Take Inventory of What You Know (Part 2)
Tweet Share Today I want to elaborate on the second point-Take Inventory of What You Know. Before you begin a spiritual conversation with your child, it is important to take inventory of what you...
View ArticleWhen Faced with Evil
Tweet Share “Why, God?” The question that always comes up when something evil happens. Yes, something evil happened on Monday when two bomb blasts killed and wounded bystanders at the Boston marathon....
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Bible.org at The Table Conference
Tweet Share Tomorrow, April 19th and Saturday April 20th, Bible.org and the NET Bible will be an exhibitor at The Table Conference. NET Bible translator and Bible.org contributor (articles...
View ArticleDon’t Throw That Away: Earth Conscious Christian
Tweet Share Jen Hatmaker, you have messed me up. I spend my days like I’m the recycling police now. I note when something could have been reduced. I kick myself when I come out of store with bags...
View ArticleThe Real Deal
Tweet Share Reality TV consumes much of television programming. We seem to have gotten tired of the fake or fictional for the authentic even if it reminds us of all that is wrong with life....
View ArticlePray90x: Boldness Part 1
Tweet Share How would you react if you were arrested for your faith tomorrow? What if armed men formed a firing squad before you and demanded you recant your faith or die? How would your...
View ArticlePray 90x: Boldness Part 2
Tweet Share Ovid, who lived around the time of Christ, records an ancient Greek myth called “Baucis and Philemon” in the eighth book of his famous Metamorphoses. Baucis and Philemon are...
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Bible.org Serves in Africa: Update on Kijabe, Kenya
Tweet Share Bible.org served alongside graduates of Global Proclamation Academy for a pair of pastors conferences in Kenya. The first was in Eldoret (review here). The second was in Kijabe. From...
View ArticleIncurable Wound
Tweet Share Hos 5:13-14 When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah his wound, then Ephraim went to Assyria, and sent to the great king [or “King Jareb”]. But he is not able to cure you or heal your...
View ArticleDeeds that cry out to heaven also cry out for hell
Tweet Share In the city that is home to Harvard, MIT, Tufts, Boston College, Northeastern, U Mass—some of the world’s greatest Universities—the broken bones, broken lives we’ve seen play out in Boston...
View ArticleWhy Didn’t God Prevent the Boston Bombings?
Tweet Share The problem of why a good God would allow evil and suffering is probably the biggest problem people have with Christianity. It certainly rises-or perhaps roars-to the surface after...
View ArticleThe Storm Tamer
Tweet Share My two-year-old babbled giddily about the “lightning, Mommy! One, two, three, LIGHTNING!” Relentless streaks of white light made brilliant scabs in an ominously thick sky. The streaks...
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The Table Conference Review
Tweet Share Many thanks to the team at Dallas Theological Seminary for a successful inaugural Table Conference at Bent Tree Bible Fellowship in Carrollton, TX. The theme Presenting God to Those...
View ArticleA Fresh Perspective on Purpose
Tweet Share Two years ago I traded my 60-hour work weeks for a spot in my upstairs loft. From the desk that sits up there, I work as a freelance writer. But it’s not a 9-to-5 job. Shortly before...
View ArticlePray90X: Praying for Boldness: Part 1
Tweet Share Ever wondered what to say when you pray? Sometimes it can help to see what examples of prayer we are given in Scripture. At Pentecost, the believers prayed for boldness: “And...
View ArticlePray90X: Praying for Boldness: Part 2
Tweet Share It’s no accident that praying for boldness immediately follows putting on the armor of God. Paul urges the Ephesians: “With every prayer and petition, pray at all times in the...
View ArticleThe Boston Bombers, Face to Face with Evil
Tweet Share Last week we looked into the face of evil, yet people who knew the Boston Bombers were clueless. Why? The first time I came face to face with raw evil was on a prison ministry trip to the...
View ArticleHeaven Can Wait
Tweet Share Hos 5:15 I will return again to my place, until they acknowledge their guilt and seek my face, and in their distress earnestly seek me. In this last verse of Hosea 5 we see what really...
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The Beautiful Attitudes – Part III
Tweet Share Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth (Matthew 5:5) Again, the Greek word for blessed (i.e., makarios) used here has a meaning of being fortunate, prosperous or...
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NET Bible Study Environment Update: Hide the NET Bible Note #’s
Tweet Share Have you ever wanted to copy and paste the text of your favorite translation into a blog, facebook post, or tweet? Maybe you were writing an email or crafting a research paper and needed...
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