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I’m stepping back from this weekly blog, at least for a while. I started it almost two years ago; last […]

Last week I talked about an Israelite king: Jeroboam II. This week I’ll talk about another one, one who reigned

One of the most significant under-the-radar events from history has been on my mind lately.  It concerns the one and

We are familiar with the troubling question: why do bad things happen to good people?  It’s a perpetual problem.  Every

We recently decided to adopt a pet.  Our last pet, our cat, Bear, had died 12 years ago at the

Novelist John Updike wrote a poem about the resurrection.  It was surprising, seeing as Updike was an author of secular

Paul Ehrlich died this month.  He wrote a famous book, a book that has possibly done more harm than any

The Bible exhorts people to learn. It is not for purposes of winning at trivia games, passing tests or getting

Just this week we learned of an embarrassing admission concerning the war with Iran. But it’s not about Iran but

Snakes in the grass are dangerous because those are the ones you don’t notice. We had some snakes on our