by Michael Ruffin | Nov 26, 2008 | Opinion
One can’t justify what Lennon said. If you read the apology he issued in a later interview, you get the sense that he didn’t see what all the furor was about and it may be that, in a way and in regards to some people, he was just telling the truth when he...
by Michael Ruffin | Nov 14, 2008 | Opinion
During my first semester at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in the fall of 1979 I had the privilege of taking a course on Job that was taught by Dr. Clyde Francisco. One day Dr. Francisco was talking about the 1974 tornados that had caused so much...
by Michael Ruffin | Oct 31, 2008 | Opinion
My story begins with the Synoptic Problem. I hope you’ll keep reading anyway. As most of you will know, there are four gospels in the New Testament. The Fourth Gospel, the one according to John, is so obviously different from the other three even on a cursory...
by Michael Ruffin | Oct 9, 2008 | Opinion
We Christians really are the only Bible that some people will read. Meanwhile, about a week ago the Christian publisher Zondervan launched the Bible Across America tour to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the New International Version of the Bible. Two couples will...
by Michael Ruffin | Sep 10, 2008 | Opinion
For nine years now, far underground land spanning Switzerland and France, the largest and most powerful particle accelerator ever built has been under construction. According to the Web site of CERN (the European Organization for Nuclear Research), the purpose of the...
