Ben Witherington

The second book in my trilogy of small books on the 'sacraments' is on the Lord's Supper. You will find the picture of the cov...

I've done stories with Laurie Goodstein before, and she is a good reporter. Her most recent story in yesterday's NY Times is both d...

I must confess that I enjoy Jeff Foxworthy and his kin. I once heard him at a United Methodist annual conference meeting where I was speaki...

I Overweening Overbearing Just pretending Never caring Brash Talk Trash Talk Cheap thrills Raw deals Pure bravado So staccato Living large N...

It is a rare thing when a work of a master writer shows up in print many many decades after all his significant work has long since been put...

Reflecting on texts like Hebrews 10.1 "the Law is only a shadow of the good things that are coming-- not the image/portrait ( eikon )/ ...

It is not unusual to hear super star athletes give their testimony of how they have given their lives over to Jesus. But few of them have c...

I was in London some time ago at a one man performance of the Gospel of Mark. Alec McGowan's presentation was wonderful, done entirely f...

Remember Hermes? He’s the little guy you see from time to time on the logo at the florist shop, wearing a WWI trench helmet and always on th...

Lots of my students, unfortunately, use the Internet as a substitute for good careful research. It's seductive and easy and quick. It f...

In the truth is stranger than fiction category is the story that my friend Bill Barnwell sent me about a Southern Baptist pastor in Californ...

There was an interesting story on ABC news tonight about the fallout from the lead paint recall of Mattel toys made in China. The story str...

My grandfather was a fireman, indeed he was the fire chief in Wilmington N.C. Here is a wonderful oxymoronic ice sculpture of a fire man. W...

You gotta love your Mom. The older she gets the more wisdom she thinks she has to impart. These 'zen' truths (?) she sent along t...

For some time now Don Cheadle has been one of my favorites actors. I especially appreciated his work in Hotel Rwanda, but of course the Oce...

Slipping in under the radar, and appearing in only limited release is a very fine rescue/survivor movie starring Christian Bale, entitled ...

Where does vision come from? Vision to paint, or to write, to sing or to play. Some folks think it is a natural talent that some people a...

It was Lent when the minister called Charlie into his office, his long time church janitor. "Charlie" said the pastor, "I w...

Thomas Long defines a saint as follows: "saints are figures out of the Christian past whose lives have been insufficiently researched....

Fallen human beings have a very difficult time understanding real love. They are born inherently self-centered creatures, and what begins a...