Archive for category: Personal

   Last week when I posted something personal about cycling I mentioned that I hesitate to do so because there are many who read this blog who are anything but friends, anything but friendly. I think it took less than 24 hours for Armstrong to post the video along with what he thinks was a humorous commentary. But I guess one

   You know, there are advantages to knowing important people. Take Mylo Hatzenbuhler, for example. Now, being that he is “the original Rock and Roll Farmboy,” he can’t hang with little people like me all the time. But, once in a while, I hear from him between his many gigs in North Dakota. He’s even called the Dividing Line! And then,

   I would like to do more “personal” stuff on the blog, but because my audience includes many who are only more than happy to exploit such things, I hesitate most of the time. But I’ve mentioned my cycling in the past, so I can’t see this will be a problem.    For a long time I’ve wanted to somehow attach a

   I will spare anyone my travel stories, as the trip back was more stressful than the trip out, despite my luggage actually making it with me this time. I have only one tip for all folks traveling in the UK: do not, I repeat, do not, use EasyJet to make your connections to real airlines. EasyJet is fine for quickie

   Ever since Ken Bleakley, pastor of the Larbert Baptist Church, contacted me about coming to Scotland to do an apologetics conference at the church, I have mentioned doing a night of “Kilted Apologetics.” We invited the folks to come in traditional highland dress, and as you can see, at least a few of the gentlemen were kind enough to join

   I apologize for not posting my schedule here in the UK. I fly up to Scotland tomorrow, and will be ministering Sunday, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday at the Larbert Baptist Church, Larbert Scotland. Here is the location. I will be doing an apologetics conference, focusing upon the issues relevant to Islam.    On Thursday and Friday I will be at the

   Just a quick hello from sunny, but rather cool (32 this morning–I saw folks in short sleeves), Anchorage, Alaska. I’ve been pretty busy since I got here, so I have not had a chance to do much on line. I have had a wonderful time with the brethren here, and will be speaking again this evening on developing a proper

   If I believed 10% of what I can read about myself on the Internet, I would have nothing to do with me! So to prove that I am actually human, here are two clips from two different debates that demonstrate that when your opponent is a nice person, debates can be useful, respectful, and in fact, moments of true humor

   I got this voice mail on my new Blackberry last week. This MASSIVE RADIO VOICE guy calls me. I mean, I can do a radio voice. I grew up doing radio. But, it isn’t natural. This guy has a radio voice 24/7. It’s…just how he sounds. And of course, I am referring to Todd Friel, host of Way of the

   Well, it took me two months to find the time to actually get around to doing this again. Back in December of 2005 I did a “triple ascent” of South Mountain here in Phoenix for my 43rd birthday, and so I was going to do it again for my 44th. I figured if I added a little in I could

   Since I am headed to New Jersey this week, and have a ton of other things coming at me at high speed, I have been negligent to introduce Mike Porter, who provided the most interesting article on Bullinger below. Mike works in the computer industry, and was a student of mine many years ago at Grand Canyon College. He is

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   I noticed this morning that I have fallen a good bit behind in personal electronic correspondence. There are a number of e-mails I fully intend to get to, but have not as yet, so please, if you are waiting, do not be offended. Other than my wife, everyone else has to wait in line! Normally, friends and associates get the

   OK, first and foremost, the cruise, the cruise, the cruise. Who needs that blazer and a tie? The cruise!    Next, as I can attest from watching Rich and Dave working very hard each day in the other part of the office, many of you are actually willing to give our DVDs and CDs and books and stuff, and we are

   Headed to some real cold weather this weekend, well, cold for an Arizonan, anyway! Check out this forecast! I love it! Can’t wait to meet with the folks at Covenant of Grace Church in St. Charles, and the many others who will be traveling there. I do hope the weather does not keep some from making it, though, as there

   1994. El Tour de Tucson, November. It was cold. Never got into the 50s the whole day. 111 miles of riding. Helmet hair. Yes, I had hair. Weight? 168 or so. I have no idea what I, and half the human population, was thinking with glasses that size, really. That’s my old Specialized Epic Allez bike (I miss it!), and

