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I’VE BEEN THINKING for the past week about stuff that scares us. I had to. It was the assigned topic for the church Bible study class I taught yesterday. It surprised me that more than any other command in the Bible, “Don’t be afraid” is the biggie. …

I GOT SOME PUSHBACK on Wednesday’s article: “Miller, are you Christian?” It came from the passionate gent who wrote me the initial email – a man whom, I figure, is deeply sincere about his beliefs. And eager to pass them on to others. Like me. He …

I GET LETTERS asking me if I’m a Bible-believing, born-again Christian. The question usually comes with a sermon. Take a listen to excerpts from an email I got yesterday from the husband of a lady who, earlier in the day, asked me to unsubscribe her …

NOTHING LIKE A FUNERAL to get you to thinking about dying. We buried one of my uncles about a week ago. Uncle Henry. I’ve thought about dying more than most folks do, I’m guessing. It’s because my dad fought non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma for almost 28 …

JACOB’S FAVORITE SON, Joseph, knew how to interpret dreams, if the Genesis writer got his facts right. But it sounds like Joseph knew how to interpret the signs in a conjuring cup as well, many scholars agree. “Why have you stolen my master’s silver …

A THOUSAND MILES FROM HOME four days ago, I had a flat tire. I was not up to the challenge, spiritually speaking. So I’m grateful for grace. I had driven across country to attend the funeral of my Uncle Henry, my mom’s little brother. My wife, …

THE FUNERAL IS OVER as you read this. But not as I’m writing it. I’m out the door in a few hours, to attend the funeral halfway across the country. You can read the early report on the death, which I posted on Wednesday: Goodbye Uncle Henry. For the …

ONE HEAVEN IS NOT ENOUGH. Some people want more. It’s probably Paul’s fault. He gets everybody confused when he says, “I know a believer in Christ who was taken up to the third heaven 14 years ago,” (2 Corinthians 12:2). Paul was talking about …

UNCLE HENRY DIED at 12:15 p.m. Eastern Time yesterday. He was my mom’s little brother. He was diagnosed this winter with glioblastoma, a fast-growing brain tumor that surgeons tried to remove a few weeks ago. Since then, an MRI showed that it spread …

THERE’S AN OLD EGYPTIAN STORY about a married cougar of a woman trying to seduce a young man. Some students of the Bible have wondered out loud if that’s where the Genesis writer got his idea for the similar story of Joseph and the wife of Potiphar, …

THE BIBLE isn’t the only book that talks about how horrifying crucifixion was. Roman eyewitnesses wrote about what they saw “He was whipped until his bones showed.” —Josephus (AD 37-100), Wars of the Jews, 6.5.3 “Each criminal who goes to execution …

JESUS ARRIVES IN JERUSALEM on what will become known as Palm Sunday. The city is crowded with Jewish pilgrims. They’ve come to celebrate the Jewish festival of Passover. Many welcome Jesus as the Messiah, paving his path with palm branches and …