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HUMBLE STATS. Here’s where people are listening to the song from Habakkuk’s prayer. Body count seems low. But I love the scattering. It’s like little digital disciples leaving Jerusalem (Kansas City) to spread the Good News or to …
GOING FOR THE HEART. Spotify curators running music playlists offer their criticism and encouragement about a song I just released. Some musicians advise against reading the rejection. But if we make them listen to our songs, we should probably …
LADY IN A CAR. I hired a company to help me promote a Christian song, Thank God He’s My Savior, and I got this lady riding in a car and looking at the camera for 10 seconds. This is one of the few scenes I could show you. I think TikTok may …
SING ONE FOR THE PROPHET. This is an invitation to sing your own version of Habakkuk’s song. DO YOU KNOW SOMEONE WHO CAN SING? I have a deal to make. I released the “Habakkuk song” yesterday, “I Will Thank God He’s My …
THIS SONG COMES FROM HABAKKUK, a little-known prophet with a big heart for God. When we suffer a massive loss, we wonder what’s left to say. This prophet says it all. THIS IS THE DAY HABAKKUK MADE. I will rejoice and be glad in it. Today …
ISRAEL’S BOUNDARIES. Many are focused these days on the boundaries of Israel. Those boundaries have always been in flux throughout the centuries. For most of the time since Moses, Israel didn’t exist as an independent nation. People who …
A BALLERINA FOR HABAKKUK. This is a clip from a video that will release next week with the song “I Will Thank God He’s My Savior.” The song came from an unusual moment I had while paraphrasing Habakkuk’s last words, a prayer …
THIS ONE’S FOR HABAKKUK. For the sake of a song inspired by the last-known words of a prophet most Christians never heard of, we’re putting Habakkuk on the map…with everyone else in the Bible. We’re giving away five …
JERUSALEM, SOLOMON’S KILOMETER. Jerusalem was a one-kilometer town in King Solomon’s day, just three quarters of a mile from the Temple to the Hinnom Valley. This is one of about 900 maps we’re giving away to four subscribers over …
SOLOMON GIVES AWAY 20 CITIES IN GALILEE TWO THINGS: A MAP AND A CORRECTION (This is a cropped version of the map. To see the full map, visit the Casual English Bible, 1 Kings 9.) From 1 Kings 9:10-14, Casual English Bible. Solomon spent 20 years …
LEAN INTO IT My oldest grandson works the angles. He’s packing down the snow in my driveway until it become an icy lane for speed sledding. With schools closed, he and his little brother spent the day with Grandpa and three sleds. I’M …
JESUS THE TODDLER. Jesus was two years old or younger when the wise men visited him and his family in Bethlehem, at least as far as King Herod knew. That’s why he ordered the execution of Bethlehem’s baby boys ages two and under. IT SEEMS …