   Home safe and sound, but you know what it is like after you’ve been gone for a long time, and even before you left, you were putting little things off to finish the big projects headed your way. I don’t know when I’ll have a lot of time for much more than doing the DL and getting a number of

   Yeah, I’m the world traveler alright. Most everyone is off the ship right now doing…what you do at places like this. I have a load of laundry going, Beethoven playing on my iPod, and I’m playing chess against…my computer. Yeah, I am truly the party animal!    Now, for those of you who wondered if I would indeed do what I

   I would like to thank many folks that this book is being printed even as you are reading this blog today. Those who support A&O, the folks who helped in editing, Rich Pierce and our volunteers like Dave Gere, Mike Gaydosh and the folks at Solid Ground, Mike O’Fallon, Chris Arnzen, my family, the folks at PRBC, and, especially for

   An uneventful trip back from Long Island, thankfully. My major challenge right now is fully “shifting” my focus from events of the recent weeks to the Spong debate, conference, and cruise. I won’t be able to fully do that, since Tom Ascol and I will be making, in essence, the same presentations (though with a little more time, I’m sure!)

Despite getting to visit with the kind folks at the Philadelphia airport for far longer than I would have liked, and getting soaked getting from the airport to the hotel (you folks on the east coast have a roof problem—what’s with all this water falling from the sky? Very strange for us Arizonans), I have settled in for a week’s

   Since I will be addressing current issues in hermeneutics by 6am my time in the morning (I feel for these folks, I really do), I will be brief. Uneventful flight, but this cold/sinus thing is holding on longer than I at first expected it to. I’m sure many of you are in the same boat (kids go back to school,

   It is not the first time. I will never forget the feeling of walking out of a Latin class in 1989 to find that my Nissan truck had been stolen from the school parking lot. With it one of the most gorgeous, newly leather bound Greek texts I had ever owned, mouldering, to be sure, in a landfill somewhere. Then

   For those needing information on next week’s conference in Toronto, here is the conference website. I will only be there a brief time, I’m afraid, as I speak only on Saturday, and will be back home by Sunday evening (in time for the evening services at PRBC). I know some bloggers are planning a get-together, I just don’t know how

   I would like to thank all of you who have contacted us about the break in at our offices Wednesday night/Thursday morning. Just some quick updates.    No, we did not have insurance on the items stolen. I estimate minimum replacement costs at $2300.00.    Yes, some folks are stepping up to assist in replacing the items. I have a very recent

   I really, really, really want to write an article about the commentary offered by Sayyid Qutb on Surah 4:157, but I must be disciplined and exercise restraint since I am under severe deadline pressure on Pulpit Crimes. I should set up a system whereby I am flogged each time I blog on something other than that subject until the project

   Chris Arnzen, long known as the (in)famous introducer (and arranger) of The Great Debate series on Long Island, will be starting his own radio program live drive-time in the afternoons on Long Island this week, and I will be joining him to discuss Pulpit Crimes. The program airs 3-4pm on WNYG, 1440 am. You can listen to the program on

   One of our channel ops, sammy, found himself a wonderful bride in J, and today was their wedding day. I wish I could have been there, but I was on the other side of the continent. So we have pictures! Well, one, at least. Sammy cleaned up pretty well, and of course, J is just beautiful! Sammy had been one

For Immediate Release WordMasters Allendale, New Jersey    A student representing Cortez High School recently won high honors in this year’s WordMasters Challenge, a national competition for high school students requiring close reading and analysis of many different kinds of prose and poetry.    In the year’s fourth meet, held in April, Summer White made only one mistake and placed among the

   I wanted to extend my sincere thanks to those of you who took the time to click on the “support us” link and join us as a regular supporter. We don’t talk a lot about money around here–not because we are fully supported but just because I have never felt it went well with apologetics. We don’t make marketing calls,