Ben Witherington

Below you will find a link to a brief video made by a Jewish young man named Mr. Max Blumenthal. He decided to visit the recent CUFI (Chris...

THE FOLLOWING IS AN EXCERPT FROM MY FORTHCOMING COMMENTARY ON PHILEMON, COLOSSIANS, AND EPHESIANS, DUE OUT FROM EERDMANS IN NOVEMBER OR DECE...

On a day when we have reached the eschaton of Harry Potter novels, it is appropriate to talk about summer reading, and what might be profita...

The heyday of musicals has long since come and gone. In fact they peaked in the late 50s and early 60s (think 'Music Man', 'Okla...

From here I can see tomorrow, From here I can see the shore, From here I can see the future, But I ask myself, what for? Somewher...

A Spanish teacher was explaining to her class that in Spanish, unlike English, nouns are designated as either masculine or feminine. ...

O.k., so the picture is sideways. That's about how I got across the finish line in the Boston Marathon-- crawling sideways. Turn you...

VOICE ONE—THE CONSCIENCE You don’t get there sooner Running faster in that direction, It only ruins your temper Your color and com...

Oh for the good old days of riding one's broom and playing quidditch. Harry has moved on from those mostly care-free days and now is pr...

My friend Dr. Ross Bailey from Toronto kindly sent me this story further to our earlier debate about health care. It speaks for itself, a...

A very long time ago, Art Linkletter published a little book on kids letters to God. There have been many such books and articles since. The...

KIDS IN CHURCH 3-year-old Reese: "Our Father, Who does art in heaven, Harold is His name. Amen." A little boy was overheard pray...

Rivaling the discovering of the Talpiot Tomb itself is this new revelation presented above in a news source almost as reliable as the recent...

If you snooze you lose, and you may feel the heat sooner rather than later. For example, have you been attending church online of late? W...

Michael Moore, our current resident agent provocateur and gadfly is at it again, and this time he really hits you where it hurts-- in the po...

I was watching the PBS special the other night in which Paul Simon was honored for a career of great song writing with the very first Gershw...