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  • Blog
    • When our faith glitches
    • Job is the right book for me now
    • Q for AI: “Do most scholars say Jesus never existed?”
    • Do ancient prophets still warn nations
    • Interview with AI about USA
    • Tough week ahead
    • Sad news: our dog Maizey diagnosed with lymphoma
    • Silent Night
    • Mere humans translating the Bible
    • For the sad half of the country
    • I’m wresting God till Tuesday
    • New maps for book of Daniel
    • Bible on politics: What to look for in a leader
    • Reconquering the Promised Land
    • Casual English Bible® starts blog
    • Google told me to write you
    • Solomon’s timber jockeys on a float trip
    • How to make your mother cry for happy
    • Father’s Day, I know what’s good about good ol’ days
    • Fundraising—How King David got Temple donations
    • Who would cry over a Sienna? Good grief
    • When God sent his sun
    • Erasing Israel from the map
    • I could use a grief counselor
    • When the Jews lost their Bible
    • Nudged to make a Bible map poster
    • Habakkuk’s prayer from Fiji to Finland
    • Christian music critics and my song
    • TikTok meets the Bible
    • Habakkuk’s karaoke video starring you
    • Habakkuk’s song
      of unbelievable belief
    • Bible maps & music
      Thanks Habakkuk
    • A ballet for Habakkuk
    • Too much ‘I Don’t Know’ in making Christian music
    • Wanna trade for 900 Bible maps?
    • 3D Map of Solomon’s Galilee
    • Snow day, then back to work
    • Wise men who outsmart King Herod the Great
    • The Casual Christmas Story
    • A thank-God song, pre-release
    • Baby-killing King David surprised me
    • Remembering to hug my wife for helping a stranger
    • Operation Al-Aqsa Flood
    • Fun with strange Ecclesiastes
    • Majestic, the God who puts humans in charge
    • Philistine: “Where you go
      is where I want to be”
    • Bible maps about Saul and David
    • New 3D Bible maps for 1 Samuel
    • The most beautiful words
      I ever spoke
    • Graduation letter
      for your daughter
    • FUN:
      The Bible on Gen Z’s work ethic
    • Resurrection: JESUS IS ALIVE AND WELL
    • Death of Jesus
    • Can Artificial Intelligence
      paraphrase the Bible
      better than I can?
    • What Romans said about crucifixion
    • Esther’s Spartan-killer husband
    • A favor,
      if you know what a backlink is
    • Interview with
      Stephen M. Miller
    • Death of Buddy the Dog
    • Hosea and Loosey Goosey
    • On the hunt for a better Jerusalem map
    • Lamentations to dogs in heaven
    • Great King from Bethlehem
    • Does Christmas get sadder
      as we get older?
    • Christians picked December 25 before Roman pagans did
    • Quoting Amos to rip the rich
    • Crying all week over a dog
    • Faith of the prophet who lost his country
    • Wish list of a Bible paraphraser
    • How to be a superhero
    • Who knew, God sings
    • A word for Mom
      from God knows where
    • Maizey, rescue dog
      living the good life
    • Our born-again dog
    • Did God send us a message 2,700 years ago?
    • Mapping Jonah’s story
    • Bible song for the nation
    • Obadiah dooms a nation to die
    • Half done paraphrasing
      the Old Testament
    • Isaiah, in Bible maps
      and casual English
    • New version:
      Isaiah’s suffering servant
    • My new favorite words of Isaiah
    • Bible maps on canvas, the giveaway
    • New search engine for Bible maps
    • Guessing what the Bible says
    • “I don’t know. It doesn’t make sense.”
