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WE DON’T READ THE BIBLE that was originally written. We read English translations of Greek and Hebrew Bibles hundreds of years old. Some are more than 2,000 years old. Those are books and parts of books found among the famous library known as the …
I WANT A BIBLE VERSE to ease my mind. One friend of mine got a divorce. Another lost a job. Another had such a tough day on the job that she lost it, and started sobbing. And then, of course, there’s the oh-my-goodness insanity of politics that …
NEXT SUNDAY I’m going to do something in our Bible study group that I’ve never done before. I fear the group might never want me to do it again. We’re going to create our own Bible paraphrase of the opening verses of the Gospel of John. Those are …
SOMETIMES WHEN I READ THE BIBLE something moves me – enough that it produces a warm feeling in my chest. It happened again this week. I was working on my emerging Bible paraphrase, the Casual English Bible, and I was reading about Paul’s Farewell …
“THE HARDEST PART OF BEING A CHRISTIAN.” That’s the title of the three-week series we’re talking about in my Sunday morning Bible study group. I taught the lesson last week: “We get a bad press.” I had to change the focus at the last moment because …
Donald Trump's favorite Bible verse is an ancient law of retaliation that involves black eyes and knocked-out teeth. Jesus declared it obsolete.
IT’S A COMMON QUESTION BUT ODD. This Bible question, which comes from Tom Temple (email me Tom for a free book), is common because a lot of people ask it. But it’s odd because in the question, Tom gives some of the answers scholars suggest. Here’s …
IT’S NOT CHRISTIAN to say this. It’s more Hindu, actually. But I’ll say it anyhow. Karma. I’m getting what I deserve. I don’t think it’s because of something wrong that I did in a previous life, as some Hindus and Buddhists might suggest. I’m …
NOT ALL OF MY BOOKS are bestsellers. Some have not sold very well at all. In fact, my favorite book so far – the one I enjoyed writing more than any other, and the one I think is the best book I’ve ever written – crashed and burned. Relatively …
IS IT MURDER to blow the head off an enemy soldier? Or what about executing a prisoner of war captured in the heat of battle – executed because you don’t have enough soldiers to guard him? That’s the Bible Question of the Week. It comes from Tommy …
IN CASE YOU THINK writers stand around all day looking out the window and feeling grateful they’re not working for the man, I’d like to clarify something for you. That’s only partly right. I, for one, do that only from time to time – especially when: …
I WANT A BACKUP SUMP PUMP. Not just any backup sump pump. I want a particular backup sump pump. One that gets high ratings from customers who bought it. Who would want a backup sump pump that got low ratings? Here’s the problem. I can’t find anyone …
