Ben Witherington

Yet another case of a teen molested by a priest. Only this time it was a Republican in high public office who was molested as boy. The pries...

The answer to the question 'What do aging NT profs do with their spare time?' turns out to be-- write fiction. Richard Bauckham is...

Ever since I was small I have been fascinated by magic. No, not black magic and that sort of legerdermain. I mean magic tricks--- the Harr...

The story is the same throughout the Middle East. Christians are caught between a rock and a hard place. In Israel they are caught between ...

The New York Times this week has run a series of interesting articles by Diana B. Hendriques about the ever decreasing size of the wall betw...

Marian Fisher was only thirteen. She had a lot to live for, and probably many years yet to live. Yesterday she was buried in a cold steady ...

Ron Luce is worried. And if Ron Luce is worried, we should be too. Ron runs an organization called Teen Mania which puts on camps, concerts...

Post-Modernism is an odd movement of our time. As it affects theological reflection it has both its good and bad aspects. The good news is ...

The Holy Man and the Lord A holy man was having a conversation with the Lord one day and said, "Lord, I would like to know what Heaven...

James Coleman is professor of African American literature at my alma mater UNC-Chapel Hill (go Tar Heels!). He is a thought provoking wri...

These are troubling times. Chaucer once queried "If gold rusts, what then will iron do?" and he was worred about ministers. So ...

Conservative Christian organizers are getting together again, led by James Dobson of Focus on the Family fame. They are worried. They sense...

O.K. let me see if I understand this. NBC has standards. It will broadcast 'universal' religious values, but nothing sectarian, no...

In the wake of the 'revisionist history' nonsense about Constantine being the great establisher of Christian orthodoxy and suppresso...

Pope Benedict is an intelligent man. As the previous guardian of doctrine for the Catholic Church he is well aware of the intellectual and ...