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I WASN’T MR. SENSITIVE in my younger days. Actually, still today, I can be direct. And by “direct” I mean filterless. Like a Camel cigarette. Take the little Post-It size limericks and sayings I pasted to the front of my desk back when I worked my …
I APOLOGIZE for comparing first-time visitors in church to dogs. But the comparison did come to mind a few days ago. My daughter, Becca, has a new pup: a border collie named Tucker. Becca is going to be tied up over the Labor Day weekend, and she …
IT’S THE QUESTION OF THE WEEK. It comes from Debbie Curto, who gets a free book for her trouble. I’ve condensed her question quite a bit because Debbie gave me lots of info, to help me understand what she was talking about. Here’s her question: …
HERE’S AN IDEA. You know how I have the Bible Question of the Week feature every Monday? I’m toying with a Friday feature that that serves up a spiritual fortune cookie for the weekend. Something short and sweet to send you on your way after a hard …
TO BLOG OR NOT TO BLOG. That’s not the question. How often to blog, that’s the question. I may not make any changes whatsoever, keeping my current approach of one blog post every workday, Monday through Friday. But it takes a fair amount of time to …
MY BOOK MIGHT ‘MAJORLY SUCK’ for all he knew. That’s what Harry Nguyen, a California college student told me in an email on January 9, 2011. But he bought the book, Complete Guide to the Bible. And he was reading it. He wasn’t a Christian. He …
MONDAY WAS A TOUGH DAY for me. Emotionally. I blogged that wrenching Bible Q&A from a friend of mine in terrible physical pain. Nancy L: ‘I wish I could just die.’ Then I got emails and private messages from others—friends as well as …
IT’S THE QUESTION OF THE WEEK. It’s wrenching enough. But it’s made even more so for me because it comes from a friend. Here’s the question I got on Friday from Nancy L. “Why does God seem to allow His people to suffer? Even when He sees they are …
I WONDERED if folks in Bible times thanked God at the end of their work week. Friday was the end of their week, too. At sundown on Friday, Sabbath began—24 hours of no work. Just rest and worship. Ladies didn’t even have to cook. Meals were prepared …
I THINK OF IT AS the Second Stoning of Stephen, circa mid-1990s. The first Stephen died—right after shouting, “Lord, don’t blame them for what they have done” (Acts 7:60 CEV). The second Stephen, me, lived—and shouted, “Let’s get to a police …
EVER WONDER WHAT JESUS SAID to those to men on the Road to Emmaus, after his resurrection? Here are a few thoughts about that. They come from Complete Guide to the Bible, a book that has been around for several years, but remains my bestselling book. …
I DID SOMETHING LAST WEEK that I’ve never done before. It seemed risky, and I was a bit afraid of what might happen. I’m painting the inside of my house because professional painters wanted $6,000 to do the job. Actually, that seems fair given that a …
