Well, one entry is about butt sex, but that factor isn’t relevant. No, we’re talking today about locations in the world where people were caught in flagrante delicto, each being public locations that they really should have avoided. You might think the main consequence of being caught ...
New release:Hesi after 50 Years and 130 Years: Paying Tribute to the Long Excavation History at Tell el-Hesi, edited by John R. Spencer, James W. Hardin, and Jeffrey Blakely (Eisenbrauns, $100, butAmazonhas it at 60% off right now; Kindle $53). The Bible and Interpretation has poste...
Also known as the Kotel, Wailing Wall, Wailing-place of the JewsWestern Wall Plaza The Western Wall is the holiest place accessible to the Jewish people because of Muslim control of the Temple Mount. Known in recent centuries as the “Wailing Wall,” this was built by Herod the Great as...
When God set about knitting me together in my mother’s womb (Bible verse to come later); He probably had a smile on His face (verse to come later). It was probably a big smile, and at some other moments a tender one. He had an end in His sovereign mind as to what my destiny...
How to Travel the World on $75 a Day 1. Thailand Thailandis where it all began for me soit holds a special place in my heart. It is where I decided to quit my job and travel the world. I lived there. I loved there. Thailand is incredible. ...
You Are Not Welcome in Dudleytown! Why? Today, the privately owned nature preserve known as the Dark Entry Forest is not open to the public. Dudleytown is said to be haunted. A local rumor that has been frequently shared on the internet alleges the founders of the town were descended fr...
George Eliot’s characters are “insignificant’ often petty people .. she shows that their little concerns and lives are not insignificant. I can think of so many people I met, often in the workplace … friends of mine and my wife … friends of friends, etc., etc. … and so often ...
It is hard to exaggerate the debt that mankind owes. Shakespeare’s greatness lies in the fact that there is nothing within the range of human thought that he did not touch. Somewhere in his writings, you will find a full-length portrait of yourself, of your father, of your mother, and...
There is a passage in the Bible that has been running through my brain for several days now: Matthew 7:13-14 “You can enter God’s Kingdomonly through the narrow gate. The highway to hell is broad, and its gate is wide for the many who choose that way. Butthe gateway to life ...