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PASTOR PETE takes the lead when Jesus leaves the planet. As the writer of Acts tells it, Peter goes right into the Temple courtyard—the stomping ground of Jewish leaders who crucified Jesus a few weeks earlier—and he starts preaching that Jesus is …
I WONDER. Is it worth the trouble to make maps for the new online Casual English Bible? Are they sexy enough to help draw readers into the Bible? This online Bible thing is an experiment that keeps getting bigger and bigger. For one, the Trademark …
ONCE A WEEK for the next several weeks, I’m going to let you take a peek inside the new paraphrase of Acts—the story of how the church got started after Jesus died, rose from the dead, and then left the planet. It’s a beta edition, still getting …
BEFORE THE WEEKEND is over, I hope to do something new. I hope to give you a new version of how the church got started. Free, online at the Casual English Bible. It’s the story reported in the Book of Acts. It’s a beta version, not-yet proofed. I’m …
I GOT ROCKED BACK IN MY SEAT during a Bible study session on Sunday. The topic was world peace. “No can do. Not until Jesus comes.” That was the argument some in the class seemed to embrace, as they reminded us of the fallen nature of human beings. …
ANYONE FOLLOWING POLITICS this year is upset—with the exception of those folks on medication or in love. Personally, I’d like very much to shake some sense into selected friends and relatives of mine. It would be great if that technique would work …
LET’S SAY I think one of the humans running for the most important job on the planet is a self-serving, sociopathic, xenophobic, narcissist. Or maybe I think the politician is someone who will lie, cheat, and steal—basically say anything or do just …
SOMETIMES WHEN I READ THE BIBLE something moves me – enough that it produces a warm feeling in my chest. It happened again this week. I was working on my emerging Bible paraphrase, the Casual English Bible, and I was reading about Paul’s Farewell …
TERRORISM HAS COME TOO CLOSE to home this summer. Twice for me. Remember the retired school teacher knifed to death in London on Thursday, August 4: Darlene Horton? I graduated from high school with her and with her husband, Richard Wagner, a psych …
IT’S THE FIRST QUESTION anyone would ask after seeing a picture of Artemis, the goddess of Ephesus, one of the four largest cities in the Roman Empire. What are those bumps sticking out in front? Here’s the answer: Only the dead know. I have heard …
HAVE YOU EVER found yourself working from, lets say 8 in the morning until 7 at night, only to realize you had one more thing to do? Something, let’s say, that usually takes a couple of hours. Like, I don’t know, writing a blog article. I …
PAUL, THE BIBLE GUY, WAS BLUNT as all get out. I got reminded of that recently, while paraphrasing Acts. I’m planning to add Acts to the Casual English Bible website, which I’ve targeted to Bible newcomers. See if you don’t agree that Paul sounds …
