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2025-03-28T10:58:43-04:00

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Bookaholics Unite!

Last updated on: March 28, 2025 at 10:58 am By Ben Witherington

I can relate to that cartoon above. And I resonate with Erasmus when he famously said ‘when I get money I buy books. If anything is leftover, I buy food.’ One trend that has alarmed me somewhat is that libraries are increasingly going away from print books, and moving to digital books, like on Kindle for example. Why is this alarming? Because for research purposes especially you cannot compare and take notes on multiple pages of the same book, and... Read more

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Ignorance is not bliss

2025-03-25T21:43:46-04:00

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Gentle Jesus Meek and Mild? Not Exactly

Last updated on: March 25, 2025 at 9:43 pm By Ben Witherington

This is of course only one side of Jesus’ personality, but it is an authentic side of who he was. Read more

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Righteous anger is a good thing

2025-03-25T21:39:16-04:00

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Jonathan Roumie Ruminates on the Task of Playing Jesus

Last updated on: March 25, 2025 at 9:39 pm By Ben Witherington

I would recommend you just watch the first the first five minutes of this interview with Tucker. It’s well worth seeing how a Christian actor fully realizes the heavy thing it is to play the role of Jesus in an authentic and accurate way. Read more

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2025-03-25T08:21:03-04:00

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How the Portal and NIL Have Messed up March Madness

Last updated on: March 25, 2025 at 8:21 am By Ben Witherington

By now, now that we are down to the Sweet 16, it should be clear that the portal and NIL have not only messed up genuine amateur athletes, they have also messed up the BIG Dance. This year the Sweet 16 should be called the SEC invitational tournament, because 7 (yes lucky 7) of the teams in the 16 are from one conference, a conference that in the past might have one or two teams in the final 16. How... Read more

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Alas poor basketball I knew thee once

2025-03-24T20:39:37-04:00

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Pentecostal Professor—With a New Do

Last updated on: March 24, 2025 at 8:39 pm By Ben Witherington

Alas, my colleague Craig has found AI in a vain attempt to have hair again. And so he is depicted as a Pentecostal with his hair on fire! But wait,didn’t Mr. Wesley say ‘thou shalt have your heart strangely warmed, not your hair on fire’! Just sayin. Read more

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'And tongues as of fire alighted on them'

2025-03-18T09:28:42-04:00

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All that Jazz– the Guides

Last updated on: March 18, 2025 at 9:28 am By Ben Witherington

There are several excellent compendiums that survey the history of jazz in one way or another. The latest of these three major contributions is Ted Gioia’s The History of Jazz (OUP, 2021). Before that is Keith Shadwick’s, The Encyclopedia of Jazz and Blues (New Burlington Books, 2001), and before that G.C. Ward and Ken Burns’ Jazz, A History of American Music, Knopf, 2000). The latter of course accompanied Burn’s series on PBS, which was excellent as usual (though on the... Read more

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2025-03-16T23:01:50-04:00

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The Real March Madness

Last updated on: March 16, 2025 at 11:01 pm By Ben Witherington

So the internet is all abuzz with phony outrage that UNC got into the Big Dance— barely, as one of the First Four. And here is why that is beyond stupid. UNC played one of the toughest schedules in the country. One estimate is that it was the second or third most difficult schedule, and other than Duke, the only quad one team they played at home was Alabama, and they played well against them. Their so-called NET was better... Read more

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Let the games begin

2025-03-16T13:07:17-04:00

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A Good Read on St. Patrick— on St. Patrick’s Day

Last updated on: March 16, 2025 at 1:07 pm By Ben Witherington

Forwarded this email? Subscribe here for more Splendour of Fire, Speed of Lightning A meander around St Patrick Paul Kingsnorth Mar 16 READ IN APP Saint Patrick of Ireland, by Aidan Hart. I am away this week, and have not had the time to put together a Sunday Pilgrimage entry for you. Apologies: I promise that we will return to our wanderings through Christian England next week. Instead, since tomorrow is St Patrick’s Day, here is an article I wrote here three years... Read more

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St Patricius-- A real Christian

2025-03-15T16:53:37-04:00

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Black Bag– A Top Drawer Thriller/Spy Film

Last updated on: March 15, 2025 at 4:53 pm By Ben Witherington

It’s been a very long time since a stand alone spy thriller has shone up in the theaters with a great plot and cast that is more than worth the price of admission. You don’t have to wait any longer. This one stands in the line of the John le Carre kind of books and films, and has the British style and intrigue to boot. It keeps you guessing until the end of the film. Here is the tease on... Read more

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When is it o.k. to spy or to lie for the greater good?

2025-03-04T15:50:19-05:00

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The Princess and the Pretty Little Girl in Mourning

Last updated on: March 4, 2025 at 3:50 pm By Ben Witherington

While this presentation is a bit melodramatic, there is no missing the genuineness of Kate’s faith, and that of the little girl as well. It reminds us that there are more important things in life than following protocols when some has soul searching questions. Read more

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