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IT SEEMED AN ODD GETAWAY for church guys. Fly-fishing. What’s that got to do with church? Fly-fishing is just a normal guy thing to do. Not a church guy thing to do. But we have an enthusiastic fly-fisherman in our church. He went to the pastor and …

IF YOU’RE NORMAL, you are going to hate this Bible Question of the Week. Not that you are absolutely abnormal if you like the question. Or that my friend who is asking the question – Wayne Sacchi – is 10 degrees shy of a snowflake. It’s just that …

I GET FREE BOOKS from my publishers. It’s in my contract. I keep a few for posterity. I give a few to family, friends, and folks in my church Bible study. But the rest – the vast majority of the books – I give away to people I’ve never met. I started …

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 …