    • I wrote this instead of vacuuming
    • One-question Bible Quiz
    • A Happy Mother’s Day message
    • Happy & Sad Mother’s Day
    • Queen of Mean in the Bible
    • Please pardon my glitches
    • This is a new look
    • A child will lead them all
    • Isaiah in easy-reading English
    • Find 3D Bible maps on
      new Casual English Bible website
    • Casual English Bible posts Judges, Ruth
    • Two deaths, a Good Friday reading
    • Russians stealing Bible paraphrase
    • Crucifixion map of Jerusalem
    • Bible maps on canvas, free books
    • What to do with a war corpse
    • I know why the caged bird sings
    • #1 Bible Atlas for $10, 10 words
    • Paperback and paper hearts
    • What it’s like to write Bible stuff for a living
    • Changes ahead:
      Casual English Bible®
    • Genocide in Bible book of Joshua
    • News from the mountains
    • Grateful to grieve
    • Free Bible atlas eBook for review
    • First Casual English Bible e-book
    • New 3D maps for the Exodus
    • For jealous husbands,
      women drank dirt water
    • When the Bible doesn’t seem reliable anymore
    • When we don’t agree with the Bible
    • Paul: Don’t worry, think positive
    • My Bible video experiment
    • Leviticus makes my head hurt
    • The Bible on Israel and Palestine
    • One sentence changed my life
    • Wonderfully made by God
    • Sweet dreams of heaven
    • A prayer about stinking leaders
    • I fought Psalm 91
      while my brother fought COVID
    • Prayer for little bro on vent
    • Battle of the ventilator
    • Adulterer’s prayer of King David
    • Video:
      Bible prayer for rotten leaders
    • Prayer for rotten leaders
    • Was King David gay?
    • I used my toe to debate an atheist
    • Shepherd of Life, Psalm 23
    • For the love of a dog
    • King David’s political psalm
    • Here’s how a Christian dies
    • Jesus on judging others
    • Jesus: “Don’t worry”
    • Let me explain myself
    • All riled up by the Song of Songs
    • Little brother is gone
    • How much can you take?
    • Funny-odd Bible Proverbs
    • Political and practical proverbs
    • Odd thoughts about virus, family
    • Proverbs: “Spank your kid”
    • Surprised to find it in the Bible
    • Christianity in one sentence
    • To make an idealist cry
    • Wisdom was here and gone
    • Watch Easter videos, get a book
    • Feeling a little afeard
    • What I thought I knew about crucifixion
    • Dodging the plague while paraphrasing the Bible
    • Though shelves are empty…
    • Talking back to book reviewers
    • Where life got its start, video premiere
    • Jesus is my brother
    • Valentine video
    • Read 100 Bible verses for 1 book
    • Antichrist video premiere
    • Find a mistake in Peter,
      get a free book
    • With God, it’s not about a good economy
    • Mary’s baby boy
    • Christians arguing over Trump
    • I agree with Christianity Today, bye Mr. Trump
    • Peace on earth in America
    • Eyewitness to Crucifixion trailer
    • Apostle John the Turk
    • Witches harvest crucifixion leftovers
    • Are Christians God-possessed?
    • Let conscience be your guide?
    • 300-page PDF Bible atlas
    • Revelation is beta-live in CEBT
    • The end comes next week
    • God interrupts me
    • Another Christian from my church shot dead
    • How God’s Spirit talks to writers
    • Hello to 7 cities of Revelation
    • “In the beginning” of what?
    • A Casual English Bible welcome
    • Harvesting Earth
    • End-time letter to Laodicea
    • How a Roman buries a dog
    • Easter pushback from the critics
    • Atheists at Easter
    • First picture of Jesus
    • Here’s the Gospel of John paraphrased
    • Resurrection of Jesus—why Christians believe
    • Sneak peek:
      fresh paraphrase of John 1
    • Ancient diet for a trim look
    • We found Pilate in dirt again
    • Sad enough to play a harmonica
    • Some days disintegrate
    • How to calm an atheist, accidentally
    • Walk on a snowy day
    • Video critics:
      ‘Trinity in 5 minutes’
    • The Trinity in 5 minutes
    • Baptizing the baby
    • Video: A father’s reflection on a miscarriage
    • Four souls make me smile more
    • Crucifixion
      or Mickey Mouse Clubhouse
    • It’s a good day to be unafraid
    • A Roman’s advice for Americans
    • Seneca needed pictures in his essays
    • Paul’s Rx for getting even
    • I shouldn’t have worried
    • Two reasons I believe in God
    • Bible won’t save anyone
    • Bible: “The dead know nothing.”
    • A valley called Hell
    • God’s not the only one to the rescue
    • Bethlehem Star, the update
    • Parable of 10 ladies with fire
    • Matthew is coming today
    • “Uh oh, that’s a coyote”
    • Mapping the Crucifixion
    • Voting advice from Jesus
    • Our worst enemies: relatives
    • Has the world lost its mind?
    • Why did God crucify Jesus?
