Monthly Archives: May 2011

Edward Fudge’s website has been indirectly hacked. You can go there directly, such as by clicking on the preceding link. But if you begin with a Google or Bing search and click on the link in the search results, you’ll go … Continue reading →

Speaking of humor –

John T. Willis, ACU professor and author of many books on the Bible, recently wrote, As YOU study and meditate on the Bible and on life, be sensitive of the importance of humor, of various types of laughter. This is … Continue reading →

All four Gospels include the theme “follow me.” I’ve never seen an article reflecting on that fact. But the concordances make it clear: “follow” appears 79 times in 75 verses. 17 of those are in Luke. (We’ll not cover them … Continue reading →

I woke up this mornin’ and none of the news was good And death machines were rumblin’ ‘cross the ground where Jesus stood And the man on my TV told me that it had always been that way And there … Continue reading →

Anyone old enough to remember Flip Wilson? This is from Ed Sullivan, circa 1970 AD: Now, in the modern church, circa today AD, we don’t say “The Devil made me do it.” We blame God. Or the Holy Spirit. In … Continue reading →

Edward Fudge’s highly influential work on hell, The Fire that Consumes, has been substantially rewritten and is now available through Wipf and Stock. It hasn’t made it to Amazon or Barnes and Noble yet, but soon will. Fudge explains some … Continue reading →

Not many years ago at all, I taught a quarter on Luke. We only made it about halfway through, and I thought that was pretty slow. I’m now learning it wasn’t nearly slow enough! You see, the points I’m trying … Continue reading →

This is going to upset some people, I know, but we need to have this conversation. And so I guess that means I need to start by stating some things that ought to be clear already. 1. I’m not an enemy … Continue reading →

I just discovered this really cool Google tool called “Trends.” You can enter one or more search terms and it will pop up a graph showing how often the term has been searched either by year or location (on a … Continue reading →