Award-Winning, Bestselling Christian Author
AT 7 PM CENTRAL TIME today, I’ll be premiering a YouTube video called “A father’s reflection on a miscarriage.” It’s a personal story of how I experienced my wife’s miscarriage many years ago now, and about how I …
SCREAMING, our two-year-old grandson stopped the daycare Thanksgiving meal for a few minutes on Monday. It was a Thanksgiving Family Lunch at the daycare. Parents and grandparents of the kids were invited to sit on the tiniest chairs you’ve ever seen …
I’D NEVER WRITE A BOOK ABOUT HEAVEN. I know the topic can be a bestseller, because everyone wants to know what heaven is like. But no one knows what it’s like, as far as we can tell. I was once asked by a publisher to write a book on the topic. They …
THIS IS ELECTION DAY in the US of A. So I dipped into the Bible, looking for tips on how to show some responsible citizenship. Acting responsibly isn’t easy in these irresponsible days reminiscent of the McCarthy Red Scare, when a politician accused …
I’VE BEEN WORKING a lot with ancient Roman history. And it’s a bit jarring this week as I’m reading about the Romans facing some of the same kind of struggles we are facing in this country, and that other countries are facing. I’m talking about …
WHY WOULD A SMART GUY like Seneca (4 BC-AD 65) think an 18-year-old Roman emperor would read his essay about mercy? Ten years later, the emperor—Nero—ordered him to commit suicide. Nero, apparently incorrectly, figured that Seneca was in on the plot …
HALF THE COUNTRY wants to get even for the way the other near-half did them dirt. The other near-half of the country felt the same way about the other half a couple of years ago. But at the moment, they’re feeling mighty fine. It won’t …
I WAS WORRIED about a new video I released this week, Two reasons I believe in God. I was worried for several reasons. I felt that some of the content was uncomfortably personal. And there’s the humor, which is not always well received…or artfully …
YOU ARE THE FIRST to see this pre-release of my newest video, Two reasons I believe in God. (That’s aside from my video mentor, Steve Grisetti of Muvipix.com.) I haven’t even shown it to my wife yet. I’m nervous about the video. …
I’VE SPENT MOST OF MY CAREER writing about the Bible. So it jarred me when I found myself having to paraphrase Jesus as saying the Bible won’t save us. Sure, the Bible won’t save us. Jesus saves. We’ve read those words of the …
READER QUESTION. “Steve, I know you have a million things going on, but I have a question for you.” [A million and one, then.] “It’s the verse about when you are dead you know nothing at all. How did that get translated to we go to heaven and are …
JESUS DIDN’T USE THE WORD “HELL.” That’s an English word invented to help convey a Jewish idea about punishment for sin. When we read in our English Bibles about Jesus saying “Hell,” he’s usually talking …
