Monthly Archives: May 2008

Well, I’m a veteran blogger now. I’ve been at is for nearly 18 months! I’ve learned a little HTML (not much). And I can spell URL. (I’m not sure how to pronounce it, though.) I’ve read a whole bunch of … Continue reading →

It’s my custom to review activity on this blog at the end of each month. It’s a discipline that forces me to see what’s interesting to the the readership (and what’s not). It’s always surprising. The hit count for May … Continue reading →

“Learning the ropes” is a nautical expression from the days of sailing the oceans. Any new crewman has to learn the ropes to know what to pull or loosen to make the ship go in the right direction. Some large … Continue reading →

I get emails. I just received this one from a reader, wondering what resources I use in my writing. First of all, let me say how much I appreciate your writing. I am impressed with your ability to look at … Continue reading →

Resurrection in the ancient world In the ancient world, “resurrection” always referred to a bodily resurrection. The word wasn’t used when the topic was the survival of our spiritual essence after death. The pagans uniformly denied resurrection as a possibility, … Continue reading →

Women or wives? An alternative translation of 1 Timothy 2:11-15 is to take gune to mean wife and aner to mean husband. As discussed earlier, the words are completely ambiguous in the Greek, and the distinction can only be found … Continue reading →

The traditional interpretation of this passage is that women may not teach in public but may teach in private. Of course, nothing in the passage mentions teaching in public — rather it appears that all teaching by women is prohibited. … Continue reading →

[I'm beginning a summer series of classes on N. T. Wright's Surprised by Hope. The material in this and the following posts is a blend of his writings and my own thoughts. Hence, Wright's book quotes many Anglican hymns and … Continue reading →

The idea of a church renting space has popped up now and again on this site. I thinks this article does a particularly good job of demonstrating the concept. Here’s the theory. Most churches spend a huge percentage of their … Continue reading →