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A KINDLY GENT GENTLY PUSHED ME on the very first sentence in my paraphrase of the Casual English Bible. I released a “welcome to the Casual English Bible” video last week, which he saw. Then he went to Genesis 1:1. Here’s how the revered King James …
SNOW PILED ON US over the weekend, here in the Kansas City area. It wasn’t a normal snow. It fell thick and heavy, clinging to houses, cars, and trees…pruning many trees, in fact. I don’t usually grab a coat and a camera whenever it …
I TOOK A WEEK OFF WORK to visit family in northern Ohio last week. It snowed. Several times. I stayed with family who live in a house the Amish built on a piney woods, once a Christmas tree farm. Someone text the Hallmark Channel. And put out a …
Q NASA uses the following words to describe the birth of the universe, which they say is made up mostly of mysterious substances they call Dark Energy and Dark Matter: “When the universe was young, it was nearly smooth and featureless. As it grew …
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 …
I’LL NOT KEEP YOU IN SUSPENSE. When we can’t get along with our neighbor, we should get along little doggie. Give them their space. Elbow room. Six-foot privacy fence. It’s okay. Jesus said so. Here are three versions of what he said. …
I HOPE THE LADY who sold me a cedar fence doesn’t read this blog. I wouldn’t want to get her employees in trouble. As I type this, Mexico and Brazil are playing World Cup soccer. When I went downstairs for a late lunch, I turned on the TV. I knew …
THIS BIBLE QUESTION caught me off guard. I invited readers to tell me what one question they would ask God if they got the chance. Here’s the question from Brenda Savidge (who gets a free book for her trouble; Brenda, email me): Since God knows …
GREEK MYTHOLOGY has nothing on the Bible when it comes to stories of divine beings having sex with hot-looking human women. At least that’s how some say they read a weird Bible passage: “Divine beings saw how beautiful these human women were, …
HEADS EXPLODE over this question. I’ve seen it happen. We’ve talked about this question in my Bible study class. People in the group explored reasons why some Christians don’t believe there was a literal Adam and Eve, or a flood that covered the …
DON’T BEAT ME UP for doing this…for messing with the Bible. I do it as a fun devotional, in my spare time. I try to take the Bible’s meaning and wrap it in words that folks outside the Christian faith could easily follow. Those are …
IT’S THE BIBLE QUESTION OF THE WEEK. It comes from Debbie Baker Coffman, a redheaded friend of mine from long before gray hair started sprouting on our heads. She gets a free book for asking the question politely. Here’s her question: How was the …
