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IT SEEMS LIKE A CRAZY WAY to start telling the story of Jesus. John introduced him as “the living Word of God” (John 1:1 Casual English Bible). What? Try picturing that in your head. It’s so much easier to picture him as a baby in a …
I WAS SURPRISED to read what a Roman dog owner in Jesus’ day said in tribute to the pet dog he buried. I was surprised because I know that Romans had a ritual of crucifying some dogs each year. Romans crucified the dogs for a reason that makes …
I GOT OVERRUN by YouTube viewers this week. Some 220,000 of them. I have no idea why my video What Romans said about crucifixion attracts such a diverse crowd: Loving Christians Crazy drunk Christians Kind atheists Killer atheists who recommend …
I GOT CAUGHT OFF GUARD by one verse in particular, when I was recently paraphrasing my way through the Gospel of John for the Casual English Bible. See if this makes sense to you: “Eternal life comes from the Spirit. Our bodies have nothing to …
I READ ATHEISTS just about every day. It’s not my choice. It’s my job. I have created enough YouTube videos about the Bible that Google analytics tells me I have about 150-200 people watching my videos every hour. It’s a little intimidating to think …
JESUS ON THE CROSS. That’s the first-known picture of Jesus, etched into a jasper oval about an inch long (30 mm), and probably worn on someone’s ring or as a necklace or bracelet. It dates to around a century and a half after the time of Jesus. So …
I JUST FINISHED paraphrasing the Gospel of John for the Casual English Bible. Kinda. I wanted to get the paraphrase out in time for the Easter Season. But I’m still working on the maps. I have some finished. But I’ll keep working my way …
PARDON THE HIATUS. I’ve been scrambling to finish an Easter-season video before Easter. These Bible-background videos sap a tremendous amount of time out of me because I’m an internet-taught rookie. I have to google nearly everything but my face, …
I JUST FINISHED the first draft of a paraphrase of the Gospel of John for the Casual English Bible. The idea for the paraphrase started as an experiment in Bible study. I decided to paraphrase Genesis while I worked on A Visual Walk Through Genesis. …
The typical meal for Jewish folks in Roman times featured Bread olive oil dried figs and a mess of stew made from beans, lentils, and peas. I wrote about that in a recent article: Ancient diet for a trim look. Richer folks could add some wine and …
I DID SOME MATH FOR YOU. I had to. The scholar didn’t finish the job. (Sorry, you get a B+, which is fine. It would have been an A- if the math problem hadn’t shown up on the lead page.) I’m talking about an article in the current issue of Biblical …
BIBLE PEOPLE DON’T OFTEN SHOW UP in archaeological discoveries. But the man who sent Jesus to the cross—Roman governor Pontius Pilate—just recently made his second appearance. Scholars identified what appears to be the head of his signet ring, used …
