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An ancient tablet discovered near the Palestinian city of Nablus may contain the earliest known mention of God’s name in proto-alphabetic Hebrew.Scott Stripling, director of the Archaeological Studies Institute at The Bible Seminary in Katy, Texas, announced the discovery of the lead tablet Thursday (March 24).

If you met Robert E. Cooley, you remember his arresting handshake. If you sat in a meeting with him, you recall a brilliance that stopped committee chatter or — more improbably — made sudden sense of it. If you worked with him, you remember a measured decisiveness that could pull your organization back to its mission or lead a whole new movement.

This article was posted on The Wesleyan Church International on 06/16/2020 Can we all get along? But, I can’t breathe, officer. Your weight is crushing my neck, but it will never suffocate my children’s dreams and the hopes of millions. Can’t you see it? They will. This is a democracy. You are a renegade constable indicted by an

This article was posted on The Christian Post on 02/21/18 Dreamers are survivors and are stronger than their struggles. History already proves this to be true. Our founders were sure of this—the dream needs to be stronger than the struggle. America’s dreamers had waypower. Marching from White Marsh to Valley Forge, they found a better

This article was posted on Religious News Service on 02/09/2018 In its 66th year, the event was a reminder that the dream needs to be stronger than the struggle. This week, the National Prayer Breakfast reminded us that the dream needs to be stronger than the struggle. This year’s breakfast proved to be an inspirational

This article was posted on The Christian Post on 03/23/2017 When “Hee Haw’s” Gordie Tapp died recently, we lost an entertainment icon. His straw-hat TV character — Cousin Clem — was a mainstay in fictitious Kornfield County. “Where oh where are you tonight?” was his hallmark scene. But his act and the show were almost

This article was posted on the Religious News Service on 02/05/2017 With his Darius Rucker voice, Martin Luther King Jr. prose, G.K. Chesterton depth and Billy Graham anointing, the Senate chaplain provoked our minds and prodded our emotions. Our country has many voices, and at this year’s National Prayer Breakfast one rose to an epic

This article was posted on Patheos on 09/25/2014 “Frequent Flyers” has taken on a new meaning in the Missouri hotel I frequent. It refers to the jumpers from the tenth-floor balcony into an indoor mezzanine. Its marble floors aren’t very receptive but are cooperative. During my first few visits I couldn’t figure out why uniformed

This article was posted on The Christian Post on 03/14/2012 When the large lady’s breast landed on the bald guy’s head, our little church was anything but dead. She got blessed while nursing and when she stood and that blanket fell, seems the men got blessed as well. Revival services just aren’t what they used

This article was posted on Books and Culture on 01/2012 The public and private faces of higher education. The “best of times and the worst of times” characterizes the contrast between many private and public institutions of higher learning. This divide was accented recently when Andy Crouch informed me that the summary of Baylor’s conference on educating