Watching a prominent pastor on TV tonight. No names. This isn’t about me vs. him. But great googly moogly, he’s teaching his (very large) congregation that the key to success is praying like you’re a child asking for your favorite toy on your birthday. Seriously. I have to turn this off beforeContinue Reading

THE BIBLE was not written in a vacuum. Richard Burke, author of the Raising Up Pharaoh series of novels, has invested 30,000 hours of research into the ancient world to make his fictional realm believable.Continue Reading

SOLOMON’S WISDOM is legendary, and to the extent it is recorded in the Bible, it is also divinely inspired. This week, we begin our study of the Book of Proverbs.Continue Reading

Forty years ago, I’d never have guessed that I would define a fun Saturday night as one where I found fascinating nuggets of information in scholarly papers published in obscure academic journals.Continue Reading

The Fed opted not to raise its key interest rate yesterday.  If it had raised the rate, the economy almost certainly would have tanked before Election Day. Of course, Fed chair Janet Yellen had to defend herself against claims by Donald Trump that she’s keeping rates artificially low to pumpContinue Reading