Frankly Speaking

Founded in 1902 by G. P. Bowser (1874-1950), the Christian Echo is the oldest periodical in circulation among African American Churches of ...

Hiding in the Spotlight: A Musical Prodigy's Story of Survival 1941-1946 (New York: Pegasus, 2009), by Greg Dawson. This fine memoir r...

9 Likewise, I want women to adorn themselves with proper clothing, modestly and discreetly, not with braided hair and gold or pearls or cos...

A recent post over at John Alan Turner's place led me to start thinking about sermons. Now, I realize that no one's personal experie...

Gross, Jan T. Neighbors: The Destruction of the Jewish Community in Jedwabne, Poland . Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2001. In Neigh...

For the record, put me in the category of those who'd like to see the Saints win, but who also think it'll be the Colts. - - - - - -...

In case you missed it, here's the article about the Churches of Christ that appeared on the front page of the Nashville Tennessean las...

I thought this was a good one: A little girl walks into a pet shop and asks in the sweetest little lisp, "Excuthe me, mithter, do you h...

I saw a notice about this not too long ago, but just recently came across the homepage for the digitized Codex Sinaiticus . Here's a bl...

I'm currently part of a seminar on the Holocaust. So should I rent Inglourious Basterds ? Never thought I'd be doing homework with ...

In Hitler’s Willing Executioners: Ordinary Germans and the Holocaust , first published in 1996, Daniel Jonah Goldhagen sets out to understan...

An AM radio station here in Amarillo, Texas broadcasts the Rush Limbaugh show midday and Michael Medved in the afternoon. I sometimes listen...