The Bible and Culture

The conception of the movie is understandable after the enormous success of Oceans 11 etc. etc.  It’s a ‘lets get the old gang back together again’ movie.  Some of these movies, like the Oceans 11 franchise are true ensemble cast movies.  RED, not so much.  This movie is basically a Bruce Willis romance movie (with…

The following is a lecture delivered in beautiful Colorado Springs to the Ad Lib Society, a group of Christian artists from the Midwest and West.  Thanks to Dr. Richard Terrell and all for a wonderful weekend and good hospitality. ARS LONGA… NO LONGER                   BEN WITHERINGTON PARALLEL UNIVERSES? In God’s Kingdom…. The architect is greater…

Stuck on the back of Person Hall, at my alma mater, UNC is a statue of an archbishop, one Stephen Langton, late of Canterbury.  The statue was rescued from some rubble somewhere between Big Ben and the Parliament building.  You will notice the good bishop appears a bit tired, and he is holding a scroll. …

On Oct. 11-12 of this year, Duke Divinity school hosted its most well attended ever Convocation (over 900 ministers and laity), in the main because of its line up of speakers— N.T. Wright, Rob Bell, and Andy Crouch to just mention the main lecturers.  The weather was perfect, the hospitality was great, and the conference…

“Everything in my parents house is broken. We play chess, and there are six pieces missing. So, we replace them with pieces from my mom’s nativity scene. We’re playing chess with the Virgin Mary and goats and wise men, and my Uncle Earl cheats. It’s like: ‘Uncle Earl, that’s a pawn. You’re not supposed to…

Here is another little sample of the DVD Revelation and the End Times now released for use with the book of the same name. It works well in Sunday School or Bible study settings. Check it out

Meet Secretariat and Ron Turcotte.  It is safe to say that there have been few horses in all of human history like Secretariat.  Oh, perhaps Alexander the Great’s horse would qualify, or Robert E. Lee’s Traveler, but there are few who could run as a fast for as long a period of time.  He raced…

Here is a clip from my just released DVD series on Revelation and the End Times, a companion to the little book that goes with it. Check it out. You’ll find it online at Amazon, or better yet, if you are a minister, you can go to Cokesbury and get the Cokesbury discount on this.

The images above are of a great old theater with fabulous acoustics, in a great location (downtown Knoxville), at a great concert Oct. 7th.  Keith Jagger (no relation to Mick, he’s my T.A.) and I made the drive down to hear a wonderful acoustic concert which involved half Richard Marx songs and half Matt Scannell…

http://www.aolnews.com/world/article/judge-considers-verdict-in-jesus-forgery-case/19659376 After years and years of testimony by a myriad of witnesses, the trial of Oded Golan has come to a quiet halt. Now the matter is in the hands of the judge, who may well deliberate until the end of the year.  I have provided you with the link above to Matthew’s full report.…

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