    • Why Jesus shredded religion leaders
    • Balancing act: blogs, babies, books, and more
    • I do this in my spare time, deal with critics
    • Bad neighbors in heaven
    • One moment for a heart warmer
    • Stop sending me Stephen Miller’s mail
    • Grandpa stories and the Bible
    • When we invoke the Bible to do bad things
    • When Father’s Day is history
    • Why rotten families in the Bible?
    • Inconsistencies in the Bible? I see ’em.
    • A little update from Steve
    • The Bible on lies and liars
    • From Jesus, for worried souls
    • Jesus and the Evil Eye
    • Trolls help the Kingdom of God
    • Did Jesus get ticked at his family?
    • JESUS TO HEALED MUTE: DON’T TELL ANYONE
    • Story of clueless disciples reads like a joke
    • Where worms don’t die
    • Mark’s reputation: He won’t finish what he starts
    • One million see the crucifixion video
    • Dear Hate, I’ve had enough of hatred
    • Hooah to the Lord of Earth Day
    • A prayer till the storm passes by
    • Patience is not what I wanted to express
    • Q&A: Unforgivable sin
    • What the soldier thought of crucified Jesus
    • My life as a hardwood table
    • Sunday hangover song for Easter
    • The execution of God
    • Doctor’s orders: wear duct tape
    • Good Friday ahead, 2 videos
    • Christians grappling with what to do about suicide
    • God dancing on snowflakes
    • Warning:
      Don’t cut here; it’s hyperbole
    • Jesus: “If I can help”?
    • Killing Jesus, the video
    • How to bake a Christian
    • Did Jesus wade in the water, not walk on it?
    • When Jesus sounds like a myth
    • What’s wrong with Christians observing Jewish laws?
    • Time to shut up, time to speak up
    • “You wanted to hurt me…God wanted to help me”
    • Valentine’s Day on Ash Wednesday?
    • Suffering of Jesus begins again
    • James is live & lively
    • Christians alive, while dead as a corpse
    • Pity the rich
    • A chapter in Romans ticks me
    • Against three-point sermons
    • Church arguments, Paul’s advice
    • Proverb-worthy one-liners from Romans
    • When to choose people over the Bible
    • Paul’s solution to church fights
    • I’m not Trump’s Stephen Miller
    • Bible book that hurts my head
    • Is this the Bible God wrote?
    • Toddler Jesus wants a sucker for breakfast
    • Luke is free till Christmas
    • Putting Paul’s letter to Romans into casual English scares me
    • Wise men show us how to honor
    • “We three kings” weren’t from Orient are
    • Paul’s hitlist of sins that upset God most
    • Genesis, it’s new again
    • Reporting back on my Thanksgiving adventure
    • Paul’s wildly different uses of the “T” word
    • My Thanksgiving adventure coming this week
    • How Christian is “America First?”
    • When it feels wrong to be grateful
    • Bible women sexually exploited
    • Bible map 1 or 2; your choice
    • Israel is a tiny part of the Promised Land
    • A Jew who wrote Jesus into Roman history
    • Toilets in the sanctuary
    • Sanding away our sins
    • Abraham took the high road, Lot the low
    • First Jew was an Iraqi
    • It’s okay to smile
    • One act of kindness at a time
    • Flooding Mt. Everest
    • The all-day map for Genesis
    • A fresh take on Paul’s letters to Corinth
    • Paul’s high-pressure fundraising letter
    • A note to pessimistic Christians
    • 1-2 Corinthian Bible maps
    • Why kids get shortchanged in the Bible
    • Taking a day off
    • One-liners from angry Paul
    • Walking on water in a hurricane
    • God isn’t always invisible
    • I hope I saw the solar eclipse
    • Did Jesus die during a solar eclipse?
    • When our country gives us an uh-oh feeling
    • Good news for folks physically sick
    • How to live the bold life
    • How Bible birthday boys celebrated
    • Steve’s crappy voice for Bible videos
    • Apostle Paul in your face
    • Bible song for the road trip home
    • There have always been rude Christians
    • When tears are all we can give
    • Trying to figure out Paul’s end-time schedule
    • I understand why scribes edited the Bible
    • When Paul doesn’t make sense
    • What we learn from unbelievers
    • Black dog vs freshly painted white door
    • Can we tie up God?
    • How to bless a kid
    • Original sin and original sinners
    • Steve’s question for readers
    • Was King David a myth, like King Arthur?
