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Reformation 500: Sola Scriptura

Reformation begins with the rediscovery of God's Word: And Hilkiah the high priest said to Shaphan the secretary, "I have found the Book of the Law in the house of the Lord." And Hilkiah gave the book to Shaphan, and he read it.... Then Shaphan the secretary told the king,...

Posted by Michael Bates on October 31, 2017 11:24 PM

Battle of Beersheba: 100 years

I'll get back to the charter amendment proposals in a couple of days, but we have some historical commemorations that deserve our attention. There's the big one -- the semimillenial celebration of Luther's 95 Theses and the commencement of the Protestant Reformation -- but 100 years ago today there...

Posted by Michael Bates on October 30, 2017 11:13 PM

Israel 2015: March 7-8: The journey there

Now the Lord had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee: And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great;...

Posted by Michael Bates on March 28, 2015 2:10 PM

Back from Israel

By now, the loyal readers that have bothered to hang around will not be surprised by long gaps between blog entries. Work and family obligations have been preempting time and energy to write for publication here or anywhere The most recent silence was about family, but much more joy than...

Posted by Michael Bates on March 24, 2015 4:58 PM

Abraham the missionary

In NRO today, David Klinghoffer (who is Jewish) argues that there shouldn't be objections to Christians communicating the Gospel as they bring supplies and help to the Iraqi people. After all, Abraham, revered by Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, was a missionary for monotheism, and used hospitality to create opportunities for...

Posted by Michael Bates on May 23, 2003 6:23 PM