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I SEE GLIMPSES OF ATTITUDE AND ANGER as I read the Bible letters of Paul and try to paraphrase them for the Casual English Bible. Does he sometimes cross the line and go so far into tickedness that he commits a sin? I’m pretty sure some Christians …
I ALMOST GREASED THREE BIKERS last week, while I drove my rented Jeep toward Milwaukee, home of the Harley Davidson Museum. The bikers were still varooming far behind me when I started to shift over into the passing lane to get around a slow-moving …
CHRISTIANS DIDN’T ACT LIKE CHRISTIANS even in the early years of the church. When it comes to rude behavior, first-generation Christians could match just about any modern-day jerk of a Christian. I’m taking a few days off, but I thought I’d leave you …
I HAVEN’T PRAYED YET. It’s too soon. I don’t know what to say. It’s time to write this feature. I’m sitting here at the computer. Then, a few minutes ago, I get a text message on my phone. I pause for several minutes. …
I’M STARTING TO GET AFRAID of the Bible book of Romans. As I’ve been paraphrasing the letters of Paul for the Casual English Bible, I’ve been saving that letter to Christians of Rome for last. I’ve got to work myself up to that book. I love …
WE DON’T READ THE BIBLE that was originally written. We read English translations of Greek and Hebrew Bibles hundreds of years old. Some are more than 2,000 years old. Those are books and parts of books found among the famous library known as the …
I’M ALMOST FINISHED paraphrasing the letters of Paul, and I’m struck by how often he says things that doesn’t make sense. When you go through his letters one word at a time, trying to put what he says into your own words, there are plenty of times …
YOU MIGHT BE AS SURPRISED AS I WAS to hear evangelical Bible scholars describe the Society of Biblical Literature as the world’s greatest collection of atheists. Actually, I heard some of my scholar friends say that about 20 years ago. I think they …
SOME DAYS brand pictures into our brain. Neat pictures. Messy pictures. Tuesday was my day for both. I had two grandkids in the house. A crew of painters swarmed the outside of the house and, for a time, sealed us all inside without warning us. And …
I’LL BET YOU DIDN’T KNOW that Jacob was almost 100 years old when he wrestled all night long with what seems to have been a celestial being—possibly God. It’s one of many strange and mysterious stories in Genesis. Some wonder if it …
I’M GIVING YOU A GIFT. It’s coming from one of the projects I’ve been working on lately: a leader’s guide and an atlas for the entire book of Genesis—all 50 chapters. The first draft of the leader’s guide is finished. It’ll get a couple of proofings …
LET ME ADMIT IT RIGHT UP FRONT. I don’t know what original sin is. I do, however, know an original sinner when I see one. I see one almost every day. I have grandkids. I love them. And I don’t think of them as tiny sinners. But I do think we can …
