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July 29, 2024

What’s Wrong with These Pictures?

Ask yourself this question--- what would Jesus say about the behavior of those offering unChristian...

July 29, 2024

Antioch– Part One

The devastating earthquake of February 2023 which destroyed half the city of Antioch, and led...

July 28, 2024

Gordion, A Knotty Problem– Part Three

Without question, this dude stopped by here on the way to conquering the Persians and...

July 27, 2024

Gordion– A Knotty Problem Part Two

The city of Gordion, which was the capital of the Phrygian region, was considerable and...

July 26, 2024

Gordion– a Knotty Problem, Part One

West of Ankara, and on a major trade and military route was Gordion (and perhaps...

July 25, 2024

The Adana Museum– Part Three

There are lots of fascinating items in the Adana museum, like this perfectly preserved canteen...

July 24, 2024

The Adana Museum– Part Two

There are a nunber of excellent mosaic floor remains found in the Adana Museum mainly...

July 23, 2024

The Adana Museum– Part One

Before this trip, I had never been to Adana, and so never to the considerable...

July 22, 2024

The Haran of Abraham

There is a debate amongst Biblical scholars about which Ur Abraham came from---  Ur of...

July 21, 2024

Roman Bridges Standing Up

On the edge of the eastern part of the Empire, Roman emperors were still expanding...

July 20, 2024

Tarsus– No Ordinary City

Tarsus today is a small town.  The first time I visited it 20 years ago,...

July 19, 2024

Twister and Shout!

You may have recognized that smirking face from Top Gun: Maverick,  or Hitman....

July 19, 2024

Zeugma, the Final Frontier, Part Three

Not all the mosaics with mythological images in them were excavated and taken off to...

July 18, 2024

Zeugma, the Final Frontier, Part Two

The Roman elites in a colony city tended to cluster together in one part of...

July 17, 2024

Zeugma– the Final Frontier, Part One

The word zeugma in common parlance means bridge, and in this case it refers to...

July 16, 2024

The Titus Tunnel, and the Port of Seleucia Pereia

The port for the city Antioch was a considerable distance from the city, a full...

July 15, 2024

The Monastery of Simon Stylites in Antioch

Hovering high above the city of Antioch, and founded long after the time of St....

July 14, 2024

On Election and Salvation

July 13, 2024

Bishop Barron’s Interview about Wildcat

July 12, 2024

Oh What A Feeling!

So Im riding down the road in Egypt towards Luxor and there in front of...

July 11, 2024

Despicable Me 4

It is a delicate balance to produce a movie for kids, that also...

July 11, 2024

God Invents the Platypus

July 10, 2024

Gender is Determined by Chromosomes

Gender is not 'assigned' at birth.

July 09, 2024

Jesus the Seer

July 08, 2024

Realm of Darkness– A Powerful Novel

Paul Doherty continues his fascinating series of novels about  Hugh Corbett, the right hand man...

July 07, 2024

Wildcat– A Remarkable Film about Flannery O’Connor

Of the great Southern fiction writers of her era, including Faulkner, Tennessee Williams,  Walker...

July 06, 2024

BOOK DROP!

A truck loaded with thousands of copies of Roget's Thesaurus crashed yesterday losing its entire...

July 05, 2024

Lightning in the Bible

This picture was taken by my Aussie friend Caleb Allen, who once came on a...

July 04, 2024

Lincoln working on Copeland’s A Lincoln Portrait

July 03, 2024

Boston’s Funniest Comedian Ever

Sadly, Steven Wright died earlier this year.  I have always loved his deadpan humor.  He...

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