If someone were to ask you what is the longest running play in human history, would you guess it is the Passion Play put on once a decade in Oberammagau? The story of course has been told many times, but it begins with a plague, perhaps the bubonic plague, directly after the end of the 30 Year’s War in 1632.  When the plague hit this little mountain village in Bavaria the town counsel met and promised God they would perform... Read more

Whatever may be the case with politics in a dictatorship, in a democracy things should be different. Things should involve persuasion, the consent of the governed, free and fair elections.   And if you lose because the majority is not in favor of your view, well then you lose.  Unless you can persuade people of your view, then you should not expect outcomes that support your views. Period.  No gerrymandering, no smoke filled rooms, no going into denial and claiming conspiracy,... Read more

Witherington-Cover     Coming to a computer near you in October, but if you pre-order at Wipf and Stock….. save some dough. Read more

  A speech about the first public university , that took its first students in 1793….. https://video.pbsnc.org/video/university-north-carolina-unc-bicentennial-celebration-part-2/ Kuralt’s speech begins at ab0ut minute 11. Read more

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Notice that the church sign they are putting up says ‘Lift Up Thine Eyes’ and then notice the downward glance of all the people hurrying by to where they are going, and ignoring the church sign.   Read more

Kentucky has a problem, and it’s not just a problem in this state.  It’s in fact an endemic problem throughout America, but some places are worse than others.  Particularly in my own portion of the country, the South, it is a huge, one could say weighty, one could say obese problem.  For the record, I’m not talking about people who have inherited problems that they have to fight their entire lives to stay reasonably fit.  I’m talking about diet and... Read more

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You will remember that I mentioned in a previous post in this series that we need to have a clear grasp on the concept of progressive revelation.  By this I mean that God revealed to his people his truth gradually over time, and that as the author of Hebrews says the revelation before Christ was incomplete, it was partial and piecemeal.  Also, God’s revelation was appropriate to the audience that he revealed it to.  It was not something way beyond... Read more

What exactly is the pathway to the Kingdom of God and what are the entrance requirements?  Jesus and Paul both talk about entering, obtaining or inheriting the Kingdom of God. Now the important thing about such discussions is that in each of those cases what is envisioned is a future entering of God’s kingdom when it comes on earth as it is in heaven.  It is not about dying and going to heaven.  While Paul says flesh and blood cannot... Read more