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GOD PARTED THE SEA for Moses, the Bible reports. A generation later, for Joshua and the Jews invading what is now Israel, God stopped the Jordan River, the natural border protecting what the Jews called the Promised Land. When I started researching …
THERE WAS ONE PARTICULAR DAY in my life when I felt: Overwhelmed Alone Exhausted—mostly from depression and stress I was twentysomething. I’d give you the backstory, but why bother. You’ve probably been there, too. Instead, let me pass along the …
WAS THE STORY OF JOB about a real human being in history? Or was Job a fictional character in something like a really long parable—a bit like the guy who got beat up in Jesus’ story about a Good Samaritan? I think most of us have grown up assuming he …
THERE’S A PASTOR in the Kansas City area who’s knee-deep into a 5-week series of engaging sermons on some tough topics about the Bible. Also a bestselling author, Rev. Adam Hamilton pastors the largest United Methodist Church in the country: …
MY PASTOR PREACHED A TOUGH SERMON about the Bible yesterday. At least I think it would have been a tough sermon to prep for. It certainly took courage to speak the words. I have no doubt about that. In fact, I wouldn’t be surprised if some folks left …
“KILL THEM! KILL THEM ALL!” That doesn’t sound like Jesus to me. “Feed them! Feed them all!” Now that sounds like Jesus, and presumably his Father, whom he said he reflected: “Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father!” (John 14:8) But “Kill them” …
AN ALASKAN BEAR ATE THE BROTHER of my former pastor’s wife a few days before Thanksgiving, several years ago. Her brother had been hunting. The pastor and his wife flew to Alaska right away. So the associate minister had to preach the Thanksgiving …
HAS ANYONE EVER ASKED YOU THIS? “Do you have a high view of Scripture”? They’ve asked me. It can feel pretty much like the question, “Do you beat your wife?” Many Christians say it’s an intrusive, intimidating query that feels like a threat …
I’M WONDERING SOMETHING about the folks out there who believe God created the universe in six 24-hours days and then rested on the seventh day. If you’re one of them, here’s my question: Why do you believe that? I know that’s how it …
RECENTLY A READER SENT ME A STACK OF QUESTIONS, by way of my business Facebook page. She was apparently studying Bible prophecy. Here are three of her questions, along with my short replies. Feel free to add your own insights. Q. Isaiah was a prophet …
ONE READER sent me an email this week, alerting me to the fact that a pastor friend of his said I was too conservative, when it comes to the Bible and religion. “I told him you would get a kick out of that,” the reader said, “because I don’t think …
CHRISTIANS NOT ONLY FAILED to speak out against slavery in Bible times. Christians owned slaves. Apostle Paul went so far as to send one runaway slave back to his master—even though the master would have had every right under Roman law to execute the …
