Frankly Speaking

The spring semester at Amarillo College is long gone. Students were taking their final exams two weeks ago, and Commencement ceremonies wer...

Most people are right-handed. So when most people begin playing the guitar, they strum or pick with the right hand, and press the strings to...

Okay, so you've probably heard by now: The Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life has released the findings of a survey that began with t...

The year 2011 will mark the 400th anniversary of the King James Bible. That would be a good time, I think, for preachers and teachers to tel...

I'm excited about this summer. In early June, I'll make another one of my trips to Connecticut. My employers provide me a week's...

Every period of church history exhibits a different set of strengths and weaknesses. Human nature being what it is, we tend to prize what we...

My friend Stan is in much better shape than we feared last week. He's banged up and will have to spend a good bit of time recuperating. ...

A friend and confidant, someone whom I respect so much, was in an accident yesterday. This is serious stuff. He had to be transported to a ...

This semester, I have to be loaded for bear every Wednesday. It's the one day of week when I teach all day long. I start at 9:00 a.m. an...

One of my current reads is Michael F. Bird's new book Introducing Paul: The Man, His Mission and His Message . Bird says that his aim is...

I have a biblical Hebrew reading group that meets for a few hours almost every Tuesday night. One of the participants serves as the director...

Last Sunday's Amarillo Globe-News included an editorial I wrote. I was responding to an article by one of the paper's regular colum...