https://www.wspa.com/news/state-news/k-9-bites-cow-sc-deputy-tases-k-9-cow-kicks-deputy/ You’ve heard the stories of man bites dog. You’ve heard the stories of dog bites man, now hear the story of a deputy’s K-9 who bites a cow whilst investigating a possible robbery in Georgetown S.C. The dog is then tased by the officer to make him let go of the cow, and then the cow, in revenge kicks the officer and the property owner. No wonder those Chick-fila cows say ‘eat more chicken, approach me at your own... Read more

Here is a link to another Patheos blog, with an excellent review of my Priscilla book. Check it out…. BW3 https://www.patheos.com/blogs/kelleymathews/2020/01/priscilla-unusual-new-testament-woman/ Read more

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There was an excellent article in the NY times recently on the decline of the humanities on campuses all over the U.S. Indeed the article suggests it has reached crisis proportions. And partly it is because of the de-emphasis on teaching basic grammar, syntax, and even vocabulary to the young in elementary and junior high schools. When’s the last time you ran into a ‘humanities high school’ as opposed to a math and science high school? And we are paying... Read more

Perhaps the most famous poem to come out of WWI was by John McCrae and begins this way…. In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below. We are the Dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved and were loved, and now we lie, In Flanders fields. 1917 was indeed a terrible... Read more

Chris Martin has gone through a lot in the last twenty years. He married Gwen Paltrow, had two kids, then got divorced. Then found Dakota Johnson. His ups and downs have certainly affected his music, as his recent double lp– Everyday Life shows. What you may not know is that Chris grew up in Devon in a Christian household, and went to church. Along the way after he went to boarding school, as the recent excellent article in Rolling Stone... Read more

This was done the last day I saw my old friend Larry Hurtado alive, having stayed with him in his home. Read more

Here is a very disturbing article which should give all eager antiquities buyers pause….. https://www.theguardian.com/news/2020/jan/09/a-scandal-in-oxford-the-curious-case-of-the-stolen-gospel Read more