Frankly Speaking

7.  The essence of every person is no different from the essence of the universe.  Hindus call the substratum of all reality Brahman . When ...

I’m reworking an “Introduction to Hinduism” handout, the kind of material that can be used in the World Religions class, but also in a churc...

Tears and the whole business of crying are odd.  Aren’t they?   Sometimes you expect tears, but don’t get them.  Several years ago, a great ...

As a follow-up to yesterday’s post, you might check out last Friday’s prayer for Ted Haggard composed by Fred Peatross . _ _ _ _ _ _ A f...

Ted Haggard’s letter to New Life Church can be seen here . I came across it over at Mike Cope’s blog. Someone there remarked about how ironi...

My previous post is the beginning of a short project that I’m continuing here. What follows will make more sense if you’ve read the entry fr...

Over the last couple of years, 1 Timothy 5:9 has become a popular verse among some folks in the Churches of Christ. Strange. In the New Int...

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...