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Q Paul’s advice to slaves is particularly troubling in our culture that sees slavery as thoroughly selfish on the part of the slave owner, and absolutely unjustifiable. So how can we justify cutting Paul some slack and allowing him to get by with …
I DON’T WANT “certain folks” as my neighbors in heaven. If there are counties in heaven, I don’t want them in my county. Or in my same country. Or in any one of the 26 dimensions in bosonic string theory. Some people are bad to the bone, crap to the …
NO BLOG ARTICLE TODAY. Just a Grandpa Steve video. My two-year-old grandson meets his newborn brother, “Baby Evan.” When I watch it, my heart is warmed to see this boy’s loving reaction to his brother, whom he had never met and …
Q Paul says something that might sound harsh and uncalled for: “So-called believers are frauds if they don’t take care of their own needy relatives—especially relatives in the immediate family. Frauds like that are worse than an unbeliever” (1 …
I’M GETTING SOMEONE ELSE’S EMAIL. People are writing vicious emails to some guy named Stephen Miller, and they’re sending them to me. Emails Here are three of several I got this week. THE TAKING OF CHILDREN FROM THEIR PARENTS … WE WILL REMEMBER …
THIS IS ODD. I’ve got two absolutely true stories from this past week: a short one, and a shorter one. What’s extra odd is that I’m going to accessorize them with Bible passages that come to mind as I think about the stories. This is just for a …
Q LIFE APPLICATION. What do you think churches today should do about Paul’s suggestion that candidates for church leadership should have all the ducks of their household lined up in a row? “I mean, come on,” Paul wrote, “If a man can’t manage his own …
MY EARS PERKED UP this week when I heard politicians quote the Bible to justify doing something that has upset many in our country: separating children from their parents who are seeking asylum and protection. When I heard the quote from the Bible, …
I CAN SKIP FATHER’S DAY CARDS NOW. I don’t have to send them anymore. remember to make that phone call. figure out a comfortable way of thanking Dad for all he did to help me through my childhood and into my adult years. He won’t get my mail. can’t …
IF GOD’S PEOPLE ARE GODLY PEOPLE, why are there so many stories about rotten families in the Bible and almost nothing about wonderful families like many of us experience? I’m not saying we have perfect families. But my family and the families of …
Q LIFE APPLICATION. Casual English Bible says John the Baptizer taught that baptism would show that people : regretted their sins were going to start saying no to sin were forgiven of their sins (Mark 1:4). The footnote to the verse adds this. “A …
A LOT OF CHRISTIANS ARGUE there are no inconsistencies in the Bible. Other Christians say they doggone well recognize an inconsistency when they see one. And they say they see plenty of them in the Bible. I’ll give you two examples of what many …
