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EDUCATED GUESSES ARE ALL WE’VE GOT when it comes to figuring out what the Star of Bethlehem was. I’ve written about the theories in a few blog articles and in several of my books. But in case you haven’t read about the most popular …
Perhaps the Star of Bethlehem wasn’t just one star, but many. One popular theory says it was a lining up of Jupiter (representing “kings,” since Jupiter, aka Zeus, was the king of gods) and Saturn (representing Jews who worship on Saturn’s day, …
MY DAUGHTER WHO IS 9 MONTHS PREGNANT told me I need to lose weight. She sent it in a text message this week. It happened like this. She and her husband bought me a nice wool coat for winter, in case winter comes this year. It was a fitted peacoat. …
I’VE ALREADY OPENED MY GIFTS. I did it on Sunday. I know. It’s way too early. I’ve never done this before. But my family had little choice this year. Here’s the problem. My daughter is nine months into a baby bump. It looks like more. The boy child …
Bible experts say John wrote the letter of 1 John to push back against a growing group of Christians who said Jesus was a spirit being who only pretended to be human. Those Christians apparently picked up that idea from Greek philosophers who …
CHRISTIANS CAN SOUND LIKE TERRORISTS when you get them talking about a controversial topic that they’ve already settled in some part of their head. Not all Christians. Maybe not any real Christians. But certainly some who call themselves Christians. …
CHRISTIANS ARE NOT AFRAID OF SYRIAN REFUGEES. At least most Christians, I’m guessing. I’m still waiting to see poll numbers on that. So far the polls seem to gauge only Americans in general—more than half of whom seem terrified of Syrians. They are …
“The last hour is here.” John wrote that about 17 million hours ago, in 1 John 2:18. Many Bible experts say he wasn’t talking about end times, but that he was talking about Jesus. As the theory goes, God started his marathon plan of …
DID GOD TORTURE MARY by giving her a baby bump before she got married, dooming her to a life among the Whispering Gossips? Isn’t it bad enough that women have to go through the agony of childbirth, squeezing out a head of cantaloupe through an …
IT STRIKES ME AS SAD what Mary does after Gabriel tells her she’s going to get pregnant somehow with the help of God’s Spirit. Presumbably after the Spirit impregnates her, Mary does what unmarried pregnant girls have done all along. Get out of town. …
The word hell is an English invention to translate the idea of God’s judgment of sinners. The original Greek word in the Bible is Gehenna, the name of a valley on the south side of Jerusalem. Jews associated that valley with God’s judgment because: …
HAPPY THANKSGIVING. Here’s my take on a Thanksgiving-style Bible song. 1. Crank it up everybody on Planet Earth. Make some noise. Show the LORD how glad you are that he’s your LORD. 2. Sing it out loud and happy. Worship him that way. 3. The …
