Is the Gospel a Fairy Tale?
Marina Warner has written an intriguing book, Once Upon a Time: A Short History of Fairy Tale (Oxford: 2014, 201 pp.). The book plunges...
What I Wish Paula Deen Had Said
You've heard it on the news. You might have seen the interview Paula Deen gave on the Today Show. I found it hard viewing....
Turning the Tables-The ABC’s of the Ten Commandments
I hope nobody thinks that my review and criticisms of the History Channel series The Bible are driven by some sense of self-importance or need...
The Promise and Peril of Populism
Let’s ponder the promise and peril of populism. Or maybe the triumph and terror of populism.
Follow the news for a random hour, and you’ll...
Samson: Reality and Television
The ongoing series on the Bible produced by the History Channel displayed some puzzling decisions in its second episode. The story...
What They’re Not Telling You About Alcohol and the Bible (1)
Of course, it depends on who “they” are. In the last several years evangelicals have been talking about alcohol. Historically, American protestant evangelicals have...
Sanity in an Insane World-Part 2
I think there is much we can learn from Daniel in general, and particularly from the story of Nebuchadnezzar’s insanity in Daniel 4, about...
2020 Is Here
Twenty-five years ago, some futurists foresaw a major global crisis arriving in about the year 2020.
In 1995 I published EarthCurrents: The Struggle for the...
Violence in the Old Testament-Part 1
This video installment of Asbury Seminary's "Seven Minute Seminary" the first of at least 3 parts addressing the issue of violence in the Old...
What Goes Around
Jerusalem is loaded with curious stories linking stunning archaeological finds with utterly obscure people who are then associated with intriguing currents of politics, culture...
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