Know Thyself

I have written on this blog numerous times ( here , here , and here ) about the Greek view of reality as expressed in Plato.  There is a str...

I want to share something that happened recently in an ethics class that I teach.  I will not reveal the identities of any involved, other t...

Following up on yesterday's rant, which was not really meant to be a rant, and which was not directed at anyone in particular, I want to...

The world needs experts.  This may sound like a trivial claim, but I think we see too often people scoff at experts. Take any number of issu...

I am continuing through E. P. Sanders' new book on Paul and came across this gem: "The tendency to use quotations from Paul, once...

This is a follow up post from Monday's post on Paul's supposed conversion .  I want to briefly discuss the change of name from Saul ...

I have been reading E. P. Sanders new massive tome on Paul and have been thoroughly enjoying the read. As always, Sanders' treats his su...