Host a Weekend -- GracEmail author Edward Fudge is now scheduling Spiritual Growth Weekends for 2007 on a variety of significant and timely themes. Would your church, Christian school or other group prayerfully consider hosting or co-hosting a weekend in your area? For a list of themes and full details about this nondenominational teaching ministry, click www.EdwardFudge.com/speaking.html here.

Palestine/Israel – Who has conquered the Middle East, including Israel/Palestine, over the course of world events? To see 5,000 years of history in 90 seconds in a video, click here. http://www.mapsofwar.com/images/EMPIRE17.swf (For a 90-second video presentation of the geography of world religions over 5,000 years, click http://www.mapsofwar.com/ind/history-of-religion.html here.)

Bible Commentary -- We are impressed with the quality of a new free online Bible commentary covering much of the Bible verse by verse. The author is Dr. Bob Utley, whose experience includes pastoring, teaching in universities and seminaries and mission work in addition to his writing. We especially appreciate his honest exegetical approach and his nonsectarian and inclusive orthodoxy. For more, click www.freebiblecommentary.org here.

Pepperdine Bible Lectures -- Pepperdine University has released the schedule for its Annual Bible Lectures to be conducted May 1-4, 2007 at its campus in Malibu, California. For an excellent roster of main speakers and class teachers (including many gracEmail subscribers) click http://www.pepperdine.edu/biblelectures/ here.