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The Emoji Bible

The twitter account has been going for almost a year, but the moment you've all been waiting for, the newest version of the Bible, in that special language…
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Of Kings and Prophets: Canceled

Like the dynasty of Saul it portrayed, the ABC TV show based on the books of 1, 2 Samuel Of Kings and Prophets was cut short, canceled after only two…
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Please Comfort Comfort

On April 14, 2014 more than 200 schoolgirls in NE Nigeria were kidnapped by the terrorist group Boko Haram. Today at our BTS faculty meeting we prayed over a…
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The Bible’s Secrets Revealed

The History Channel is about to start a 6-part series entitled: Bible Secrets Revealed, starting tonight (Wed, Nov. 13, 2013) at 10:00 ET.  Program your DVR's. You can…
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Talking to Atheists

"What about all the contradictions in the Bible?" I was speaking at Ursinus College on Wednesday night hosted by the InterVarsity Christian Fellowship group there on the topic,…
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Wrath Satisfied or Love Magnified?

Recently the Presbyterian Church (USA) decided to drop the song "In Christ Alone" (written by Stuart Townend and Keith Getty) from their hymnbook. They had requested to make a…
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The New Friars

A billion people live in urban slums and squatter settlements.  The most recent issue of Christianity Today tells the story of one American college student, who, because of her…
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Votes for Convicts, Step-in-time

Last week, I watched "The Constitution, with Peter Sagal" on PBS with my family. They interviewed a woman from Kentucky who had to fight for thirteen years to…
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Saying “No”

Two years ago I arranged to present an academic paper at Oxford on the Wise Women of the book of Samuel.  I was really looking forward to going…
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A Day in DC: Hitler and Cyrus

I spent the day yesterday with Hitler and Cyrus, murderer and deliverer of the people of Israel. On Wednesday I drove to central Maryland to speak for the…
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