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“About the time Mary got pregnant, Caesar Augustus ordered a census. He wanted to count everyone in the Roman world…Folks went to their hometown to register. Joseph did, too…He went south to Bethlehem…He took his fiancée, Mary, who was pregnant.” …
“Young man,” his mother said to him, “why did you treat us like this? Look at me. Your father and I have been worried sick trying to find you.” Luke 2:48 Casual English Bible
I GET ODD QUESTIONS about the Bible from time to time. Like this one from Jean Yargovan, who wins a free book of mine for taking the time to send the weird question my way. It’s the Bible Question of the Week, my Monday feature. “On Sunday at church …
1. ABOUT THE TIME MARY GOT PREGNANT, Caesar Augustus ordered a census. He wanted to count everyone. 2. This was the first census the Romans took after Quirinius became Syria’s governor. 3. Folks went to their hometown to register. 4. Joseph did, too. …
I PARAPHRASE THE BIBLE as part of a new Bible study technique I’ve been trying out. It helps me see the Bible in a different way. I compare a bunch of translations, and I think about how I would try to put the same stories and teachings in my …
I GOT THE JOB of leading the curriculum team for our church Bible study group that meets on Sunday. Several of us take turns leading the discussion. Usually, I let others sign up to teach first. Then I pick up whatever is left. But when we put …
DIVORCE AND REMARRIAGE have shown up recently in a couple of my more gut-wrenching blogs, including Dumping husband #2: remarriage is adultery? I thought you might appreciate how Joseph was prepared to handle his divorce with Mary, once he found out …
