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HEAVEN IN SIGHT. What’s the first question you would ask someone if you knew they were seeing heaven? Photo by Enrique/Pixabay When I hear Johnny Mathis sing “The Twelfth of Never,” I remember asking Linda to marry me. I asked while Johnny sang …
I CRIED EVERY DAY THIS WEEK. Over a dog. I know that’s an odd thing to admit in a blog feature intended for people interested in the Bible. I could have written about what the prophet Amos said to rich people 2,700 years ago. That’s where I am in …
HERE’S THE UTTER SHOCK OF IT. I was just getting started writing this article to promote the baby-brand-new Casual English Bible New Testament Atlas that I self-published through Amazon on Friday. (No, publishers didn’t turn me down. I …
I HAVE BEEN HOUNDED IN MY HEAD FOR A MONTH. It’s about a question someone begged me to answer. “I’m begging to have questions [answered] about some of Paul’s attitudes.” Others beg to know why the God of the Old Testament would order Israelites to …
I’VE SPENT MOST OF MY CAREER writing about the Bible. So it jarred me when I found myself having to paraphrase Jesus as saying the Bible won’t save us. Sure, the Bible won’t save us. Jesus saves. We’ve read those words of the …
MY EARS PERKED UP this week when I heard politicians quote the Bible to justify doing something that has upset many in our country: separating children from their parents who are seeking asylum and protection. When I heard the quote from the Bible, …
I CAN SKIP FATHER’S DAY CARDS NOW. I don’t have to send them anymore. remember to make that phone call. figure out a comfortable way of thanking Dad for all he did to help me through my childhood and into my adult years. He won’t get my mail. can’t …
IF GOD’S PEOPLE ARE GODLY PEOPLE, why are there so many stories about rotten families in the Bible and almost nothing about wonderful families like many of us experience? I’m not saying we have perfect families. But my family and the families of …
A LOT OF CHRISTIANS ARGUE there are no inconsistencies in the Bible. Other Christians say they doggone well recognize an inconsistency when they see one. And they say they see plenty of them in the Bible. I’ll give you two examples of what many …
WELL DOGGONE, this is my third and last attempt to write this. These days, Christians can’t write about hatefulness and lies without sounding political. That’s because hatefulness and lies are so much on display these days. Instead of …
I’M NOT SURE WHO TO BELIEVE. Should I believe some of my closest friends, who say the Holy Spirit guided the entire process of putting the Bible together just exactly the way God wants it? Or should I believe scholars who spend their career studying …
I’M WONDERING WHY the Bible doesn’t have more upbeat stuff to say about the joys of kids and grandkids. For me, my life’s highest highs spin around my family—especially my kids…and now I’m adding my grandkids. As far as earthbound joys and …
