From August 18 to 21 I will be teaching a graduate seminar on Old Testament roots of Biblical Theology. This seminar for credit is for ten select PhD candidates. We will begin at noon on Tuesday and conclude at noon on Thursday. The seminar will be at the Fairfield Inn in Clermont, FL. If you…
I’m not about to enter into the creation debate. Personally, I believe it takes considerably more “faith” to posit a random, chaotic origin than it does to believe in a personal God who spoke everything into being. We could debate the issue but unless you are prepared to argue for the verifiability of inferential empiricism…
Someone showed up today in the garden. Never seen here before. He brought a friend, also first-timer
I got this email today. Cindy lives in Porter, TX, near Houston. This is not the same Cyndee who was recently in the hospital in Arizona. I had no idea about her circumstances and she only sent this because we were corresponding about her donation. Now, all of you in TEXAS (and others), here is…
What comes to mind when I ask you to think about ecstasy? The English dictionary tells us that ecstasy means an exalted state of feeling, rapture or extreme delight. If you are like most adults, you may associate ecstasy with sex. That seems to be the predominate connection in our society. As a whole, the…
During family holidays we do jigsaw puzzles. I like the easy ones, the ones that have pictures that don’t take forever to figure out. But the trend is toward the complex. Have you ever tired to do one of those three-dimensional puzzles? Or a puzzle that is a picture of a big blob of coffee…
On June 21, I posted a TW about the Sabbath. Dan made some great comments in the following few days, eventually prompting me to ask if Bob Gorelik would add his thoughts. Since I was very late posting Bob’s reply, most of the community had long forgotten the thread from that discussion. So, I sent…
Just thought you might enjoy my fooling around with the photos of butterflies in my front yard. These have been photoshopped to make them a bit more interesting. I hope you like them, and smile.
Did you know that you can buy Today’s Word as an iPhone App. Yep, Mantis Bible Company has licensed 2006 and 2007 editions of Today’s Word as a download app for your iPhone. And, royalties are paid directly to At God’s Table. So, if you have an iPhone or iTouch and you just have to…
I’ve noticed a few things over the last months. Our community seems to have two wonderful strains going at the same time. We have a group of serious biblical exegetes – those who are willing to turn over all the stones to find the truth. This group follows the theological paths that I only hint…
