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I GET SAD every May 4th. It’s because I remember what happened outside the Kent State University building where I took most of my classes. Taylor Hall. I was a news journalism major there. That’s where I learned how to write and where I learned how …
A hill-country accent cost 42,000 Jews their lives. A Jewish commander name Jephthah had a grudge against the tribe of Ephraim for not helping him during a battle. He knew they couldn’t pronounce the “h” sound. He arrested their people at a border …
SHORT AND SWEET. I’ve got a question. What good is your mother? Seriously. I’m curious because I’m teaching a Bible study session about moms, and I’m doing it on Mother’s Day. Some mothers I know I’d rather not know. They should never have been …
IT’S BAD ENOUGH that we have to forgive viperous people in our life who do nothing but spit poison at us whenever they open their seemingly God-forsaken mouth. Do we have to stay in their snake pit and keep them in our life? Do we have to tolerate …
I’VE BEEN THINKING for the past week about stuff that scares us. I had to. It was the assigned topic for the church Bible study class I taught yesterday. It surprised me that more than any other command in the Bible, “Don’t be afraid” is the biggie. …
When the disciples saw Jesus walking on the Sea of Galilee during a storm, they said, “It’s a ghost!” (Matthew 14:26 NLT). They may have thought he came to usher them into the next world. Strange and Mysterious Stuff in the Bible, p. 16
I GOT SOME PUSHBACK on Wednesday’s article: “Miller, are you Christian?” It came from the passionate gent who wrote me the initial email – a man whom, I figure, is deeply sincere about his beliefs. And eager to pass them on to others. Like me. He …
I GET LETTERS asking me if I’m a Bible-believing, born-again Christian. The question usually comes with a sermon. Take a listen to excerpts from an email I got yesterday from the husband of a lady who, earlier in the day, asked me to unsubscribe her …
NOTHING LIKE A FUNERAL to get you to thinking about dying. We buried one of my uncles about a week ago. Uncle Henry. I’ve thought about dying more than most folks do, I’m guessing. It’s because my dad fought non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma for almost 28 …
When the Roman Empire legalized Christianity in the AD 300s, church leaders demoted pacifism. They started preaching a new idea for Christians: that there is such a thing as a just war. Augustine (AD 354-430), an African bishop, made that argument …
JACOB’S FAVORITE SON, Joseph, knew how to interpret dreams, if the Genesis writer got his facts right. But it sounds like Joseph knew how to interpret the signs in a conjuring cup as well, many scholars agree. “Why have you stolen my master’s silver …
A THOUSAND MILES FROM HOME four days ago, I had a flat tire. I was not up to the challenge, spiritually speaking. So I’m grateful for grace. I had driven across country to attend the funeral of my Uncle Henry, my mom’s little brother. My wife, …
