Frankly Speaking

The Old and New Testament classes I teach are first-year, college level courses. In both classes, we're halfway through the second units...

In case you were thinking about it, do not attempt to use a taser on a raccoon. According to a recent story from the Associated Press, tase...

For those of you who are still with Blogger, like me, I'd appreciate it if you could give me some help with two questions I have. I hav...

So I haven't posted anything lately. And I haven't gotten around to commenting at other blogs either. I got sick, something that nev...

Something that makes the upcoming U.S. Presidential election so interesting to me: It seems like those conservative Protestants called Evang...

Last night's vice-presidential debate featured no knock downs or train wrecks. And much like the first debate between John McCain and Ba...

Right or wrong, I tend to approach presidential elections a lot like I approach pro football. When it starts getting close to the Super Bowl...

Okay, here's a question for any Stone-Campbell historians out there: Did Alexander Campbell have a favorite joke? I've heard that he...

Several weeks ago, I mentioned an assignment: Next month, I'm supposed to speak to a group of older, life-long Christians on the subject...

Okay, so I got tagged by Arlene Kasselman . My assignment (and I've chosen to accept it) is to talk about 5 Ways That Blogging Has Chang...

In the "Introduction" to his most recent book, What the Gospels Meant , Gary Wills points out something I found especially interes...

(First posted on 9/11/05) As we were learning the terrible truth on the morning of September 11, 2001, there was one person I especially wan...