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I STRUGGLE making Bible maps that show much detail at low elevations. I’ve just spent several tough days making two maps of Abraham’s trip to Jerusalem. It’s the time he nearly sacrificed his son Isaac. I deleted many other …
“That guy is a glutton and a drunk who hangs out with the likes of tax collectors and other no-good sinners!” Luke 7:34 Casual English Bible Preview of atlas maps for Luke Download Leader’s Guide & Atlas for Luke Casual English Bible
I’M NOT SAYING ISRAELIS should invade Egypt, Jordan, Syria, and Turkey. I’d recommend against that, if they asked my opinion. I’ll not wait up for the call. What I would say is this: the anonymous writer of Genesis said God promised Abraham a plug of …
I’M GETTING A LOT OF PUSH BACK on something I said in my video “What Romans said about crucifixion.” I quoted a Roman history writer from the first century who included Jesus in his 20-volume history of the Jews. Here’s the quote: “There was a wise …
Jesus: “Let me tell you something, of all the humans ever born, there is no one any greater than John the Baptist. But in God’s kingdom, even the least important person is greater than John.” Luke 7:28 Casual English Bible Preview of atlas maps for …
ONE OF THE CHURCHES I attended as a child got sold and turned into a bar. Then later, worse, a used-car dealership. Locals who would get a drink at the bar would later choke at the used-car lot. Archaeologists in Israel have discovered that the same …
I SPENT THE LAST THREE WEEKENDS sanding, mostly. My son wanted to build a table for his backyard patio. It’s a big patio, so it needed a big table. We are not particularly gifted in the area of woodworking. But we are willing to learn the hard …
“The blind can see. The crippled can walk. Lepers are cleansed of the disease. The deaf can hear. The dead come back to life. The poor have finally heard the good news they’ve been waiting for.” Luke 7:22 Casual English Bible It seems like a …
PARDON ME for feeding you so many maps lately. But that’s what I’m working on at the moment: maps for all 50 chapters of Genesis, in the Casual English Bible. I spent yesterday creating this view of the Jordan River Valley because I was …
I’M NOT SURE MOST FOLKS KNOW that Abraham, father of the Jewish race of people, was an Iraqi. At least according to today’s map. He grew up in Ur, a city in what is now southern Iraq. Afterward, he moved with his dad, Terah, to Haran, a …
When Jesus saw that a widow’s only son had died, possibly leaving her destitute, he talked to the dead. “‘Young man, I’m talking to you. Get up!’ The dead man sat up and started talking.” Luke 7:14-15 Casual English Bible Preview of atlas maps for …
WATCHING GRANDKIDS and making maps for Genesis in the Casual English Bible, I again ran out of day before writing the blog article. What to do? Show a picture of another map? Show a picture of smiling grandkids? As if the map ever had a chance. …
