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PETER STANDS TRIAL before what amounts to the Jewish Supreme Court. It’s part of the story of how the church got started. Once a week I’m letting you take a peek inside the new paraphrase of Acts—the story of what happened after Jesus left the …
Curse-Buster. That’s apparently Noah’s name, or close to it. His dad said he named his son Noah in hopes that God would give people relief from the hard work they had to do after God cursed the land. A Visual Walk Through Genesis, page 48. Genesis …
PASTOR PETE takes the lead when Jesus leaves the planet. As the writer of Acts tells it, Peter goes right into the Temple courtyard—the stomping ground of Jewish leaders who crucified Jesus a few weeks earlier—and he starts preaching that Jesus is …
A Sumerian Flood story from southern Iraq says the eight kings who reigned before the Flood reigned almost a total of a quarter of a million years. Shortest reign: 18,600 years. A Visual Walk Through Genesis, page 48. Casual English Bible
I WONDER. Is it worth the trouble to make maps for the new online Casual English Bible? Are they sexy enough to help draw readers into the Bible? This online Bible thing is an experiment that keeps getting bigger and bigger. For one, the Trademark …
ONCE A WEEK for the next several weeks, I’m going to let you take a peek inside the new paraphrase of Acts—the story of how the church got started after Jesus died, rose from the dead, and then left the planet. It’s a beta edition, still getting …
If people today lived as long as Adam and others before Noah’s Flood, we could watch on live television Pope Sixtus IV (1414–1484), who authorized the Spanish Inquisition, serving as a color commentator for Court TV. A Visual Walk Through Genesis, …
BEFORE THE WEEKEND is over, I hope to do something new. I hope to give you a new version of how the church got started. Free, online at the Casual English Bible. It’s the story reported in the Book of Acts. It’s a beta version, not-yet proofed. I’m …
I GOT ROCKED BACK IN MY SEAT during a Bible study session on Sunday. The topic was world peace. “No can do. Not until Jesus comes.” That was the argument some in the class seemed to embrace, as they reminded us of the fallen nature of human beings. …
“The Lord put a mark on Cain to warn anyone who might try to kill him” (Genesis 4:15 NLT). This mark wasn’t bad or shameful or punishment. It was a mark of mercy. A Visual Walk Through Genesis, page 45.
ANYONE FOLLOWING POLITICS this year is upset—with the exception of those folks on medication or in love. Personally, I’d like very much to shake some sense into selected friends and relatives of mine. It would be great if that technique would work …
LET’S SAY I think one of the humans running for the most important job on the planet is a self-serving, sociopathic, xenophobic, narcissist. Or maybe I think the politician is someone who will lie, cheat, and steal—basically say anything or do just …