    • Paul: Christians make their unbelieving partners holy
    • Paul’s practical tips for Christians everywhere
    • Atheists aren’t as shy as they used to be
    • UPS delivered the Gold Book Award
    • Okay, I made the list
    • Spiritual lesson from a Toro mower
    • My favorite lines in Paul’s angriest letter
    • Hot-headed Paul’s angriest letter
    • I want a Bible verse now, and make it good
    • Apostle Paul: “I’m not perfect”
    • Steve’s Q&A with atheists
    • What kind souls said about my Crucifixion video
    • What critics said about my Crucifixion video
    • Shame on Jesus
    • 2 deaths, a Good Friday reading
    • What Romans said about crucifixion
    • Email from a reader in pain
    • Acting Christian when someone deletes your pictures…the rest of the story
    • Acting Christian when someone deletes your pictures
    • Acting Christian at the barbershop
    • How about flipping a coin for church decisions?
    • How to think like Jesus
    • Did God pick who gets saved?
    • Dial down the grumpy
    • Alleged shooter in my subdivision
    • Take a break to laugh
    • Tracking Paul in Europe
    • Jesus video album
    • Angry Jesus
    • A prayer for people in trouble
    • What scares me
    • How to make a profit with prophecy
    • What’s a Christian to say on a bad day like this?
    • An oldie song about Jesus
    • How Christians spice their words
    • Human rules—too human
    • God in a gut-wrenching world
    • Jesus: “Stick your neck out”
    • Paul’s prayer for strength
    • How God’s people approach the end of everything
    • God, be kind in 2017
    • Battle with otherworldly beings
    • Mary’s baby boy
    • Putting Paul in plain English
    • Leader’s Guide & Atlas for Luke just released
    • Song of the pregnant virgin
    • On the Jericho Road
    • Is it okay for a Christian to punch a liar?
    • The second-greatest love
    • Peter welcomes a new breed of Christian
    • Giving thanks in tense times
    • Galilee, home turf of Jesus
    • The Bible’s take on immigrants
    • Remembering who we are
    • Wanted: godly political leader
    • Crucifixion myth: the body of Jesus rotted on the cross
    • How the first Christians treated outsiders
    • Not discovered: Egyptian army in Red Sea
    • Hunting Christians in Damascus
    • How would Jesus vote?
    • Wish me luck with Sunday’s Bible study
    • Christians running for their lives
    • Giving the Book of Acts a boost
    • How Stephen talked himself to death
    • Why I went to the funeral
    • When the Church started grumbling
    • Bible do-gooders drop dead
    • Trout CPR in the kingdom of God
    • A good lawyer
    • When Jews tell apostles: Shut up
    • Pastor Pete takes charge of the church
    • Are Bible maps sexy?
    • Here comes the Holy Spirit
    • Here comes a new, easy-reading Book of Acts
    • Christians who say there’s no hope for world peace
    • Why won’t people just agree with me?
    • Sometimes we can’t even speak the truth in love
    • When the Bible changes my heartrate
    • Fear not: Christian response to terror?
    • Uncomfortable question about goddess Artemis
    • Have you ever done this before?
    • Bible Paul was a blunt gent
    • My one and only book dedication
    • Smile when you don’t say a word
    • How to criticize a Christian writer
    • Does your church have an odor?
    • Christians can be skeptics, too
    • Baby baptism or dedication: big difference?
    • God: “I’m sorry I made you”
    • How Adam’s original sin messed us up
    • 200,000-year-old Eve
    • Readers are editing my Bible
    • Job’s question about shooters gone wild
    • LIVE: Casual English Bible
    • Casual English Bible: Genesis, live this week
    • I’ve never done this one before
    • A Bible study lesson I chose not to teach
    • How a Christian writer should handle complaints
    • When Christians believe it, but don’t live it
    • Why Christians don’t help through the USA
    • Spoiler alert: I did not get a discount for good looks
    • Psalm for sad American Christians
    • Canaanite ruins in a high-rise
    • Why I hugged my wife on Tuesday
    • I can’t translate “blessed”
    • A writer interrupted by garlic
    • Paul needed more jail time
    • The obsolete favorite Bible verse
    • Is Bible history as good as my memory?
