Posts from ‘December, 2007’

The text is quite old, and though no original manuscripts are known to exist, we do have some very early copies, dating to within a couple of decades of the original writing. And yet, modern versions have become hopelessly corrupted, to the point where the original meaning is obscured.
There is debate as to the authorship, [...]

The phrase “beat around the bush” has an interesting history, according to an online glossary of colloquialisms:

This expression goes all the way back to the 1500s when hunters hired people called beaters to drive small animals out of the bushes so the hunters could get a better shot at them. The problem for the beaters [...]

I have posted here before about The Jesus Storybook Bible (click here for that post). The picture is of me reading it to the two cutest children yet born. If there are young children in your life, you need to see to it that they have a copy of this wonderful book, which you can [...]

Wade Burleson has written a post today regarding an article in a Memphis newspaper about Bellevue Baptist Church’s mission work in India. His post contains the following paragraph (emphasis original):
Though I am not sympathetic with the anti-missionary viewpoint of the article’s author, I was struck by a little detail or two related to baptism and [...]

The following is from the script for my daughter’s school program, which has a 1950’s theme (poodle skirts and saddle oxfords) and is titled “Happenin’ Holidays”:
[Children enter soda shop playfully. CHILD 1 carries a bell and rings it as he walks. He stops ringing the bell]
CHILD 2: I sure do love all the decorations and [...]

Normally, I post these on the weekend, but I couldn’t resist. I think you’ll understand: