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“Dear family, if you catch someone doing something wrong, here’s what you should do. Those of you in a good place spiritually should gently guide them back onto the right path. Be careful, though. Don’t get caught in the same trap. Don’t let folks …
“The devil told him [Jesus], ‘Look at this. I’ll give it all to you—all the authority and glory that goes with it. You will be in charge. All of this has been given to me. I can give it to anyone I want. I want you. Worship me, and it’s all yours.’” …
PAUL GONE WILD. That was the topic of Tuesday’s blog article: Hot-headed Paul’s angriest letter, about some strong words Paul had for Christians in Turkey—and for the Apostle Peter. Now for more, but not of the same. It’s the same letter, but a …
PAUL SOUNDS A LITTLE INSANE in the letter he wrote to churches in Turkey. That letter, preserved in the Bible, is Galatians. (I just posted a new paraphrase of Galatians at the online Casual English Bible.) I don’t mean Paul seems clinically insane, …
Paul, over-the-top angry At the end of Paul’s intensely angry letter to churches in what is now Turkey, he wrote: “So lay off me. I don’t want any more trouble. I already carry enough scars on my body for the sake of Jesus.” …
“The devil said, ‘Hey you. So, you call yourself the Son of God. Prove it. Order this stone to turn into bread.’ Jesus answered, ‘The Bible says: “It takes more than bread to keep people alive.”’” Luke 4:3-4 Casual English Bible
I WANT A BIBLE VERSE to ease my mind. One friend of mine got a divorce. Another lost a job. Another had such a tough day on the job that she lost it, and started sobbing. And then, of course, there’s the oh-my-goodness insanity of politics that …
I’M REWRITING THE BIBLE into my own words. It’s a Bible study project I’ve been working on. It’s not a formal Bible translation any more than the Message is. It’s a paraphrase into the kind of casual English I use when talking or writing. I’m posting …
“When John was still baptizing people, he baptized Jesus. As Jesus prayed there, the sky opened up. The Holy Spirit came down in physical form, like a dove. A voice from somewhere in the sky called out, ‘You are my Son. I dearly love you. And I want …
A LOT OF ATHEISTS have been commenting on my video What Romans said about crucifixion. By “a lot,” I mean more than I can respond to. The view count is now over 446,000. People outside the faith have not been complimentary about the video, me, or …
“He’ll be like a farmer with a pitchfork in his hand, ready to separate valuable wheat kernels from the worthless chaff and stems. He’ll collect the wheat and keep it protected in his granary. Everything else he’ll burn with a fire that can’t be put …
PARDON ME for returning to my video What Romans said about crucifixion, but I’ve spent many hours this week sorting through cuss words and name-calling in around 1,000 comments posted on my YouTube channel about this particular video and about …
