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I GET STORIES FROM READERS happy or sad. Lisa is both, but mostly sad. She wrote to thank me for writing The Complete Guide to the Bible. She said she bought two copies. One for herself. One for her son Ryan, locked up in a correctional facility in …

SOME SONGS THE JEWS SANG wouldn’t go over especially well in a worship service today. Let’s consider one, for the Bible Question of the Week. Jews sang a song – and it’s in the Bible – asking God to bless anyone who would smash their enemies’ babies …

I’VE NEVER REALLY MET GOD. Not to shake his hand, look him in the eye, or even catch a glimpse of his glory gliding by while I hide in the “cleft of the rock” (Exodus 33:22). Still, it seems to me he somehow manages to get ideas into my head. I’ve …

I PROMISED to let you read some of the submissions I got for the iPad giveaway contest. I had asked readers to send me anything about my books: where they came across them, how they used them, what kind of reaction the books produced. I was fishing …

SO WHAT IF TWO GUYS want to get hitched? Or two gals? What’s wrong with them getting married and not having sex anymore, like the rest of us? (I kid married people, with love.) That’s pretty much the Bible Question of the Week. It comes from Igal …

RICH OLD WHITE MEN are behind much of the paid political advertisements in my red state. That’s the widespread speculation. Maybe it’s true. Maybe it’s not. The speculation is based on this fact, reported by the Associated Press: “Secretive groups …

I GET EMAILS from readers. Usually they’re nice. Here’s one. It’s from a young lady named Sarah Ruppard.  She gets a free, signed copy of a book for her trouble. A note from Sarah It is so exciting to get to write you and tell you how helpful your …

IF I HAD A FAN CLUB, one of the contenders for president would be the gent asking today’s Bible Question of the Week. Wayne Sacchi. He has been a devoted reader and encourager for several years now. Lately, he has been nibbling on scholarly ideas. I …

JUST FOR FRIDAY FUN I’m going to toss out at you two of the more oddball verses in the Bible. I’m taking a vote. These verses sound more like Greek mythology then history, some Christians complain. I’m going to let you read them in five Bible …

WHAT YOU’RE ABOUT TO READ won the writer, Kathy LaMaster, a new $700 iPad Air 64GB. Well worth it. Not just because she said a bunch of nice things about me, which sure didn’t hurt my feelings. But because of what happened afterward. Read …

YOU DON’T WANT TO DISAPPOINT A KID. But I did. I gave a book to a boy who had a name from the Bible. I should have known better. Here’s the problem. The book was about the most important people and places in the Bible: Who’s Who & Where’s Where …

A FEW MONTHS AGO I submitted an illustrated book that the publisher intended to print in black and white. I was actually bummed out by that idea because my strength is in color, illustrated books. And black and white feels so 1950s. On the other …