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Painting/photo of Jerusalem Temple-Casual English Bible

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Map of Jerusalem and man riding a donkey.
March 9, 2023 | by: Stephen M. Miller | in: Blog | tag: #Casual English Bible, backlinks, seo

A favor,
if you know what a backlink is

500 YEARS BEFORE BIRTH OF JESUS. A prophet named Zechariah said a king of peace would one day ride a donkey into Jerusalem. (Casual English Bible map for Zechariah 9) I DEPEND ON GOOGLE. I depend on this company when I want to: find something learn …

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if you know what a backlink is
Promo for interview with Stephen M Miller
February 13, 2023 | by: Stephen M. Miller | in: Blog | tag: #Casual English Bible, Stephen M. Miller

Interview with
Stephen M. Miller

I’LL KEEP IT SHORT. I haven’t done an interview for several years. Keith Ferrin, an author and host of BibleTalk interviewed me recently and released the interview last week: Stephen M. Miller on BibleTalk. I should have posted it sooner, …

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Stephen M. Miller
Map of Jerusalem by Stephen M Miller for Casual English Bible
January 1, 2023 | by: Stephen M. Miller | in: Blog | tag: #Casual English Bible, jerusalem, Map

On the hunt for a better Jerusalem map

JERUSALEM. I’ve struggled for years to produce a fairly decent map of Jerusalem. What makes it tough is that we need higher resolution elevation data for tighter scenes like the one pictured here. But it’s not freely available for Israel. …

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Map of Bethlehem, Casual English Bible
December 22, 2022 | by: Stephen M. Miller | in: Blog | tag: #Casual English Bible, bethlehem, Christmas, King Herod, wise men

Great King from Bethlehem

BORN IN BETHLEHEM. When Jewish scholars 2,000 years ago wanted to find out where the coming Great King would be born, the Messiah, they turned to the prophet Micah. About 700 years before Jesus was born in Bethlehem, a little-known Bible prophet …

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Statue of Hippolytus of Rome for article about Christmas on December 25 in ancient Christian history.
December 6, 2022 | by: Stephen M. Miller | in: Blog | tag: #biblemaps, #Casual English Bible, #casualenglishbible.com, Amos, Christmas, December 25

Christians picked December 25 before Roman pagans did

WE THOUGHT PAGANS BEAT JESUS TO CHRISTMAS. That’s what historians have taught us: Christians started celebrating Christmas because Romans were already throwing a party to the sun God Sol on December 25. It looks like historians got that wrong. …

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Painting of man with beard
November 7, 2022 | by: Stephen M. Miller | in: Blog | tag: #Casual English Bible, faith, Habakkuk, old testament, prophecy

Faith of the prophet who lost his country

ON THE BRINK OF ELECTION DAY there’s a Bible passage I think is appropriate for people of all political persuasions. No matter how this turns out, about half the nation is going to feel like they are losing their country. We might find reason …

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Art of 2 volunteers
November 3, 2022 | by: Stephen M. Miller | in: Blog | tag: #Casual English Bible

Wish list of a Bible paraphraser

I COULD USE SOME VOLUNTEER HELP. For the past several years I’ve been working on an easy-reading Bible paraphrase that people who aren’t Christian can read and understand. Throughout those years, I’ve been paying all the people I …

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Portrait of 2-year-old black lab Maisie, the day she was saved from a vet putting her down for acting anxious.
September 9, 2022 | by: Stephen M. Miller | in: Blog | tag: #Casual English Bible, dogs, Maisie, salvation, sin

Our born-again dog

I SAVED A LIFE TODAY. A dog’s life. It was inconvenient. But she’s now our born-again dog. Four-year-old Maisie (MAY-zee) should have died first thing this morning. My wife and I found out about it late last night. Our daughter told us that one …

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photo of granddaughter of stephen m. miller
August 5, 2022 | by: Stephen M. Miller | in: Blog | tag: #Casual English Bible, #CasualEnglishBible, #stephenmmiller, Bible translation, legacy

Half done paraphrasing
the Old Testament

THE TITLE IS THE STORY. I’m deep into my paraphrase of the Bible. The New Testament is written. This morning I did the math for my agent. He wanted to know how far I had gotten into the marathon mission of paraphrasing, mapping, and footnoting …

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the Old Testament
Crucified Jesus
July 6, 2022 | by: Stephen M. Miller | in: Blog | tag: #Casual English Bible, #stephenmmiller, #Suffering Servant, Isaiah, Israel

New version:
Isaiah’s suffering servant

JESUS SHOWS UP 700 years before his birth, in a dramatic prophecy from the Book of Isaiah: Isaiah 53. At least that’s what most Christian scholars seem to say. They say Jesus is the mysterious Servant of God who suffers and dies for the sins of …

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Isaiah’s suffering servant
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