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SOME CHRISTIANS don’t take the Genesis account of Creation literally. They say it’s because it sounds like the writer is driving with a poetic license. The rhythmic flow includes repeated lines that sound like they belong in the chorus of a …
I KNOW. It’s hard to imagine me getting complaints, given the fact that I don’t take positions on controversial topics in the Bible reference books I write. Instead, I try to objectively report the various ideas and the reasons behind …
I’M CAPTIVATED d by a series of sermons that my pastor is preaching because it’s right up my alley: Wrestling with the Bible. Tomorrow, his sermon topic will be “Dinosaurs on the Ark: The Bible and Science.” He’ll be …
GOD PARTED THE SEA for Moses, the Bible reports. A generation later, for Joshua and the Jews invading what is now Israel, God stopped the Jordan River, the natural border protecting what the Jews called the Promised Land. When I started researching …
THERE WAS ONE PARTICULAR DAY in my life when I felt: Overwhelmed Alone Exhausted—mostly from depression and stress I was twentysomething. I’d give you the backstory, but why bother. You’ve probably been there, too. Instead, let me pass along the …
WAS THE STORY OF JOB about a real human being in history? Or was Job a fictional character in something like a really long parable—a bit like the guy who got beat up in Jesus’ story about a Good Samaritan? I think most of us have grown up assuming he …
THERE’S A PASTOR in the Kansas City area who’s knee-deep into a 5-week series of engaging sermons on some tough topics about the Bible. Also a bestselling author, Rev. Adam Hamilton pastors the largest United Methodist Church in the country: …
MY PASTOR PREACHED A TOUGH SERMON about the Bible yesterday. At least I think it would have been a tough sermon to prep for. It certainly took courage to speak the words. I have no doubt about that. In fact, I wouldn’t be surprised if some folks left …
“KILL THEM! KILL THEM ALL!” That doesn’t sound like Jesus to me. “Feed them! Feed them all!” Now that sounds like Jesus, and presumably his Father, whom he said he reflected: “Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father!” (John 14:8) But “Kill them” …
AN ALASKAN BEAR ATE THE BROTHER of my former pastor’s wife a few days before Thanksgiving, several years ago. Her brother had been hunting. The pastor and his wife flew to Alaska right away. So the associate minister had to preach the Thanksgiving …
HAS ANYONE EVER ASKED YOU THIS? “Do you have a high view of Scripture”? They’ve asked me. It can feel pretty much like the question, “Do you beat your wife?” Many Christians say it’s an intrusive, intimidating query that feels like a threat …
I’M WONDERING SOMETHING about the folks out there who believe God created the universe in six 24-hours days and then rested on the seventh day. If you’re one of them, here’s my question: Why do you believe that? I know that’s how it …
