Recollection of a Hanging
Ever since Seminary, I’ve had a deep interest in Islam and all things Arabic. It began with a course on introductory literary Arabic, taught mainly as...
Bible Study Clichés that Must Die (3)
It’s Sunday. We’re with family and friends, enjoying our Sunday dinner. And what’s on the menu? Roast preacher! We’re talking about what the preacher...
How Practical is Relevance?
The cry to “make the Bible relevant to today’s world” not only implies that the Bible itself lacks relevance, a point discussed yesterday, it...
Bible Study Clichés that Must Die Now (1)
I have some things to say that I've wanted to say for 35 or more years. I have hesitated, though, because they are things...
Memphis Belle Theology
We’ve looked at two kinds of “theology,” by which I really don't mean merely our intellectual systems of doctrine, but the wider reality of...
God and the Goodyear Blimp
When the Hindenburg blew in 1937, engineers accepted the reality that the rigid airship needed to be completely rethought. However great the lift gained...
Hindenburg Theology
I wrote the following many years ago, having used it in a segment of my Old Testament introduction lectures for seminarians for even more...