WHEN I STUMBLE OVER a powerful Bible passage, as I work my way through paraphrasing the Casual English Bible, I create a video reading of the passage. For better, and
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Prayer for rotten leaders
THE PREACHER wouldn’t let us pray this prayer in church. Someone would hit the brakes. But it’s in the Bible. People used to pray like this. We do, too, when
Was King David gay?
THIS WASN’T MY IDEA. But the question of King David’s sexuality keeps coming up every now and again. Recently, another reader asked me if King David was gay—and if David
I used my toe to debate an atheist
THERE’S ONE THING I’VE LEARNED about debating atheists on social media: keep it sociable. It’s too easy for me to get worked up because they often come at me pretty
Shepherd of Life, Psalm 23
I’VE BEEN CREATING short videos of important Bible chapters and adding them to the Casual English Bible. This one is perhaps the most revered chapter of all. When we’re dying,
For the love of a dog
SHE WASN’T MY DOG. So, as I watched her die at the vet early Sunday afternoon, why did I cry the primal cry, like I did when my brother died
King David’s political psalm
DOES THIS TWO-AND-A-HALF-MINUTE PSALM sound like it was written by a sheepherder 3,000 years ago? Or does it sound like it was written as an op-ed feature at 1:30 a.m.
Here’s how a Christian dies
GOD GIVES DYING PEOPLE SOMETHING INVISIBLE. Strange to say, I’ve seen it. Not in any mystical sense. No hovering spirits or coins sliding along a tabletop. I’ve seen it the
Jesus on judging others
JESUS SOUNDS DIFFERENT in casual English. I just finished producing video three of three in the Sermon on the Mount series. There’s a big surprise smile, if not a laugh
Jesus: “Don’t worry”
I WONDER HOW PEOPLE WILL REACT to the “don’t worry” message of Jesus in the video I just released, given what’s going on in the world right now. Some might
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