Childhood, Adolescence, Adulthood, and a Mid-life Crisis: A Guide to Reading...
Do you ever struggle to understand individual books, chapters or verses of the Bible? Most of us do. The sixty-six books of the Bible were written over roughly 1500 years by many different authors in...
View ArticleApplying God’s Ancient Promises Today
God promised Abraham a nation and the Promised Land. He delivered. God assured Moses that Pharaoh would let his people go. So it happened. The prophet Samuel, at God’s command, anointed a shepherd...
View ArticleWhen God Contradicts Himself
Can anyone relate? Let’s face it. There are aspects of God’s Word that are very confusing. Some passages are just plain weird and others seem contradictory. For those of us who believe that the...
View ArticleFraming a Stroke – Which Frame?
How should I look at my experience with a stroke? My recovery has been excellent, but the truth that I had a stroke still stands. It’s disturbing. I come face to face with the age old question: If...
View ArticleGod is Active in Your Life…Whether You Know it or Not
Esther Denouncing Haman by Ernest Normand, Public Domain The book of Esther is one of the best reads in the Bible. If you haven’t read it, I highly encourage it. The book never mentions God, prayer,...
View ArticleBible Translation Rumination
Have you tried to buy a new Bible lately? The choices are dizzying. I have at least a dozen physical Bibles, in seven different translations, within my reach right at this moment. There are probably...
View ArticleFour Suggestions for Reading the Bible in 2016
It’s a good New Year’s resolution: Read the Bible this year. Maybe you’ve tried it before and haven’t gotten too far, or maybe you’re familiar with the Bible and yet reading it feels like trying to...
View ArticleIf Our Bibles Beeped
Photo by Aaron Burden on Unsplash I’m guessing that you have been mightily tempted to check your phone while driving, or during a meeting, or while talking with someone, simply because it alerts you to...
View ArticleCommunication: NPR, Facebook, The Declaration of Independence and the Bible
Communication is not as easy as it seems. We each speak, write and interpret words based on our experience, education, opinions, and temperament. Without understanding the individual who is...
View ArticleFive Steps to Take On Every Page of Your Bible
Sometimes I forget that the Bible is not a textbook. The thousands of books written to help us interpret the Bible, like commentaries, dictionaries, and resources on systematic theology and...
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