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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 …
LIGHTS, CAMERA, POP OUT THE WINDOW SCREEN. So I started typing this post to give you links to the Casual English Bible Christmas story. But then the sky lights up and it changes everything. Interruption. Suddenly I’m a shepherd in Bethlehem, …
I JUMPED UP FROM MY OFFICE CHAIR the moment I finished paraphrasing the prayer of Habakkuk. I ran to my Media Room (wife calls it Man Cave) and wrote the lyrics and tune to this song, I Will Thank God. I hired NYC musicians to sing it for me. But …
DAVID MADE A LIVING AS A RAIDER. He wiped out Philistine-friendly towns in what is now southern Israel. He killed everyone, took their stuff, got rich, and bought powerful Israelite leaders who declared him King of the Tribe of Judah. DID YOU KNOW …
CIRCA 2016. My wife, Linda, knows a thing or two about fussy babies. She’s holding our first two grandchildren on Easter, seven years ago. So when a grandmotherly lady in line at the checkout counter was trying to deal with a fussy child while …
OPERATION AL-AQSA FLOOD. Hamas named it’s attack of Jewish settlers after a place of worship, the silver-domed mosque in Jerusalem. It’s beside the famous gold-topped Dome of the Rock, built 1400 years ago on the spot where many say the …
SO BAD IT’S FUNNY. That’s what I think about some of the “wisdom” in a book the writer wants us to believe came from King Solomon—”wisest man who ever lived” (1 Kings 3:12). He doesn’t sound so smart in …
“Majestic, the God who puts humans in charge” premieres at 11 a.m. Central Time today as a short inspirational video, compliments of the songwriting gifts attributed to King David. The song comes from Psalm 8. In one of King David’s …
FLOWER CHILD. On a mountaintop in Washington State a few years ago, I hold my weary granddaughter before she rides back down the trail on the shoulders of her dad, my son. This picture came to mind today when the words of a Philistine to King David, …
