Feeling a little afeard
THIS IS WHAT A BLOG ARTICLE LOOKS LIKE when the writer doesn’t know where he’s going, beyond saying that he is afraid. I have four grandchildren ages four and under. My two grandsons have a mom, my daughter, who works in a …
What I thought I knew about crucifixion
I HAD TO ERASE FROM MY HEAD the picture I had of Jesus nailed to a cross. That’s after spending a year researching my book, Eyewitness to Crucifixion. Four Gospel writers reporting eyewitness accounts of the crucifixion of Jesus don’t describe the …
Dodging the plague while paraphrasing the Bible
I FINISHED the Casual English Bible‘s beta edition of the New Testament in time for a pandemic plague. I don’t know what to make of that. I finished the paraphrase. Maps. Discussion questions. Downloadable PDF’s of the …
Though shelves are empty…
WE ARE ON THE RAZOR’S EDGE OF APOCALYPSE, it seems. We can fall back to normalcy or we can tumble into chaos. It’s scary what this coronavirus is doing to our country and to the world. More than scary. This is a fast-forward nightmare come to life in …
Talking back to book reviewers
MY BOOK GOT A FIVE-STAR REVIEW FROM AN ATHEIST. It might not sound like a good thing. But I smiled when I saw it. I know smiles are good. I actually target non-Christians when I write. I figure if I can get them to read stuff about the Bible and …
Where life got its start, video premiere
IT’S AN EXPERIMENT. I’m testing the idea of adding videos to selected chapters in the Casual English Bible. Tonight at 6 o’clock Central Time I’m premiering my second experiment in the series: Where life got its start, Genesis …
Jesus is my brother
A FUNNY THING HAPPENED TO ME on my way through paraphrasing the Book of Hebrews for the Casual English Bible. By the way, yesterday was the day I finished the beta edition of the New Testament. It’s all online and free to use. I saved Hebrews …
Valentine video
FOR VALENTINE’S DAY, I videotaped a three-minute reading from the most famous love song in the Bible: Christian Love Song. Oddly, a bachelor wrote it. Way to go, Apostle Paul. The paraphrase is from 1 Corinthians 13 in the Causal English Bible I’ve …
Read 100 Bible verses for 1 book
I HAVE 100 NEW BOOKS that I need to get the dickens out of my office. They’re wonderful books, I believe. But they’re doing nobody any good boxed up here. Let’s barter. Because I need something. I’m almost done paraphrasing the entire New Testament …
Antichrist video premiere
“Antichrists crawling all over the place.” I pulled this title from 1 John 2:18 in the Casual English Bible I’ve been working on paraphrasing. “My dearest children, this is it—the last hour. You’ve heard an antichrist is …
Find a mistake in Peter,
get a free book
HERE’S THE DEAL. I just posted the letters of 1-2 Peter and Jude online in the Casual English Bible®. If you are first to find a particular typo or some other mistake I decide I need to correct, I’ll send you a free, advance copy of my February …
With God, it’s not about a good economy
BEFORE WE CHRISTIANS VOTE with our pocketbooks—like some people do who don’t bother with God—there’s a jolt waiting for us in Bible books of the prophets. One prophet in particular, Amos: God doesn’t measure kingdoms and nations by upbeat economic …