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WHAT’S NOT NEWS is that someone found evidence of Jewish King Hezekiah (reigned about 715-687 BC). What’s new is that this evidence probably wasn’t faked. That’s always a worry. Evidence shows up in the hands of some shepherd or antiquities dealer. …
DIFFICULT PEOPLE MESS WITH US. We get fed up. Sometimes angry. Even clinically depressed if it goes on too long. What’s a Christian to do? As a general rule, I recommend ignoring the advice of well-meaning friends who try to impose their life …
Genesis says God made “two great lights” (1:16 NLT). One theory about why the writer didn’t simply say the sun and moon is because many people considered them gods. The Hebrew word for each—Shamash (sun), Yarikh (moon)—were names of gods. A Visual …
IT’S A MISTAKE to believe that God created Eve from one of Adam’s ribs, according to some Bible experts. Hold onto your hats, this is going to get a bit rank. A new theory is that the Genesis writer intended his readers to understand that God made …
HERE’S A SECRET OF MINE. I write for people who don’t read. I know that seems odd because you might then wonder who reads my stuff. Not the people who read, since I don’t write for them. Not the people who don’t read, since they don’t read. …
Mysterious “sons of God” (one theory: fallen angels) married gorgeous human women. Their children were called Nephilim, later reported in the Bible as a race of giants who made Joshua and his fellow scouts feel “as small as grasshoppers” (Numbers …
FOR VALENTINE’S DAY, I’ve been thinking about how lucky I am to have married the lady I did. I dodged a few bullets, let me tell you. In Bible times, the mother of a king named Lemuel told her son what to look for in a woman. It …
MY PASTOR HAS GUTS. Some would say more guts than brains. But those are generally folks who haven’t been agreeing with him during this controversial series of sermons called “Facing Issues that Divide – Building Bridges and Tearing Down Walls.” He …
Earth was a waterworld some 2.5 billion years ago, before life formed. That’s a theory from Australian geoscience researcher at the University of Sydney. God said, “Water beneath the sky flow into one place, so dry ground may appear” (Genesis 1:9 …
LUKE DISAPPOINTED ME. Yeah, I’m talking about the Gospel of Luke. Lately, I’ve been reading it more carefully than I have in a long time. I hit a news flash. I discovered that a lot of well-respected Bible experts say that the angel wasn’t talking …
THAT’S AN AWFULLY NICE SONG MARY WROTE, the Magnificat – don’t you think? Have you read that thing? “Oh, how my soul praises the Lord. How my spirit rejoices in God my Savior! For he took notice of his lowly servant girl, and from now on all …
One reason some Christians say they don’t take the Creation story literally is because God created plants on Day Three, which is one day before God created the sun that produces plant food: radiation. A Visual Walk Through Genesis, pages 20-21.
