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HEAVEN IN SIGHT. What’s the first question you would ask someone if you knew they were seeing heaven? Photo by Enrique/Pixabay When I hear Johnny Mathis sing “The Twelfth of Never,” I remember asking Linda to marry me. I asked while Johnny sang …
WHEN I WAS A KID, everyone seemed to think the last book in the Bible—Revelation—was about Last Things. End Times. The Antichrist. Armageddon. Not so much anymore, at least among the crowd of Bible scholars. Steve Cooper hints at that in what has …
IF YOU’RE READING THIS you’re a guinea pig. I’m test-driving a new idea for a Friday feature. As I work through my research during the week, I’m going to look for a little-known fact from the Bible or Bible history. And I’m gonna let you in on …
INSTEAD OF MY WORDS, for a change how about some sacred words. It’s Wednesday. Get-over-the-hump Day. See Friday ahead. Some of my friends are going through tough times. It’s a hard week to face. They need strong words of encouragment. …
PEOPLE GET TICKED when we tag them with the wrong description. “I am not a secretary. I am an administrative assistant to the president.” They get ticked even when we’re right—when they are a secretary, by any sane definition. Yet they can also be an …
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 a group of teenage girls in a church confirmation class. And it’s reported by Christina Smith Wise who gets a free book for passing the question along to me. (Note to readers: The deal’s still open. …
WHEN YOUR CARBON CRUMBLES and your casket lies locked in the dirt, what will be left of you here? I’ve been wondering about that lately. Not that I have plans to crumble anytime soon. But I do have family and friends who are living life fragile these …
IT’S THE BIBLE QUESTION OF THE WEEK. It comes from Collette Lilly, who wins a free book of mine for bothering to ask it. Here’s her question, which is actually a statement. You have to imagine the question mark. A pastor once told our Bible study …
IT’S THE BIBLE QUESTION OF THE WEEK. It comes from Tom Hartman, an Oakie who wins a free, signed copy of a book of mine. He chose Bible Snapshots. I asked my Facebook readers to tell me what one question they would ask God if they got the chance. …
IT’S THE QUESTION OF THE WEEK It comes from Naomi Broach, who won a free copy of my three-book set called “Complete Bible Discovery Set.” OK, actually it’s called “Stephen M. Miller’s Complete Bible Discovery Set,” but that’s embarrassing. Though my …
IT’S THE QUESTION OF THE WEEK It comes from Rachel Fry, who wins a free book for her trouble. She says her question comes from this verse in the Bible: “One day when the angels came to report to God, Satan, who was the Designated Accuser, came along …
