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Some Bible students speculate that before the Flood humans and animals alike ate only plants. Before the Flood: “I have given every green plant as food for all the wild animals (Genesis 1:30 NLT). After the Flood: “Everything that moves, everything …
THE CRUCIFIXION reminds me of my dad butchering a hog. When I was a boy, we sometimes drove down to see my grandparents on their West Virginia farm at butchering time, in the fall. I noticed that the way Dad butchered a hog didn’t look like the way …
I WROTE THIS script on the first Palm Sunday after my Dad died following his 27-year battle with cancer. The story is true…not just based on the truth. Every fact is as I’ve reported it. I still can’t read this without crying. I ran this feature last …
The Bible says humans are here for one particular reason: “Take charge! Be responsible…for every living thing that moves on the face of Earth” (Genesis 1:28 NLT). “Tend and watch over it” (Genesis 2:15 NLT). A Visual Walk Through Genesis, page 24.
WHO CARES WHAT I SAY about the two emerging candidates for president. It doesn’t bother me that people don’t care what I say. Which is why I haven’t said anything. Here’s what bothers me. Some Christians don’t seem to care what Jesus had to say, …
Bible experts can only guess what God meant when he said “Let us make human beings in our image” (Genesis 1:26 NLT). A few guesses. Like him: we reign, create, have character, and possibly look like him. A Visual Walk Through Genesis, page 23.
THIS TIME OF YEAR SCARES ME. Every spring for the past several years I have led the curriculum team in my Bible study group at church. It’s usually just a half a dozen people, sometimes not that many. We spend the better part of a Saturday assigning …
I’M KINDA NERVOUS. I became a grandpa on December 30. A grandson, Owen. I’m gonna become a grandpa for the second time anytime now. A granddaughter I’m calling Patricia. We don’t know her name because my son and daughter-in-law are keeping it as a …
“God made the giant sea monsters” (Genesis 1:21 CEV). Bible experts speculate that the writer, without presuming the monsters were real, was referring to myths about a sea dragon called Leviathan. His point: God is the power behind even the most …
I ASKED FOR IT. Last Sunday I passed out a sheet of paper titled “Critique and ideas for the curriculum team.” I lead the team of Bible study teachers for the adult Sunday school class I attend each Sunday morning. We meet once a year to set the …
SOMETIMES I WONDER if the only thing that makes someone a Christian is that they believe there’s a Jesus out their somewhere. They don’t act like him. They don’t seem to follow his teachings. And their general demeanor hints that they suffer …
Judah got his daughter-in-law pregnant accidentally. He’s the father of one of the 12 tribes of Israel. But he became the father of twins because he didn’t recognize his daughter-in-law. “He thought she was a prostitute” …
