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WHO CARES WHAT I SAY about the two emerging candidates for president. It doesn’t bother me that people don’t care what I say. Which is why I haven’t said anything. Here’s what bothers me. Some Christians don’t seem to care what Jesus had to say, …

THIS TIME OF YEAR SCARES ME. Every spring for the past several years I have led the curriculum team in my Bible study group at church. It’s usually just a half a dozen people, sometimes not that many. We spend the better part of a Saturday assigning …

I’M KINDA NERVOUS. I became a grandpa on December 30. A grandson, Owen. I’m gonna become a grandpa for the second time anytime now. A granddaughter I’m calling Patricia. We don’t know her name because my son and daughter-in-law are keeping it as a …

I ASKED FOR IT. Last Sunday I passed out a sheet of paper titled “Critique and ideas for the curriculum team.” I lead the team of Bible study teachers for the adult Sunday school class I attend each Sunday morning. We meet once a year to set the …

SOMETIMES I WONDER if the only thing that makes someone a Christian is that they believe there’s a Jesus out their somewhere. They don’t act like him. They don’t seem to follow his teachings. And their general demeanor hints that they suffer …

WHAT’S NOT NEWS is that someone found evidence of Jewish King Hezekiah (reigned about 715-687 BC). What’s new is that this evidence probably wasn’t faked. That’s always a worry. Evidence shows up in the hands of some shepherd or antiquities dealer. …

DIFFICULT PEOPLE MESS WITH US. We get fed up. Sometimes angry. Even clinically depressed if it goes on too long. What’s a Christian to do? As a general rule, I recommend ignoring the advice of well-meaning friends who try to impose their life …

IT’S A MISTAKE to believe that God created Eve from one of Adam’s ribs, according to some Bible experts. Hold onto your hats, this is going to get a bit rank. A new theory is that the Genesis writer intended his readers to understand that God made …

HERE’S A SECRET OF MINE. I write for people who don’t read. I know that seems odd because you might then wonder who reads my stuff. Not the people who read, since I don’t write for them. Not the people who don’t read, since they don’t read. …

FOR VALENTINE’S DAY, I’ve been thinking about how lucky I am to have married the lady I did. I dodged a few bullets, let me tell you. In Bible times, the mother of a king named Lemuel told her son what to look for in a woman. It …

MY PASTOR HAS GUTS. Some would say more guts than brains. But those are generally folks who haven’t been agreeing with him during this controversial series of sermons called “Facing Issues that Divide – Building Bridges and Tearing Down Walls.” He …

LUKE DISAPPOINTED ME. Yeah, I’m talking about the Gospel of Luke. Lately, I’ve been reading it more carefully than I have in a long time. I hit a news flash. I discovered that a lot of well-respected Bible experts say that the angel wasn’t talking …