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We spent yesterday in Ephesus, getting up at 4:00 AM to snag a flight to the city where The Apostle Paul preached, John the Beloved was buried, and the Virgin Mary resided until she died — or, at least, this is what the local customs maintain...

Monday, our first day in Istanbul, was very cold and very rainy. But, as the locals said to us again and again, “This is winter, and it is Allah’s wisdom to give us this weather so that we may appreciate spring.” So: coats on...

Fulfilling our obligations as American tourists, we stopped briefly by one of the massive retail meccas that cater mostly to cruise ship passengers with plump wallets. The apple tea was delicious, and the salesmen unfurled their rugs with dazzling...

For friends in the Midwest who are dealing with several feet of new snow a day, this dusting of snow in north Mississippi is no big deal. Still, I confess Clyde’s early morning snapshot — documentation of our first white Christmas in...

via blogs.suntimes.com “Birthers” — Americans who, for political reasons, have adopted the extreme stance that President Obama is not qualified to be an American citizen — aren’t terribly well informed, as Anderson...

   We all like to imagine that we are supremely objective, but, as it turns out, our behavior — and even our thought processes — are ridiculously easy to influence. This great little article cites research that suggests, for...

The Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood (CBMW) released a statement Nov. 19 stating that the NIV 2011 has many of the same flaws that prevented the TNIV from gaining in popularity among the evangelical community. via bpnews.net Not just a...