    • Smart people who don’t believe in God
    • How to fish like a Bible guy
    • The kid: a gift from God
    • Writer gone fishin’ & Bible quotin’
    • Mr. Trump is not the Antichrist
    • Crucifixion in naked, gritty detail
    • 2 deaths, a Good Friday reading
    • Donald Trump & the King of Kings
    • How I brainstorm Bible study ideas
    • Why Grandpa feels antsy
    • How to criticize your Bible study leader
    • When Christianity doesn’t make a difference
    • King Hezekiah’s name in a trash can
    • Forgive ’em, forget ’em, move on
    • Two men who created women
    • For folks who don’t read Bibles
    • What to do with a good wife
    • Talking guns, politics in church
    • Jesus for Jews at Christmas
    • What if Luke made stuff up?
    • Christians badmouth each other
    • Christian response to refugees
    • Rockabye grandbaby
    • Myths of Genesis
    • It’s not just writing books anymore
    • Kind word for a writer
    • Seeing NASA in Genesis
    • Gospel of reformatting
    • Joseph, from slave to slave maker
    • Mary’s baby boy
    • Star of Bethlehem
    • Waiting for the Boy Child
    • Is Jesus enough for Christmas?
    • When it doesn’t quack like a Christian
    • Christians not afraid of getting blown to kingdom come
    • Mary’s uninvited baby bump
    • Pregnant Mary catches first bus out of town
    • Crank it up and thank God
    • When preachers turn Christians into Jews
    • Thank God for what?
    • 4,000 years of racism
    • Pardon the profanity
    • How to bless someone’s soul before we kick the bucket
    • What the World Series taught me about the Bible
    • Say something nice for a change
    • How to name your kid, the Bible way
    • Joshua’s strategy for killing Canaanites
    • When our kids make us cry for happy
    • When Jews did the knifing in Israel
    • How Bible folks used incense
    • I get to be the Best Man
    • How Jesus is like the Old Testament God
    • Gone: Israel
    • Looking for lost sheep and chocolate labs
    • Gratis book for Bible newbies
    • How to picture Genesis
    • Two grandkids on the way
    • Death: God’s worst idea?
    • Singing the Psalms with a banjo
    • A rock that traveled with Moses
    • Taking time to smell the fish
    • A magical phrase? “…in Jesus’ name”
    • I know where God parked his Glory
    • Clues to a Canaanite worship service
    • The book is done, for now
    • What Romans said about crucifixion
    • The geek in me: making maps for Bible study
    • When Christians betray us
    • Surprised by a bad Bible study idea
    • Gospel of Misquoted Jesus
    • Did Moses borrow God from Egyptians?
    • An evening with a hungry writer
    • A Christian writer’s guide to vacationing
    • A song for family reunions
    • How not to argue about the Bible
    • Oddballs in family trees: mine and Jesus’
    • Would Jesus take a vacation?
    • Why some Christians are okay with gay
    • Gone fishin’
    • More evidence for the miracle: Jordan River stops
    • What writers do when the book arrives
    • My prayer before writing a book proposal
    • Christian checklist for after a mass shooting
    • Friends in need with friends in deed
    • God is not the Great Yahoo
    • Kiss your kid this weekend
    • How to break a bad tradition
    • The Bible’s take on rain
    • Puzzled about how to spend my time
    • When a Bible expert visits your class
    • When not to believe the Bible
    • When Christians disappoint us
    • What to do when the news is depressing
    • How the Lamb of God gave me goosebumps
    • Bless your kids dumbstruck
    • A song about God’s protection
    • Memorial Month: Kids I respect
    • Wondering why Christians are losing
    • Job advice for college graduates
    • What to do about rotten moms
    • Three-dog nights
    • Kind words about Mom for Mother’s Day
    • My Memorial Day comes early: May 4th
    • Getting ready for Mother’s Day
    • Poisonous people – what’s a Christian to do?
    • God: “Don’t be afraid”
    • Censored comments about Miller
    • “Miller, are you Christian?”
    • Thinking about us dead
    • Was Joseph a sorcerer?
    • Christian vs. a flat tire
    • Funeral ahead
    • Is there a seventh heaven?
    • Goodbye Uncle Henry
    • Joseph and Mrs. Potiphar, a rip-off story?
    • What Romans said about crucifixion
    • Five trials of Jesus
    • Two deaths, a Good Friday reading
    • Why Tamar stalked her father-in-law
    • Why I make my own Bible maps
    • March Madness in the Bible: checkers
    • Windows: a good idea in Bible times
    • Sing when people do you wrong
    • Wrestle God, get a blessing
    • What to do with a hurtful word
    • Psalm for one tough day
    • Worst father-in-law in the Bible
    • Was Noah’s Flood just another flood myth?
