, 2011
BW3 at the Lanier Theological Library
So I was just checking out the remarkable and new Lanier Theological Library with my...
March 30, 2011
FORGED– BART EHRMAN'S NEW SALVO— The Introduction
Bart Ehrman’s new book, Forged (Harper, 2011, 307 pages) has hit the bookstalls and has...
March 30, 2011
Bluebell Creamery and Barbecue Brisket
Seeing as how this blog is called the Bible and culture, sometimes we focus more...
March 30, 2011
‘FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS….’ CHAPTER FIVE: DYING TO LIVE
[Note: To see the series so far, read Part One, Part Two, Part Three, and...
March 29, 2011
Lead Codices about Jesus— the Latter Years?
There are always claims being made about the supposed latest amazing discovery of game changing...
March 29, 2011
A Little Shredding on Tuesday
March 29, 2011
‘FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS…’ CHAPTER FOUR: DOES GOD ALWAYS GET WHAT HE WANTS?
In some ways, the premise of Rob’s question, raised in Chapter Four, is not entirely...
March 28, 2011
It's Monday—- Go Bananas
March 28, 2011
The Mind of Christ—- A Sermon in Estes Chapel March 24
This sermon is also available streamed on Asbury S eminary's website. THE MIND OF CHRIST-----...
March 27, 2011
'Love Wins'— The Fallout Begins
In what may be the first of many such repercussions a United Methodist minister in...
March 27, 2011
FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS…… CHAPTER THREE, BELL’S HELL
Chapter three of Love Wins (pp. 63-93) begins with a simple review of where the...
March 26, 2011
Hobbiton comes Alive Again
My Kiwi sources are keeping me informed on the progress of the filming of the...
March 25, 2011
What the World Needs Now……
March 24, 2011
'For whom the Bell Tolls…' Part Two for Heaven's Sake
Note: See also Part 1 of this chapter-by-chapter review of "Love Wins." Chapter Two of...
March 24, 2011
Love is All You Need, Says the World
Whether you agree with Rob Bell or not on the subject of whether Love Wins...
March 23, 2011
Do not Ask for whom the Bell tolls…… A Chapter by Chapter review of 'Love Wins'
Those of you who have been paying attention to my blog for a while will...
March 23, 2011
Time's Scar— Music Composed for Video Games
As some of you will already know, not only is there lots of money in...
March 22, 2011
A New Review of Roman Numerals
As most of you know, my wife and I are writing a series of seven...
March 21, 2011
Thoughts for the Day
According to scientific studies, in an average day, a person will have no less than...
March 20, 2011
Is' the Lincoln Lawyer' a Lawyer like Lincoln?
It is fair to say that Matthew McConaughhey has made his fair share of weak...
March 19, 2011
And Now— The Case for Permanent Residence in Hell
One of the things Rob Bell’s book Love Wins seems to suggest is that there...
March 19, 2011
Truro Church— and Mosby's Raiders!
Here is an assortment of shots from my time at Truro Church in Fairfax Va. ...
March 18, 2011
Matthew 10.28 — Why Annihilationism is not Universalism
One of my brightest former students who now pastors in Wisconsin Facebooked me (that really...
March 18, 2011
A Master Class in Art– the New Gauguin and Canalleto Exhibits in the National Gallery
'Ars Longa, vita brevis' goes the old Latin saying--- Art is long, life is short, ...
March 17, 2011
And Now, Rob Bell's Rebuttal to Some Early Reviews
An alert student of mine, Jason Myers, pointed me to a rebuttal from Mars Hill...
March 16, 2011
Hell? No??
(Hieronymous Bosch painting) The subject of Hell has suddenly become front burner flame-on hot since...
March 16, 2011
Rob Bell on the Hot Seat
What I find troubling about this video, and with the interview Tuesday night in New...
March 16, 2011
Shahnama— 1,000 Years of the Book of Persian Kings
After doing the Truro Church event over the weekend, one of our former Asbury students...
March 15, 2011
Richard Mouw on Rob Bell's New Book
The following is the President of Fuller Seminary's blog post today on Rob Bell. ...
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