Frankly Speaking

I don't know John Dobbs . Not really. But sometimes it feels like I do. I don't remember when I first came across his blog, Out He...

Is there a connection between studying biblical languages and serving faithfully as a preacher? I'd like to know what you think about ...

Two posts ago, I asked what sounded especially good to you from a list of courses being offered this summer. Several of you spoke up. Thanks...

Marvin Morrell spoke up in class last Wednesday night. We were in John 15, where Jesus tells his disciples, I am the vine, you are the branc...

It's Finals Week at Amarillo College. Monday morning, the Introduction to World Religions class took their final. Monday evening, it was...

"It may be said that there is no incident in the life of Jesus . . . . so essential as the Ascension." --William Barclay, The Mind...

The New Testament tells us that forty days after his resurrection, Jesus was taken up into heaven (Mark, Luke, Acts). Throughout the NT, th...

I interrupt the series on the Ascension, just to ask what other people see and hear. I woke up early this morning and saw a few extended seg...

In the previous post, I hinted that believers like myself, who don't have much experience with the Christian calendar, may not have hear...

According to the calendar used by most Christians, Thursday, May 1st will be the fortieth day following Easter. Acts 1:3 says that, after hi...

. . . we shall never learn so much and be so perfect that need for the Word of God will not remain. For the devil never rests. Thus exho...

As soon as I started college teaching, I wanted to try out using blogs in order to enhance my courses. Boy, was I in for a surprise. During ...