Ben Witherington

Just before the funeral services, the undertaker came up to the very elderly widow and asked, "How old was your husband?" "...

Picture me trying to take my 91 year old dad and 81 year old mom to the movies. There's Dad with his cane, and mom with the macular deg...

I was driving and I saw a billboard that said: "Need help?? call Jesus." 1-800-005-3787 Out of curiosity I called. A Mexican s...

ASH WEDNESDAY—MORTALITY AND IMMORALITY Text: Lk. 18.9-14 The term Lent comes from the English word Lenten which in turn comes f...

My son sent me the following press release from NASA--- ------------------- NASA AND THE BEATLES CELEBRATE ANNIVERSARIES BY BEAMING SONG ...

Meet Mr. Bear. He may look fine in this top picture, but he just lost several years off his life. I mean, he had to be lowered in a net ba...

Take a look at the cover of this book. Look closely. We have the old italic font, so beloved of Bible printers of the KJV. 'There Will...

Movies about psychopathic killers 'with rules and principles' are not the usual fare of Oscar nominations, at least not for best pic...

Not surprisingly the Jerusalem Post, (which btw made several mistakes in reporting the recent conference in Jerusalem sponsored by Princeton...

My Florida cousins sent me these pictures. Believe it or not, there is a woman who makes marzipan babies-- yes babies made out of frosting! ...

You know you spend too much time in airplanes and airports when: 1) The TSA people at your home airport know you by name 2) The ticket count...

Behold the clubhouse at Carnoustie in Dundee, Scotland. The day was 1 /16/ o8, and the weather was bonny. The next picture is of me with my...

Gadflies enjoying buzzing around dead meat. In fact they are positively attracted to it, precisely because it produces 'buzz'. Th...

The following was sent to me by one of my students, who in turn got it from a UMC Church source-- This just shows that it is not true at a...

Its time for us to have one of our lengthy theological discussions of the year, and since this is the time of year where Christians and othe...