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Spring break edition. I’m taking a break for a few days. During that time, I’ll be giving you a sampling of the Q&A that you’ll find in leader’s guides for the Casual English Bible. In the guides, I provide discussion questions along with info …
I WAS LISTENING TO A FRIEND COMPLAIN a few days ago about how things are run in her church. She’d like at least an occasional hymn. She’d like ministries to give more attention to adults instead of so much focus on children. And …
ACROSS THE STREET from where I live is a cul-de-sac that got swarmed with police last week. They were looking for the shooter who stormed into a neighborhood bar and grill that I’ve eaten at many times. They have great burgers. The man that police …
MY DAUGHTER CAUGHT ME LAUGHING AT HER SON THIS WEEK. She walked in the front door when her son and I were in the breakfast nook in the back of the house. I sat at the table with my back to the front door. My grandson, a little over a year old, sat in …
I JUST FINISHED loading 1, 2 Thessalonians onto the Casual English Bible website. That end-time stuff Paul writes is always a tad tough to understand. But who can fully understand a theologian? They think thick thoughts. It’s easier to create a …
I’M CREATING AN ALBUM of videos about Jesus. Not on my YouTube channel. On my Vimeo channel. Okay, I’ll put them on both. But Vimeo lets me make corrections and other updates. I’ve already made some tweaks to the video What Romans …
PARDON MY HUMOR and my accordion as I explain how a pacifist rabbi like Jesus got so violently angry that he stormed into someone’s place of business, flipped their tables, and chased after them with a whip. The Prince of Peace was …
PAUL WAS A POET. Preachers know it. That’s why they often quote him when it comes time to end a worship service and send the congregation back out into the wild, where they need to act like the Christians they’re supposed to be. …
NUKES SCARE THE BEJEEBERS OUT OF ME. I’d happily vote to make them illegal on earth. Asteroids. Yet, I’m afraid of an asteroid doing to humanity what one apparently did to the dinos a long time ago. And some say nukes might help deflect an asteroid. …
I WANT YOU TO SEE what a writer could do to make a buck tying Bible prophecy to today’s news. I was working yesterday on paraphrasing 1, 2 Thessalonians for the Casual English Bible. And I have to tell you, I was pushed back in my chair when I …
IT HAS BEEN A ROCKY WEEK in America. There has been so much Crazy that I, for one, haven’t known which Crazy to tackle first. When I need a little help focusing, I’ve found that the Bible is often a good place to start. “Speak up …
IT’S ONE OF THE OLDEST SONGS about Jesus, many Bible experts say. Someone wrote the lyrics during the first generation of Christians, a few years after Jesus left the planet. That makes it a little bit older than the Gaither songs. The lyrics …
