Antichrist video premiere
“Antichrists crawling all over the place.” I pulled this title from 1 John 2:18 in the Casual English Bible I’ve been working on paraphrasing. “My dearest children, this is it—the last hour. You’ve heard an antichrist is …
Find a mistake in Peter,
get a free book
HERE’S THE DEAL. I just posted the letters of 1-2 Peter and Jude online in the Casual English Bible®. If you are first to find a particular typo or some other mistake I decide I need to correct, I’ll send you a free, advance copy of my February …
With God, it’s not about a good economy
BEFORE WE CHRISTIANS VOTE with our pocketbooks—like some people do who don’t bother with God—there’s a jolt waiting for us in Bible books of the prophets. One prophet in particular, Amos: God doesn’t measure kingdoms and nations by upbeat economic …
Mary’s baby boy
KING JAMES VERSION of the Bible captures the story of Jesus’ birth in wonderful Shakespearean poetry. There’s good reason this Bible sounds so much like William Shakespeare was on the translation committee. He was alive at the time. …
Christians arguing over Trump
DEBATING ABOUT TRUMP with my fellow Christians reminds me of yelling into the Grand Canyon. What I hear is an echo. It caught me off guard this past week, after I said I agreed with my former editor Mark Galli. He wrote the editorial for Christianity …
I agree with Christianity Today, bye Mr. Trump
I USED TO WRITE for Mark Galli, now the editor in chief of a magazine founded by Billy Graham, Christianity Today. That was back when Mark edited Christian History magazine. I’ve never been more proud of Mark than I was yesterday when I saw he …
Share your gift
“God has given a gift to everyone. He’s kind like that. Find your gift and use it to help others. Sharing your gift is a good use of God’s kindness” (1 Peter 4:10 Casual English Bible).
Peace on earth in America
ONE OF MY READERS posted a note asking, “Where is Stephen M. Miller in these troubled times?” Like I could fix it. Actually, most anyone with common sense could fix it if anyone with no sense would listen. But these are not days for …
No tithe needed
Christians didn’t start teaching that God expected a 10% tithe of income until the mid-1800s, according to some church historians. Reportedly, there are no sermons on tithing before then. John Wesley didn’t tithe or preach on it. John Calvin …
Eyewitness to Crucifixion trailer
PREMIERING TONIGHT at 6 o’clock Central Time: 7-minute trailer for the upcoming book Eyewitness to Crucifixion, releasing in February. This book tells the story of what Romans thought of crucifixions they carried out or witnessed. It was …
Apostle John the Turk
APOSTLE JOHN LEFT THE HOLY LAND, early church writers reported. He may have left about the time the Jerusalem Jews stoned to death James, the brother of Jesus and when Romans executed Peter and Paul. That happened in the 60s, some 30 years after the …