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I HAVE FRIENDS who, first thing out of bed in the morning, say a prayer. It goes something like this: God, use me today. I drove one of those friends to the airport yesterday morning. I had to roll out of bed at 4:45 AM to do it. My cell phone alarm …
I DON’T THINK IT’S FAIR that wedding tradition seems to throw a huge spotlight on the father of the bride, while treating the father of the groom like The Invisible Man. It doesn’t feel, I don’t know, Christian. Granted, for social introverts …
YOU’RE NOT SUPPOSED to do this: Flip open the Bible at random and take it as a message from God. Far as I’m concerned, that’s the perfect reason to give it a shot. What’s the harm? There’s enough of God in the Bible that sometimes it’ll work. You’ll …
FOR A CHANGE OF PACE I thought I’d take a few minutes to think about people I’ve seen lately who have done something unselfish. Nothing spectacular. Just ordinary folks in everyday scenes putting someone else first. A few weeks ago. Several from our …
IT’S THE QUESTION OF THE WEEK. It comes from Dini Garcia in Florida. She gets a free book for asking a question that made the cut for the Monday Question of the Week feature. Here’s her question: I have a friend who has had a terrible loss. As a …
I COULDN’T RESIST. After I posted yesterday’s blog, Who stole John 5:4?, a friend of mine—Steve Grisetti—posted an intriguing reply. He asked about another missing part of the Bible, which survives only in the King James Version and its modern-lingo …
RATS. Bible experts tell us to skip John 5:4 because it doesn’t belong in the Bible. In fact, you probably won’t find it in your Bible. Go ahead, look. Most Bibles today jump from verse 3 to 5, as though verse 4 doesn’t belong in good …
Here’s an excerpt from the bestselling Complete Guide to the Bible. It’s a short sidebar feature in the section of the book devoted to Genesis. BEFORE THE DEVASTATING FLOOD, people generally lived for centuries according to the Bible. Some lived …
YOU WOULDN’T WANT to hear me sing. Trust me. But in the evenings, these days, that’s what I’m doing. Singing. Out loud. With the windows closed. Tight. Fortunately for my wife, she works night shift. Only Buddy the Dog has to listen. Here’s why I’m …
IT’S THE BIBLE QUESTION OF THE WEEK. Again. For my earlier take on the question: see Once saved, always saved? For my explanation of why I’m answering the question again: see the part of my brain that processes memory fading on a Friday afternoon as …
I KNOW THE MOMENT my heart busted during the funeral yesterday of an elderly lady I never met. By “busted,” I mean a physical change in my chest. It felt like a surge of blood, adrenalin, or something hot rushing into every artery, vein, and vessel …
A PEEK INTO HEAVEN. Is that what these near-death experience people are seeing? That’s a follow up question I got to Monday’s Bible Question of the Week: What happens to dead Christians? One of the popular theories is that Christians are in a deep …
