In those days a decree went out from Emperor Augustus that all the world should be registered. This was the first registration and was taken while Quirinius was governor of Syria. All went to their own towns to be registered. Joseph also went from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to the city … Continue reading What Mothers Believe

I never thought I’d write these words: Bill O’Reilly is right. On his November 28 broadcast, O’Reilly spoke with a prophet’s voice:“There's a very secret plan. And it's a plan that nobody's going to tell you, ‘Well, we want to diminish Christian philosophy in the U.S.A. because we want X, Y, and Z.’ They'll never … Continue reading Bill O’Reilly is Right–The Secret Plan to Diminish Christian Philosophy

Now when the Pharisees and some of the scribes who had come from Jerusalem gathered around him, they noticed that some of his disciples were eating with defiled hands, that is, without washing them. (For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, do not eat unless they thoroughly wash their hands, thus observing the tradition of … Continue reading Talking Points

It was a small village an hour or so from Jerusalem, along the bank of the muddy stream called the Jordan. Not much happened there, unless you count Lazarus’ resurrection, but that hadn’t happened yet. Lazarus was just an ordinary guy, who, with his ordinary sisters, lived an ordinary life. But outside their house, which … Continue reading Feel Good Hand-Wringing Prophets

There’s really nothing to this prophet thing. You just grab an old camel hair cloak, swallow a handful of bugs, make sure your hair is as wild as your eyes, and set off for the nearest riverbank. There, you make long, impassioned speeches about how the government and the religious leadership are in cahoots to … Continue reading Voices in the Wilderness–Christian Peacemaker Team Kidnapped