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I QUOTE LOTS OF BIBLE TRANSLATIONS in my books. Skeptics among my friends have asked why. Some wonder if I look around until I find a Bible translation that says what I wanted it to say. That is not the way it works. My baseline education is as a …
The unforgivable sin. Bible experts don’t agree on what it is. But most agree on this much: If you’re worried that you’ve committed it and there’s no way you can get forgiven, you didn’t commit it. “If we confess our sins to God, he can always be …
MY EDITOR SENT ME A NOTE yesterday. Just two words. “Good heavens.” He didn’t use an exclamation point. Enlightened writers and editors rarely do. Exclamation points are reserved for yelling. This was not a yeller’s “Good heavens.” It was more of an …
I SPENT THE WEEKEND reformatting my computer. I had a massive “User” file on my small C-drive and it was giving me a red bar every time I opened up Internet Explorer to take a look at how my computer was doing. My son told me I needed to move the …
HALF-TRUTH. That’s the topic of a sermon series my creative pastor is preaching. Yesterday’s half-truth was this: God helps those who help themselves. For those casually surveyed Americans who told late-night TV host Jay Leno that this was one of the …
There were three groups of Jews in Jesus’ time, a bit like three denominations: Pharisees, Sadducees, and Essenes. Christian parallels: Pharisees/seminary Bible profs; Sadducees/pastors; Essenes/monks. Understanding Jesus, p. 214.
MY BAD. I forgot to write Friday’s blog. It’s Thursday’s fault. Some days a writer doesn’t get to write. I had a double whammy: curveballs from an editor, computer drive failure. Editorial surprises I was going to write my quota on the current book …
DID YOU EVER READ someone else’s mail? When you did – not if – did you take it personal? If the writer called the reader something nasty, let’s say: “Babylon, Mother of Whores,” (Revelation 17:5), would you figure he’s talking about you – even though …
I’M AFRAID I’VE GROWN A GUT. I was always a skinny kid. A skinny young man. A skinny middle-ager. But Mom said I would grow gut one day. One Day has come. I’ve just compared my gut size to profile photos of pregnant women. As best I can tell, if I …
NEWSWEEK magazine two days before Christmas published a cover story about the Bible: The Bible: so misunderstood it’s a sin. That article got a lot of my fellow Christians worked up and freaked out. I understand why. They don’t know any better. They …
SHUT YOUR MOUTH. Just so you know right up front, that’s the secret to a happy family – if family tension I’ve seen in recent years is any indication of the world’s best advice. Year-end holidays seem the perfect time to mention this. When I look at …
DON’T LET ANYONE TELL YOU there’s no proof Jesus was real. Jesus shows up in Roman and Jewish history books, including two books written during his own century when people who knew him were still alive. Jewish historian, Josephus (about AD 37-101), …
