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THAT’S THE QUESTION OF THE WEEK. It comes from Tom Temple, who gets a free, signed copy of one of my books for taking the time to send me the question. Here’s how he asked it: I have heard a lot opinions on this but what do you think Jesus was …
I’M DOING MANUAL LABOR. For the past week or so, during evenings, weekends, and occasional “vacation” days, I’ve been painting the inside of my house. It’s to spruce up the joint before out-of-state family arrives in October for the wedding of my …
I SPENT MY BIRTHDAY morning this past Saturday digging in the dirt at a local school where over 80 percent of the students qualify for free meals. That’s a measure of poverty in our community that no other school can match. Our church has adopted the …
A FRIEND OF MINE named Barbara thinks up church volunteer jobs for other people to do. It’s a good thing, in this particular case. Retired, she volunteers a lot of her time at the church. But some jobs are a bit outside her reach because she’s a bit …
IT’S THE QUESTION OF THE WEEK. It comes from Joseph Lee Hammett via Facebook, and he wins a free book for asking it. (Joseph, email me.) Here’s his question, which I’ve condensed and clarified a bit. “The Bible states, ‘The dead know nothing.’ Yet …
I LOVE COFFEE. But not in the middle of the day with people who say they want to talk to me about writing a book. The last time I did coffee with one of those folks was perhaps a decade ago. The fellow was a soccer dad; our sons played on the same …
IT’S A TAD UNSETTLING that no matter what I say in my weekday blog about God or the Bible, when I post the blog link on my Facebook page, it attracts only a pittance of the hits that I’ll get when I post photos of dogs in my family. I’m thinking I …
I HAVE A PROBLEM. Not a big one. A little one. I thought I’d turn this little problem into a little fun. Just for you. One person will get a free book out of it. Here’s my problem. I’ve got too many events on my calendar for Saturday, my birthday. …
A FRIEND OF MINE in my Bible study group is an alcoholic. In class this past Sunday she said that for a nice long time she had no desire for alcohol. After the initial struggle, the powerful pull left her. But suddenly one day, something flipped a …
IT’S THE QUESTION OF THE WEEK. It comes from Collette, whom I’ll identifying only by her first name—because her question is so personal. Let me give you a heads up about why I picked this question. It’s not only because I have a little experience in …
I GAVE MYSELF THE JOB of teaching a Bible study lesson on Psalms. A weird idea came to mind. Try reading some of the psalms to music. Different styles of music. After all, Psalms is a collection of 150 songs and poems—many of them intended to be sung …
THE ONLY TIME IN MY LIFE I played a round of golf is when I didn’t make it to the ninth hole. I ran out of balls before I ran out of holes. That was back in my college days, when Mom and I were both going to Kent State University—me for news …
