Despite all the Christianity bashing, including even on this website, a more sober assessment of Christianity is called for, not least in regard to the issue of religious freedom. Here is a first rate blog post by my friend Larry Hurtado from last month that deserves pondering. See what you think— BW3 Early Christian Roots of Religious Freedom by larryhurtado The first person to claim freedom of religion as a right was Tertullian, a Christian teacher in Carthage, in a... Read more
Recognize this dude—– he just turned 65! Yikes! Read more
If you grew up in the era of big budget musicals on the big screen (think everything from Music Man to Hello Dolly to the Sound of Music), then ‘La,La Land’ will not seem so unique. It is however an excellent film with lots of heart, great music, enjoyable stars (Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling make for an interesting pairing) ‘traditional’ cinematography, and a romantic story line. And amazingly it mostly avoids bad language, and it has absolutely zero violence... Read more
Dear Friends: As most of you know, five years ago next month, our precious daughter Christy was found dead at 33 in her apartment in Durham N.C., felled by a pulmonary embolism. In trying to do something positive and constructive out of the chaos, I set up a scholarship fund in her memory at Asbury Theological Seminary. The fund is called the Christy Witherington Fund, and it supports female doctoral students seeking to pursue God’s calling on their lives to... Read more
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