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Unwed Mothers
In the late 1960s, Annie and I had three young daughters ages two, four, and six. The middle one was severely deaf with very limited vision only in her left eye, as well as a rather long list of other challenges. She was a high maintenance child. Annie also found that being the wife of a clergyman demanded her involvement with the parish.… Read more >
It’s Payback Time!
News Alert! Herod the Great massacres Jewish male babies ages two and under in the region of Bethlehem!
This massacre is described in Matthew 2:16 -17. Please notice three things:
- I didn’t say “the Gospel of Matthew,” primarily because the word gospel means “good news,” and this headline isn’t that.
Meet Jesus’s Twin
Let me share a story I heard the other day. You might recognize the hero in this tale, a remarkable person who lived some two thousand years ago.
As the story goes, his mother had a visitor from above before he was born. This visitor told her that her son wouldn’t be like anyone else.… Read more >
Did You Know Jesus Had Brothers and Sisters?
Many people are surprised by this fact. Perhaps some folks think that Mary, the virgin who gave birth to Jesus, remained a virgin, a perpetual one. If this were the case, how could there be more children? Others think one kid like Jesus is enough. Folklore suggests the siblings were stepchildren.… Read more >
What’s the Difference between History-History and Religious History?
I was a history major in college. I really wanted to be a psychology major, but those students had lab classes in the afternoon, and I played soccer in the fall and lacrosse in the late winter and spring. As a psych major I would have to go to Columbus, Ohio, once a week and work with patients in a state mental hospital.… Read more >