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FIRST OF ALL, I’M SORRY. Everyone who subscribes to my free blog articles missed Monday’s article. I wrote it. Honest I did. I just didn’t schedule it for pickup on time. Here’s the link to the article, which I think you might enjoy if you like …
I QUOTE LOTS OF BIBLE TRANSLATIONS in my books. Skeptics among my friends have asked why. Some wonder if I look around until I find a Bible translation that says what I wanted it to say. That is not the way it works. My baseline education is as a …
The unforgivable sin. Bible experts don’t agree on what it is. But most agree on this much: If you’re worried that you’ve committed it and there’s no way you can get forgiven, you didn’t commit it. “If we confess our sins to God, he can always be …
MY EDITOR SENT ME A NOTE yesterday. Just two words. “Good heavens.” He didn’t use an exclamation point. Enlightened writers and editors rarely do. Exclamation points are reserved for yelling. This was not a yeller’s “Good heavens.” It was more of an …
I SPENT THE WEEKEND reformatting my computer. I had a massive “User” file on my small C-drive and it was giving me a red bar every time I opened up Internet Explorer to take a look at how my computer was doing. My son told me I needed to move the …
HALF-TRUTH. That’s the topic of a sermon series my creative pastor is preaching. Yesterday’s half-truth was this: God helps those who help themselves. For those casually surveyed Americans who told late-night TV host Jay Leno that this was one of the …
There were three groups of Jews in Jesus’ time, a bit like three denominations: Pharisees, Sadducees, and Essenes. Christian parallels: Pharisees/seminary Bible profs; Sadducees/pastors; Essenes/monks. Understanding Jesus, p. 214.
MY BAD. I forgot to write Friday’s blog. It’s Thursday’s fault. Some days a writer doesn’t get to write. I had a double whammy: curveballs from an editor, computer drive failure. Editorial surprises I was going to write my quota on the current book …
DID YOU EVER READ someone else’s mail? When you did – not if – did you take it personal? If the writer called the reader something nasty, let’s say: “Babylon, Mother of Whores,” (Revelation 17:5), would you figure he’s talking about you – even though …
I’M AFRAID I’VE GROWN A GUT. I was always a skinny kid. A skinny young man. A skinny middle-ager. But Mom said I would grow gut one day. One Day has come. I’ve just compared my gut size to profile photos of pregnant women. As best I can tell, if I …
NEWSWEEK magazine two days before Christmas published a cover story about the Bible: The Bible: so misunderstood it’s a sin. That article got a lot of my fellow Christians worked up and freaked out. I understand why. They don’t know any better. They …
SHUT YOUR MOUTH. Just so you know right up front, that’s the secret to a happy family – if family tension I’ve seen in recent years is any indication of the world’s best advice. Year-end holidays seem the perfect time to mention this. When I look at …
