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STORIES OF NAKED PEOPLE in the Bible are probably not something you want to read to a crowd of people gathered for a wedding. I wrote about that in yesterday’s blog, Skip this Bible verse for the wedding. Seems fair that I should flip the mattress, …
IT’S CRUNCH TIME. My only daughter’s wedding takes place in a month. I get to do lots of stuff at the wedding, like walk her down the aisle entrust her to the care of my future son-in-law welcome guests to the wedding reception dance with my daughter …
IT’S THE QUESTION OF THE WEEK. It comes from Renee K., a lady worried about her sister. Renee wins a free book for asking this question. But I think a book would be a sorry excuse for what she really wants. Here’s her question. Why do atheist people …
I CAN GET AS ANGRY as anyone. Even at Christians. Especially at Christians. I expect more of those suckers than I expect of the Other Guys. And too doggone often, I’m disappointed. Often enough that if a company rep IDs himself or herself as a …
I WASN’T MR. SENSITIVE in my younger days. Actually, still today, I can be direct. And by “direct” I mean filterless. Like a Camel cigarette. Take the little Post-It size limericks and sayings I pasted to the front of my desk back when I worked my …
I APOLOGIZE for comparing first-time visitors in church to dogs. But the comparison did come to mind a few days ago. My daughter, Becca, has a new pup: a border collie named Tucker. Becca is going to be tied up over the Labor Day weekend, and she …
IT’S THE QUESTION OF THE WEEK. It comes from Debbie Curto, who gets a free book for her trouble. I’ve condensed her question quite a bit because Debbie gave me lots of info, to help me understand what she was talking about. Here’s her question: …
HERE’S AN IDEA. You know how I have the Bible Question of the Week feature every Monday? I’m toying with a Friday feature that that serves up a spiritual fortune cookie for the weekend. Something short and sweet to send you on your way after a hard …
TO BLOG OR NOT TO BLOG. That’s not the question. How often to blog, that’s the question. I may not make any changes whatsoever, keeping my current approach of one blog post every workday, Monday through Friday. But it takes a fair amount of time to …
MY BOOK MIGHT ‘MAJORLY SUCK’ for all he knew. That’s what Harry Nguyen, a California college student told me in an email on January 9, 2011. But he bought the book, Complete Guide to the Bible. And he was reading it. He wasn’t a Christian. He …
MONDAY WAS A TOUGH DAY for me. Emotionally. I blogged that wrenching Bible Q&A from a friend of mine in terrible physical pain. Nancy L: ‘I wish I could just die.’ Then I got emails and private messages from others—friends as well as …
IT’S THE QUESTION OF THE WEEK. It’s wrenching enough. But it’s made even more so for me because it comes from a friend. Here’s the question I got on Friday from Nancy L. “Why does God seem to allow His people to suffer? Even when He sees they are …
