Frankly Speaking

One of the things I remember about preaching Sunday in, Sunday out was the grind.  Not that I ever would have talked about it much, because ...

When I went home for lunch today, I saw this re-run on “Bravo” about the “100 Scariest Moments in Movie History” or some such.   Now, I’m no...

This morning’s New Testament class is set to do a survey of 1 and 2 Thessalonians.  Of course, in a very short time, we can re-read Acts 17:...

Interesting, isn’t it? For fundraising events, folks like Regis Philbin and Walter Cronkite are invited to speak at Freed-Hardeman Universit...

A news article from the on-line edition of the Christian Chronicle got my attention. The title? “Unity discussion takes center stage at Fre...

From a sermon by Myron S. Augsburger, “Love Thy Neighbor.” “In faithfulness he will bring forth justice; he will not falter or be discoura...

I plan to highlight and ask for your reactions to/readings of a few more texts. But till then, I’m passing along my review of a book that h...

“God saw that the light was good” (Genesis 1:4).   As children many of us learned that from this point forward God frequently reflects on wh...

Several years ago, while still one of those Sunday in, Sunday out preachers, I decided that each year I would completely dedicate at least o...

Among the many Roman gods and goddesses was Diana. The twin sister of Apollo, Diana was thought to care for the countryside and for wild ani...

American History buffs, check it out. 9 million individual items arranged in more than 100 collections. The materials come from the Librar...

It will likely happen sometime later this month. The population clock at the website for the U.S. Census Bureau will pass 300,000,000. For t...