    • Mount Ararat: No parking
    • A personal relationship with Jesus. Really?
    • John the Baptist: Advance man for Jesus
    • Stained glass religion
    • Jonah, caught by a fish and thrown back
    • My $35 contribution to Bible study
    • Bible: It’s OK to have fun
    • Did God tell Samuel to fib?
    • Psalm 13 for Friday the 13th
    • Just say it: “I love you”
    • A suitable song for Monday
    • Is God OK with violence?
    • Burned alive: What to do about evil
    • Was Sarah the evil stepmother?
    • Theology of Sheriff Andy Taylor
    • A 90-year-old pregnant woman?
    • Steve’s Beatitudes, plagiarizing Jesus
    • Surrogate moms, body doubles in the Bible
    • One last Christmas gift
    • How I pick my Bible translations
    • Jesus likes pictures, too
    • Could God reformat our life?
    • Does God help those who help themselves?
    • Blog article I didn’t write
    • Revelation, somebody else’s mail
    • Do something different this year
    • Why I don’t worship the Bible
    • Secret to a happy family
    • Here’s proof Jesus lived on earth
    • Before Jesus was human
    • Daddy died an addict – did he go to heaven?
    • Heroes we can count on
    • Why I write in a messy room
    • What was the Star of Bethlehem?
    • Ghosts of Christmas past
    • Torture: Christian-style?
    • Christians, obey the authorities?
    • Christians doing nothing for nobody
    • Pizza with a black guy
    • Was Eden’s snake the devil?
    • Thank you very much, God
    • Experiment: One thanks for each complaint
    • Why did Jesus have to die, part deux?
    • A better way of thinking
    • Middle-of-the-week unholy blahs
    • What is the ‘Second Death’?
    • When our elders raise cane
    • It’s off to the courthouse
    • Scariest teachings of Jesus
    • Why won’t anyone give me lots of money?
    • Review books for virgin readers
    • Marry your rapist?
    • A Quick, Guided Tour Through the Bible
    • Fly-fishers of men: gent retreat
    • A Bible question you’ll hate
    • Why I give away my books
    • A mom’s son in lock down
    • “Smashing Babies,” the Jewish song
    • How God gets into my head
    • What readers think of me and my books
    • What’s wrong with same-sex marriages?
    • Could we Christians mute political TV ads?
    • Studying the Bible with fish sticks
    • Why did Jesus die?
    • Pick a fav Bible translation
    • Kind words win the iPad
    • Why “Asher” didn’t make my list
    • How to please a book designer
    • “My sister came out as gay”
    • The Bible says who should run the church?
    • Lions refuse to eat a vegetarian
    • Will we recognize people in heaven?
    • Heaven: Will we remember folks who didn’t make it?
    • Bible verses that make me smile
    • How I answered a critic, encouraged a friend
    • How to teach kids the Bible
    • Bushwhacking a friend with kind words
    • When God grabs hold of me
    • What to do about Paul, the Jew basher
    • How to buy a compliment for $700
    • Love your fellow cracker as yourself
    • Why doesn’t God heal Tim?
    • How to write Bible reference books
    • Feeling a little homesick?
    • Does Psalms need an organizer?
    • We don’t have to stone women
    • Dogs get a bad rap in the Bible
    • Building a website with my guts
    • Purgatory: Mudroom into heaven?
    • My surprise birthday party
    • Does everything turn out ok in the end?
    • What I learned about my son on Whistler Mountain
    • A home for Rosa, revisited
    • Who’s the “Us” God said created us?
    • I’m a writer gone to the dogs
    • When a book flops
    • Is it murder to kill in war?
    • Me: One writer’s to-do list
    • Shameless persistence in prayer
    • Circumcision: a little off the top
    • Not a positive book review
    • How to control the Holy Spirit
    • Who was Adam’s wife before Eve?
    • Some days are dirt
    • You can talk yourself to death
    • A Bible verse for pet lovers
    • A word of advice to the preacher
    • Advice for young men on the prowl
    • A right fine place to get advice
    • When neighbors can’t get along
    • World Cup soccer theology
    • Does God regret creating us?
    • A Father’s Day gift to the kids
    • Why the good die young
    • Where did the devil come from?
    • Why I have to translate Bible scholars
    • Family reunion ahead; is that good?
    • Why did Bible-time men have so many wives?
