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The following story was posted by Adam Carroll, son of my friend, Daniel Carroll-Rodas, who teaches OT at Denver Seminary. It is nice when our children get it. Adam is a thoughtful thirty something now, pursuing a PhD in Spanich studies. I thought it said things so well, I am passing on the story for your reflection. Just add God in Christ as one of the golf balls and the story is full.

Daniel Boyarin's study of the New Testament gospels will be a controversial book, not because of what it says but because of who says it. Boyarin is Professor of Talmudic Culture and rhetoric at the University of California at Berkeley.

Craig Evans has just written on the Talpiot Jonah Ossuary claim in the Huffington Post. He notes the ossuary inscription reading.

I have updated my original post on the "Jonah image" said to be found at Talpiot that will be the subject of both a Discovery Channel special and an ABC story this week. This post simply points you back to that update. That post is entitled, 

I spoke in the DTS chapel on Wednesday, March 28. Unfortunately the clip from Everybody Loves Raymond was not included that set up the point of the message. So here is the link to the chapel message and to the clip I used from that show that helped to set the stage for the message's idea.

I hope you enjoy it.

The chapel message is here:

Easter season has brought yet another claim about a find of an early Christian tomb at Talpiyot. This is actually a old story brought back from the dead.

Leaders recognize that ultimately there is one leader and model. So to be good leaders we are to be humble and show we can also follow.

Another common measure of leadership is influence. Leaders lead by influencing others. Some leaders lead by default because their position dictates it, but real leadership is leading others when position does not dictate it. Others follow because they desire to go the direction the leader leads. 

I often am asked about the work and views of N. T. Wright. Whether it is on Paul or Christianity in general, Jesus, or the resurrection, this British scholar has made his mark in the public square. What is hard for people is to take the time to read him, since much of what he has written appears in tomes of significant size.