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IT’S A TAD UNSETTLING that no matter what I say in my weekday blog about God or the Bible, when I post the blog link on my Facebook page, it attracts only a pittance of the hits that I’ll get when I post photos of dogs in my family. I’m thinking I …
FRANKLY, it’s all too rare that archaeologists find something that supports stories in the Bible. In fact, my vote for the most entertaining atheist, comedian Bill Maher—a sharp-witted critic of religion and politics—has compared the Bible to the …
BUDDY THE DOG and I went for our morning sniff last Friday. I’d call it a walk, if that’s what he did most of the time. As a relative of mine puts it, Buddy was checking his peemail. I know it’s my fault for not making him walk more and sniff less. …
IT’S THE QUESTION OF THE WEEK. It comes from Janet TeBockhorst Page, who wins a free, signed copy of one of my books. Here’s her question: What happened to Esther after she saved her people? Here’s my answer: I don’t know. Esther goes off the grid. …
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 …
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 …
ON VACATION I didn’t give much thought to where we might go in Germany and Switzerland. Both of those countries are beautiful, so I figured it would be hard to go wrong wherever we went. So when our group was putting together an itinerary, I was …
I’M GUESSING we’re about to witness a new wave of worriers. It’s graduation time. High school and college kids are going to be looking for work – during the deepest recession since the Great Depression. Which would make this the Great Recession. Some …
I’M GETTING WEARY of all the bleak around me. I heard an interview a few days ago with Zachary Quinto, who plays Spock in the new movie Star Trek Into Darkness. The gent interviewing him made the observation that this was a dark movie. Quinto …
HERE’S THE MORAL of the story, first: Don’t be messing with your iPhone during prayer. My Bible study group had just enjoyed a wonderful Mother’s Day Bible study this past Sunday. Two gentlemen in the class tag-teamed to lead our session. They did a …
