Award-Winning, Bestselling Christian Author
IT’S HARD TO WARM UP TO GOD in the Old Testament, many Christians admit. He doesn’t seem like a Jesus sort of a God. Jesus forgives a woman caught committing adultery even though Bible writers say God ordered people like her stoned to a bloody pulp. …
Did Moses really spend 40 years in the Sinai Badlands with 603,511 men—not counting women and children, which would punch the numbers up to about 2.5 million (roughly Chicago’s population)? One theory: Moses took all the Jews, however many there …
THE WORST DAY IN JEWISH HISTORY, some Jews say, is the day Jerusalem died – July 17, 586 BC. Babylonian invaders from what is now Iraq slaughtered most of the defenders. Then they ripped Jerusalem apart, stone by stone. Israel’s Holy City became Rock …
God’s top angel Gabriel shows up by name four times in the Bible, spanning almost 600 years. First he helps the prophet Daniel understand some visions, including one about “the Anointed One,” (Daniel 9:25). Later, he tells a young Mary that she will …
I HAD A TWO-HOUR LUNCH ADVENTURE yesterday, with 90 “Active” minutes and four-and-a-half miles on foot. That’s according to my Fitbit wristband. Buddy the Dog had just finished taking me for a walk on his favorite Scratch and Sniff trail in the …
PUBLISHERS GIVE ME FREE COPIES of my books. It’s in my contract. I can’t say how many books I get because my agent says I shouldn’t reveal the details of his negotiated deals. Makes sense to me. I give the books away instead of selling them. For …
Parts of the road Paul walked to his execution in Rome still exist. It’s the Appian Way. Flat stone blocks placed together like a jigsaw puzzle.Parts of the road Paul walked to his execution in Rome still exist. It’s the Appian Way. Flat …
FOR THE FIRST TIME in my 20-year career as a freelance writer, I’ve been asked to pick the cover art of a book I wrote. I don’t think most people know it, but writers generally don’t get pulled into the discussion about the book title or the cover. …
I DID NOT STAND UP in church on Sunday, National Grandparents Day, when the pastor asked all grandparents to stand. My buddy sitting beside me nudged me, adding a go-ahead nod. He knew that my first grandchild, a little boy, is alive and kicking …
Gideon was hiding in a hole in the ground when he got word from heaven that he was going to lead an army that would drive raiders out of the Jewish homeland. Heaven’s messenger suddenly appears nearby and says, “Mighty hero, the Lord is with you!” …
ONE EMAIL changed my week. It came this past Tuesday. By today, my son and I were supposed to be on the West Coast, prepping to meet with my editor and the publishing team: president, sales folks, designers. But the email reported that my editor – …
I WONDERED what a Psalm of the Bible would sound like while being read to the accompaniment of a banjo. I think like that. On Sunday, I’ll be teaching a Bible study session about the Psalms. Instead of giving the folks a lot of background about …
