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IT’S THE QUESTION OF THE WEEK. Johnal Kaln wins a free book for asking it. The answer seems simple enough to most Christians today: He’s the Son of God. But it wasn’t that simple during the first 300 years of Christianity. Church leaders …
I DIDN’T REALIZE how pensive I must have looked standing alone at the back of the wedding party’s line. My first clue: a photographer sat on the floor nearby and pointed her camera at me while I stared off in the other direction. I don’t know what I …
IT’S THE QUESTION OF THE WEEK. It comes from Steve Grisetti. He wins a free book for asking the question. Here’s his question, with his comments: Is water necessary in order for someone to be baptized? Case in point: Acts Chapters 10 and 11. Peter …
IT’S THE QUESTION OF THE WEEK. It comes from Debbie Hartman. Here’s how she put her question: How do we know which is the correct Bible to use? In my study group we have about six different ones. I was once told from a pastor that the correct one is …
I’M CONFUSED. I didn’t really become aware of this particular confusion until last week, when I had my eyes checked by my future son-in-law, the eye doc. Which is funny, now that I think of it. I go to get my eyes checked and I suddenly realize I’m …
IT’S THE QUESTION OF THE WEEK. It comes from Brian Wright, who wins a free, signed copy of one of my books for asking the question. (By the by, if you have questions about the Bible or Christianity, let me know. You win a book, too, if I pick your …
I SPENT MOST OF MY LIFE in churches that taught me how to be half a Christian. So did my good friend, Terry. Let me tell you about the other half we’ve both discovered. On Saturday, Terry and I along with about a dozen souls from our Bible …
IT’S THE QUESTION OF THE WEEK. It comes from Elaine. She gets a free book for asking it. Question came up in Sunday School today: Why did God make woman from the rib of man and not from dust? OK, Elaine, this is going to come as a shock. Not all …
SOMETIMES WHEN I CRY — especially if I’m lying down — I think of the lyrics of a particular, peculiar country song: I’ve Got Tears in My Ears. I’ve got tears in my ears From lyin’ on my back in my bed While I cry over you. Remembering that song can …
IT’S THE QUESTION OF THE WEEK. It comes from Wayne Sacchi out of Knoxville. He gets a free book for his trouble. Here’s his question: Why were the other disciples so indignant when the mother of James and John asked Jesus to put each of her sons, one …
I’M REWRITING THE BIBLE. I hope you don’t mind. It’s a little spiritual exercise I’ve been doing lately when I’ve had the time. I take a passage of the Bible and I paraphrase it in words that are easier for me to relate to. I read the passage from a …
STORIES OF NAKED PEOPLE in the Bible are probably not something you want to read to a crowd of people gathered for a wedding. I wrote about that in yesterday’s blog, Skip this Bible verse for the wedding. Seems fair that I should flip the mattress, …
