Frankly Speaking

Among my summer reads, I'm especially enjoying S. C. Gwynne's new book, Empire of the Summer Moon . As readers have learned to expec...

This post picks up the topic of my previous entry on Robert Sandeman (1718-1771). Eventually, the student of Sandeman has to go back to his...

On April 17, 1771, Ezra Stiles , then pastor of the Second Congregational Church of Newport, Rhode Island, wrote in his diary about somethin...

Abigail was one of the readers during "Children's Sunday" this week at the Rocky Hill Congregational Church. She did a great j...

Sunday night after church, on the 66th anniversary of D-Day, I had my picture taken with one of my heroes, Roy Kiser. Born and raised in the...

Over the last few days, I've taken a closer look at some Internet resources that I can use either for myself, or for the students who ar...

Amarillo Bible Chair recently received a generous grant from a local, private foundation that contributes to educational efforts like ours. ...

1. Who wrote Colossians? In the very first verse the author calls himself Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus (NIV). This is the former Saul...

My last post was about the very beginning of the book by John Tosh, Historians on History (2nd ed., 2009 ). There I describe what he calls ...

One of my current reads is Historians on History: Readings Edited and Introduced, by John Tosh , 2nd Edition (Harlow, England: Pearson Educa...

Unbelievable! On Wednesday of last week I ordered Mother's Day flowers for my wife. The order was confirmed by email. A nice arrangement...

The weather was mild in Southwest Oklahoma today, just right for the annual Rock-n-Rumble Car Show in Altus . As my dad and I were looking a...