Here’s an interesting article about a notebook of the work of a scholar in Cambridge that was on the original KJV translation team. BW3 https://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/15/books/earliest-known-draft-of-king-james-bible-is-found-scholar-says.html Read more

Here’s an interesting article about a notebook of the work of a scholar in Cambridge that was on the original KJV translation team. BW3 https://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/15/books/earliest-known-draft-of-king-james-bible-is-found-scholar-says.html Read more

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The reviews are now in and they are not all positive, or even overwhelmingly so. There are a variety of reason. The movie at 135 minutes even with plenty of action is somewhat too long. But the real problem with this film is that Alden Ehrenreich, although not lacking in boyish charm, hasn’t got the Schtick or sarcasm or bite of even a young Harrison Ford. It’s not that he’s bad in the role, but he had a lot to... Read more

Happy 41rst anniversary to my wife, who, under God, knows me better than anyone, and yet, still loves me. BW3 Read more

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This post and the next few feature the cartoons of my friend Mark Frontzak of Bellingham, a Christian cartoonist, used by permission. Narcissism— the heart turned in upon itself, the attempt at self-glorification, the insecurity produced by radical individualism, where there is never enough praise, never enough self-promotion. never enough ‘I am the greatest’. Read more

Here’s an interesting recent story about underground tunnels with Christian symbols in Syria, perhaps dating to the time of the Diocletian persecutions. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-5679413/Ancient-secret-church-early-Christians-worshiped-former-ISIS-held-territory.html Read more

Thin Places by Timothy George Here’s a nice post by my friend Timothy George. See what you think BW3 The following is a meditation for All Saints Day presented at Christchurch in Montgomery, Alabama. Several years ago, my son Christian and I, along with our friend David from Brazil, made a pilgrimage to Skellig Michael. Skellig is the Irish word for “rock,” and Skellig Michael is a rocky mountain island jutting 700 feet out of the icy waters of the... Read more

Here is another helpful post by Larry Hurtado on the work of Eldon Epp. Epp on Historical Impact of NT Manuscripts by larryhurtado In a recently-published essay, Eldon Epp gives a fascinating and detailed account of the initial scholarly engagement with major NT codices in the 18th-19th centuries: “Codex Sinaiticus: Its Entrance into the Mid-Nineteenth Century Text-Critical Environment and Its Impact on the New Testament Text,” in Codex Sinaiticus: New Perspectives on the Ancient Biblical Manuscript, eds. Scot McKendrick, David... Read more