If we could shrink the earth’s population to a village of precisely100 people, with all the existing human ratios remaining the same, it would look something like the following: 6 people would possess 59% of the entire world’s wealth and all 6would be from the United States. 80 would live in substandard housing 50 would…

Finding good and wholesome family entertainment in this day and age is like searching for the holy grail sometimes. We keep hoping it is out there somewhere, but it is ever so hard to find. Two exceptions to this rule can be found in two movies recently released on DVD— ‘Because of Winn Dixie’ and…

Weary, worn, welts on handWork has whittled down the manTo the bare necessitiesOf what he is, and what he’ll beWas this then his destiny? Defined, refined by what we do,The toilsome tasks are never throughThorn and thistle, dirt and dustSweeping clean, removing rustAll to earn his upper crust? Sweat of brow, and carried weightRose too…

A friend of 30 plus years sent this to me. I thought you would want to see it. It raises the question— what is normal in God’s eyes, and what is a handicap in God’s eyes? GOD LIVES UNDER THE BED Don’t start reading this one until you’ve got more than 3 or4 minutes to…

Ben Witherington
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Ben Witherington

Bible scholar Ben Witherington is Amos Professor of New Testament for Doctoral Studies at Asbury Theological Seminary and on the doctoral faculty at St. Andrews University in Scotland. A graduate of UNC, Chapel Hill, he went on to receive the M.Div. degree from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary and a Ph.D. from the University of Durham in England. He is now considered one of the top evangelical scholars in the world, and is an elected member of the prestigious SNTS, a society dedicated to New Testament studies.

Witherington has also taught at Ashland Theological Seminary, Vanderbilt University, Duke Divinity School and Gordon-Conwell. A popular lecturer, Witherington has presented seminars for churches, colleges and biblical meetings not only in the United States but also in England, Estonia, Russia, Europe, South Africa, Zimbabwe and Australia. He has also led tours to Italy, Greece, Turkey, Israel, Jordan, and Egypt.

Witherington has written over thirty books, including The Jesus Quest and The Paul Quest, both of which were selected as top biblical studies works by Christianity Today. He also writes for many church and scholarly publications, and is a frequent contributor to the Beliefnet website.

Along with many interviews on radio networks across the country, Witherington has been seen on the History Channel, NBC, ABC, CBS, CNN, The Discovery Channel, A&E, and the PAX Network.

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