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IT’S THE QUESTION OF THE WEEK. It comes from Brian Wright, who wins a free, signed copy of one of my books for asking the question. (By the by, if you have questions about the Bible or Christianity, let me know. You win a book, too, if I pick your …
I SPENT MOST OF MY LIFE in churches that taught me how to be half a Christian. So did my good friend, Terry. Let me tell you about the other half we’ve both discovered. On Saturday, Terry and I along with about a dozen souls from our Bible …
IT’S THE QUESTION OF THE WEEK. It comes from Elaine. She gets a free book for asking it. Question came up in Sunday School today: Why did God make woman from the rib of man and not from dust? OK, Elaine, this is going to come as a shock. Not all …
SOMETIMES WHEN I CRY — especially if I’m lying down — I think of the lyrics of a particular, peculiar country song: I’ve Got Tears in My Ears. I’ve got tears in my ears From lyin’ on my back in my bed While I cry over you. Remembering that song can …
IT’S THE QUESTION OF THE WEEK. It comes from Wayne Sacchi out of Knoxville. He gets a free book for his trouble. Here’s his question: Why were the other disciples so indignant when the mother of James and John asked Jesus to put each of her sons, one …
I’M REWRITING THE BIBLE. I hope you don’t mind. It’s a little spiritual exercise I’ve been doing lately when I’ve had the time. I take a passage of the Bible and I paraphrase it in words that are easier for me to relate to. I read the passage from a …
STORIES OF NAKED PEOPLE in the Bible are probably not something you want to read to a crowd of people gathered for a wedding. I wrote about that in yesterday’s blog, Skip this Bible verse for the wedding. Seems fair that I should flip the mattress, …
IT’S CRUNCH TIME. My only daughter’s wedding takes place in a month. I get to do lots of stuff at the wedding, like walk her down the aisle entrust her to the care of my future son-in-law welcome guests to the wedding reception dance with my daughter …
IT’S THE QUESTION OF THE WEEK. It comes from Renee K., a lady worried about her sister. Renee wins a free book for asking this question. But I think a book would be a sorry excuse for what she really wants. Here’s her question. Why do atheist people …
I CAN GET AS ANGRY as anyone. Even at Christians. Especially at Christians. I expect more of those suckers than I expect of the Other Guys. And too doggone often, I’m disappointed. Often enough that if a company rep IDs himself or herself as a …
I WASN’T MR. SENSITIVE in my younger days. Actually, still today, I can be direct. And by “direct” I mean filterless. Like a Camel cigarette. Take the little Post-It size limericks and sayings I pasted to the front of my desk back when I worked my …
THE ONLY TIME IN MY LIFE I played a round of golf is when I didn’t make it to the ninth hole. I ran out of balls before I ran out of holes. That was back in my college days, when Mom and I were both going to Kent State University—me for news …
