Ben Witherington

When I was growing up I used to love to read both Marvel Comics and Mad Magazine. They were a source of no little enjoyment and fun. I rem...

Tom McCall, a TEDS graduate has recently given an interesting talk about the resurgence of Calvinism amongst the young, including young sch...

Please find here a link to a lecture I have given at Asbury on how to choose a proper Bible translation for you. You will find similar guid...

One of the more interesting sayings of Jesus with equally interesting theological implications is found in Mt. 18.18--" I tell you wha...

I have to confess something. Tyler Hansbrough may be the pride of Poplar Bluff Mo. but he is quickly becoming my all-time favorite Tar Hee...

My friend and fellow blogger Mark Roberts has just posted the following, which I am copying to you. Check it out. BW3 ------------------- ...

This is frankly the UTube Christian video of the year thus far for me. Props to all those rappin' Nazarenes out there in the heartland...

It has been said that too many Americans have been innoculated with a slight case of Christianity that is preventing them from getting the ...

Some of you are politely relentless (if that isn't an oxymoron). One of the things various of you folks in the blogosphere have been bug...

You know how your past comes back to haunt you. Well, ZonePerfect took my picture while I was in Jacksonville, and then posterized me on ...

Once every four years, representative clergy and laity of every United Methodist Annual Conference meet to discuss and enact important legi...

Pinehurst No. 2, one of the greatest of all golf courses in the world, is also clearly, at least in terms of its greens, one of the most ...

For the world's one billion Roman Catholics, Pope Benedict XVI is very important indeed. In fact, one could say he is the most importa...

In response to the request to know more about my family, here are a couple of pictures of my baby girl (she ain't no baby, no mo') w...

Rabbi Smuley Boteach (yes, Virginia that's his real name-- how appropriate for a teacher) is one of my favorite rabbis. He is engaged a...

Dr. A.J. Levine and I last night, April 7th, at Duke Divinity School had a cordial and enjoyable dialogue on the much belabored subject of P...

In Kentucky, George Clooney is big. Born in Maysville and related to that other famous Kentuckian of the same name Rosemary Clooney, George...