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DID PAUL really write the Bible book of Romans? I’m finishing the Casual English Bible paraphrase of everything Paul wrote. I saved Romans for last, in the hopes that paraphrasing everything else first would prepare me for this tough, abstract …
“The Lord picked 72 others [disciples] to act as his advance PR team. He sent them out by twos—one pair to every town he planned to visit on his way to Jerusalem.” Luke 10:1 Casual English Bible Preview of atlas maps for Luke Download Leader’s Guide …
I’M NOT SURE WHO TO BELIEVE. Should I believe some of my closest friends, who say the Holy Spirit guided the entire process of putting the Bible together just exactly the way God wants it? Or should I believe scholars who spend their career studying …
“Mary had her first child. A boy. She wrapped him tightly, swaddling him in cloth. Then she laid him in a feeding trough—a manger for his bed. She had no choice. Bethlehem’s inn didn’t have any vacancies.” Luke 2:7 Casual English Bible Preview of …
FOR THE FIRST TIME in this new generation I get to see in my own family what baby Jesus may have been like when the wise men came from the East, bringing gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh. Jesus may have been two years old by the time the wise …
THIS IS MY CHRISTMAS GIFT TO YOU. If you want it. I think this will be of interest mainly to Bible study group leaders and other folks especially curious about the Gospel of Luke. I’m giving you the link to an 80-page leader’s guide and atlas of maps …
“About the time Mary got pregnant, Caesar Augustus ordered a census. He wanted to count everyone in the Roman world…Folks went to their hometown to register. Joseph did, too…He went south to Bethlehem…He took his fiancée, Mary, who was pregnant.” …
I’D RATHER PARAPHRASE the bizarre Bible book of Revelation instead of Paul’s letter to the Romans. Romans is Christianity’s first systematic theology book. I prefer stories over abstract theological ideas. Even weird stories like we …
I SPENT MY EVENINGS during the second half of last week recording and mixing a song for my wife. I can’t sing particularly well, even in the shower. But I did this little project for her anyhow. It wasn’t my idea. Someone somehow popped …
“The mother of my Lord” is how Elizabeth described her pregnant relative, Mary. “Mary stayed with Elizabeth for about three months before going back home.” Luke 1:43-56 Casual English Bible Preview of atlas maps for Luke Download Leader’s …
I REMEMBER FROM MY TEENAGE YEARS hearing a well-loved pastor talk about the “three kings from Orient are.” Seminary is the reason I remember it. That’s the first time I figured out that “Orient are” is not a place. It’s part of the lyrics of a song …
HERE WE GO. A test. I’m going to let you take a look at an unproofed, fresh off the keyboard look at the toughest Bible paraphrase I’ve had to tackle so far. I’ve been working on paraphrasing the Bible for the Casual English Bible. …
