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2025-08-26T05:43:41-04:00

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Small Town North Carolina in the 1930s

Last updated on: August 26, 2025 at 5:43 am By Ben Witherington

Having grown up in small town North Carolina, I found it moving to see what that was like 2 decades before I was born. This was during the Great Depression when my parents were coming of age. There is much to notice besides the cigarette smoking. For one thing, there was little or no obesity. For another, look at all the smiles. These people did not have a lot of possessions, but they had plenty of friends, plenty of joy... Read more

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The Old North State

2025-08-24T08:38:38-04:00

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Imitation in Early Christianity Part Two

Last updated on: August 24, 2025 at 8:38 am By Ben Witherington

Let us talk perspective for a moment. One of the things I kept looking for in this book is a discussion of eschatology and how it affects the discussion of ethics. For example, when Paul talks about being conformed to the image of Christ, he does not imagine this process could possibly be completed before one is raised from the dead and receives a resurrection body like that of Christs. (see e.g. Rom. 8) and furthermore, he does not see... Read more

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'you shall be as gods'-- ???

2025-08-24T06:48:00-04:00

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Imitation in Early Christianity Part One– A Review

Last updated on: August 24, 2025 at 6:48 am By Ben Witherington

It has been said that ‘imitation is the most sincere form of flattery’. But this book is not really about early Christian attempts at flattering one’s teacher, or mentor, or spiritual parents. It is about ethical transformation of persons, and in particular ethical transformation in the image of Christ, which is indeed an important subject in the NT. In one sense the book is a reminder that a person becomes what they admire, particularly when one is admiring a person... Read more

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What does the phrase imitation of Christ mean?

2025-08-20T15:22:43-04:00

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The Neglected Site at Miletus– Part Four

Last updated on: August 20, 2025 at 3:22 pm By Ben Witherington

Not far from the theater was a huge thermal bath, with a giant caldarium, tepidarium, and frigidarium one of the largest spas in the ancient world, with hot, tepid, and cool separate room, the frigidarium. And what would a thermal bath be without a deity, in this case Neptune lounging with you. There was of course a market place, and a bouleterion where the city fathers met to settle the city business near to the delphinion Along with the remains... Read more

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As Revelation says-- and it was all gone in no time at all.

2025-08-21T20:19:33-04:00

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The Neglected Site at Miletus– Part Three

Last updated on: August 21, 2025 at 8:19 pm By Ben Witherington

Besides the problem of the silting up of the harbor, the next stage of decline and decay was the marshland that appeared in that same place– the haven of bugs and mosquitoes, some of whom brought disease to human beings. Today, the harbor area is where once there was an impressive Delphinon, a famous statue, a lion statue, and more. From this map you begin to see how much more there was to the city center in antiquity. Here was... Read more

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when a harbor turns to marsh

2025-08-20T14:14:12-04:00

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The Neglected Site at Miletus– Part Two

Last updated on: August 20, 2025 at 2:14 pm By Ben Witherington

If one does a proper tour of the Miletus theater there is much to discover. Above is the view down the ramp on the right side of theater. Below is a shot looking into the exit ramp on the left side of the theater. The Romans called the exit ramp ‘the vomitorium’ (no joke). Here is an honorific column next to the theater for an ‘Archon’ a high ranking Greek official. Notice at the top of the inscription... Read more

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' All the world's a stage

and we are but poor players'

2025-08-20T14:04:56-04:00

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The Neglected Site at Miletus– Part One

Last updated on: August 20, 2025 at 2:04 pm By Ben Witherington

While nearby Ephesus is swarmed with tourists all the time, not least because of the cruise boats making it the one site they dropped tourists near if they are hopping from country to country and island to island, nevertheless, Miletus is also a large site, as one can see from the maps below, which still has considerable remains of its theater. Like Ephesus, the city’s main means of commerce was by sea, but also like Ephesus, the harbors (and there... Read more

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a theater on the bay

2025-08-19T22:55:52-04:00

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Watching the Chosen– A Review of the Review

Last updated on: August 19, 2025 at 10:55 pm By Ben Witherington

Without question, the film/TV show The Chosen has had an impact, and a growing audience far beyond all expectations or even the hopes of Dallas Jenkins, the son of Jerry Jenkins (remember the Left Behind series?) the film producer. Could a series filmed in Texas about Jesus, really help us probe the age old question of who Jesus was and is, in a responsible, helpful, and interesting way. The surprising answer is yes indeed. But I have a question— the... Read more

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Will the real Jesus please stand up?

2025-08-21T22:23:14-04:00

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Ostia, Rome’s Port: Part Eight

Last updated on: August 21, 2025 at 10:23 pm By Ben Witherington

As promised earlier there were major homes that belonged to those who owned or sailed ships, and traded all over the then known world. Interestingly, they had mosaics done in their houses, and shops displaying these things. There was more than one ship owner in this town… But other successful businessmen wanted in on the mosaic floor trend, and so we have bakers, and others displaying their work in their floors… Read more

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2025-08-21T22:22:57-04:00

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Ostia, Rome’s Port: Part Seven

Last updated on: August 21, 2025 at 10:22 pm By Ben Witherington

The Romans not only loved the theater, they loved chariot races, and the blood sport they invented, gladiatorial combat, which was no part of the ancient Greek games. Not surprising then that we have motifs from both the games and theaters in the baths. And yes this town was large enough to have a major piazza, or town square…. with a theater in it…. Like all cities there had to be sources of freshwater, not least for all those... Read more

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