Frankly Speaking

In one of his books, Pieter De Jong mentions that Karl Barth once said that the angels must laugh a lot. They laugh, said Barth, because he ...

Next year will mark the 40th anniversary of the death of Karl Barth (1886-1968). In his fine little book, Concise Dictionary of Christian T...

"Are we losing our young people?" That's the headline of the July issue of the Churches of Christ newspaper, The Christian Ch...

In September, I'm supposed to deliver presentations (about 45 minutes each) at the San Jacinto Church of Christ on: 1. "The Unity o...

Last Sunday Michele and I drove home to Amarillo from Colorado Springs. We'd been there for the reunion of some extended family on Miche...

I decided not to say anything at the beginning, but now you know. I took a blog vacation for most of the last month. That's mainly becau...

A few weeks ago, I was asking about Mac laptops. Chloe, my oldest, was about to graduate from high school ( the ceremony was last Thursday...

On Tuesday, I talked about how Gregory of Nazianzus bolted when he was chosen a Christian leader. He eventually came back and took up the r...

Gregory of Nazianzus didn't want to be a priest. His priestly father, with a little help from his friends, I imagine, forcibly ordained ...

Greetings from New Haven, Connecticut. I flew into Hartford on Friday and will be up here for a few days. My Chloe graduates from Rocky Hill...

In his book From Survival to Celebration , Howard Hanchey tells this story: "Two people were walking along a crowded sidewalk in a dow...

During the fall semester of 2006, I taught a course on the "Life and Teachings of the Apostle Paul." A big bunch of questions imm...