    • Is God a Union man?
    • Write your own Bible
    • Was I reincarnated?
    • “A cow peed on my windshield”
    • Wondering if the Bible got it wrong
    • How did we get different races of people?
    • How did Jesus get mail?
    • Goodbye letter to my high school grad
    • Revelation: past, present, or future?
    • WWJD with this neighbor
    • What I can’t understand about my kids
    • Does God need a capital H?
    • How I got a free haircut
    • Do you see a trend in my bad reviews?
    • Did angels marry human women?
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    • A working grunt’s Bible song
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    • Unselfish people I’ve seen lately
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    • I wrote songs in high school
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    • What about near-death experiences?
    • I’m the new Bible Guy?
    • What happens to dead Christians?
    • I hugged a Mennonite stranger
    • My most persistent battle as a Christian writer
    • Q&A with Steve, part deux
    • Q&A with Steve
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    • Thanking God it’s Friday
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    • One day off work, for a kind deed
    • What I think when the kids come home
    • Did Jesus tell his guys to lock and load?
    • Bible tip for reducing vacation stress
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    • Buddy the Dog: baby bunny killer
    • I deserve a break today
    • How to properly worry
    • Fine art of criticizing
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    • Apple’s Siri embarrassed me in Bible study
    • Success as the Bible sees it
    • A Mother’s Day song from the Bible
    • A father’s reflection on a miscarriage
    • Which sea did Moses part?
    • When tempers flare during group Bible study
    • Nurses are the good guys
    • Single ministers need not apply
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    • Having the pastor for lunch
    • Bipolar Psalms
    • Goodbye pastor: view from the pew
    • The Bible says what about tattoos?
    • Waiting while my friend has surgery
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    • A new New Testament
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    • Liberal Christians in hiding
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    • What killed Paul?
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    • Here comes the snow, again
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    • Taking God’s name in vain?
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    • The dog I almost rescued
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    • How to feed your wolf
    • Honor your father who abuses you?
    • Pointing politicians to the Yellow Brick Road
    • Preaching to the president: the text
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    • Who stole Matthew 17:21?
    • An incredibly odd devotional thought
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    • Keep the Bible questions coming
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    • Valley of Armageddon
    • Bible questions ahead
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    • Plan something little in 2013
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    • Merry Christmas & Happy 2013
    • What would Jesus chew?
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    • Merry Christmas, Buddy the Dog
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    • Can’t Almighty God stop a shooter?
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    • Star of Bethlehem
    • The theology of Deputy Barney Fife
    • What did Jesus look like?
    • Day in the life: Bible reference writer
    • Why I don’t write for Christians
    • I taught the Bible without a Bible
    • A day in hell
    • Eyes open for kids in need
    • Merry Christmas to winners of the drawing
    • How Christian is a Christian Christmas?
    • Bible study needs more geeks
    • Gabriel, top-dog angel
    • A merry atheist Christmas to all
    • Dead Sea: fish-free zone
    • Christians, chill out about Christmas
    • Nephew on spin cycle
    • Thanking God for the kids, part 2
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    • A final word for angry voters
    • Billy Graham says vote Republican? Really?
    • What non-Christians think of Christian voters
    • Why Christians vote Republican, the sequel
    • Why are Christians voting Republican?
    • If God is good, why so much suffering?
    • Using the Bible to pick a candidate
    • Are rape babies God’s will?
    • Charity: Should we make it the law?
    • Does life begin at conception?
    • Would Jesus vote Republican?
    • What heaven is like
    • A letter to my daughter’s kindergarten teacher
    • Why doesn’t God say hello?
    • Beauty fades: It’s in the Bible
    • Trial by fire for enemy of Moses
    • The Iraqi Flood Story
    • Armageddon: a few theories
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    • Bible in one hand, paintbrush in another
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    • Killer Granny: The Jewish queen
    • Is God anything we want him to be?
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    • When I get complaints
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    • Wrestling with the Bible
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    • A few questions about prophets
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    • John the Baptist in a nutshell
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    • Mary scolds 12-year-old Jesus
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    • John the Baptist didn’t drink wine
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    • A one-year cruise
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    • Adam’s 930th Happy Birthday
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    • Cure for Original Sin
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    • Devil of a snake
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    • Divine CPR
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    • Adam: Human dustball
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    • Did God really rest on Day 7?
    • We obey one law just fine
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    • No byline in Genesis
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