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I CRIED EVERY DAY THIS WEEK. Over a dog. I know that’s an odd thing to admit in a blog feature intended for people interested in the Bible. I could have written about what the prophet Amos said to rich people 2,700 years ago. That’s where I am in …
READER QUESTION. “Steve, I know you have a million things going on, but I have a question for you.” [A million and one, then.] “It’s the verse about when you are dead you know nothing at all. How did that get translated to we go to heaven and are …
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 QUESTION OF THE WEEK. It comes from Gary Lee Parker of San Diego. He wins a free book for taking the time to send me the question. Here’s what Gary wants to know. “Is the word and concept of Rapture in the Bible? If not, when did the concept …
IF MOST BIBLE SCHOLARS ARE RIGHT, don’t expect pearly gates, golden streets, and jasper walls—even though that’s what John, writer of the book of Revelation, said he saw in his vision of heaven. Some Bible experts say John was trying to describe the …
