“Whatever Works”?
Proverbs in the Bible can be hard to understand, like many parts of the Bible. Sometimes one proverb seems to contradict another, as these two seem to: “A bribe is like a magic stone in the eyes of the one who gives it; wherever he turns he prospers.” – Proverbs 17:8“Whoever is greedy for unjust gain troubles his own household, but he who hates bribes will live.” – Proverbs 15:27…
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Don’t Leave Love Letters Unopened
An old friend used to encourage me to read the Bible every day, and his reasoning was: “The Bible is 66 love letters from God. If you got a love letter from any other person, would you put off reading it?” It took many years before I really took this to heart, but I always remembered it. Dear fellow travelers, I pass along that story, but I’ll also add more…
Keep readingHis Story Needs No Revision
Journalism, particularly newspaper journalism, is sometimes referred to as “the first rough draft of history.” This phrase is usually attributed to Philip Graham, former publisher of the Washington Post. It’s a useful phrase because it is flattering to journalists to know that their work is important and meaningful, but also a reminder that their work is inherently imperfect and in need of later revision. Particularly under deadline pressure, it is…
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Daily Readings for July 13 – 19
Fellow travelers: For those looking for a Bible reading plan, each week I post 2 chapters to read per day as a main reading plan, and for anyone who wants to read the whole Bible in 2026, I’ll post the extra chapters to read that week. The main readings will include nearly all of the New Testament, plus Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, the Prophets, and a few other Old Testament books.…
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Help! There’s a Log in My Eye! (Part 2)
Dear fellow travelers, Yesterday’s post started to discuss Jesus’ words in Matthew 7:3-5 – “Why do you see the speck that is in your brother’s eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye? Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when there is the log in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the log…
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Help! There’s a Log in My Eye! (Part 1)
Until we get to heaven, none of us can fully understand what God is telling us in the Bible, but I believe one particularly tricky passage is this one: “Why do you see the speck that is in your brother’s eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye? Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’…
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Promises of Life, Godliness, and Excellence
Fellow travelers, “His divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us to his own glory and excellence, by which he has granted to us his precious and very great promises, so that through them you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in the world because of sinful desire.”…
Keep readingGive Everyone Some Longitude? – History for July 8
On this date in 1714, the British Parliament passed the Longitude Act, offering prizes to anyone who could accurately measure longitude at sea. Failure to measure longitude was causing massive economic damage from shipwrecks and piracy. Galileo had established a method using Jupiter’s moons, generally accepted soon after his 1642 death, but it only worked on land. Use of Galileo’s methods on land led to many maps being redrawn, “shrinking”…
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Putting Our Money Where Our Faith Is
We often make decisions without really knowing our own motives. Without really thinking about why we are doing what we do. However, if we estimate how many of our decisions are based on money from how often the New Testament talks about money, people probably follow financial motives more than they think they do. Jesus spoke a lot about money, and so does the rest of the New Testament. Too…
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Church is Not a Shopping Mall
I recently had a very strange dream, which occurred (kind of) in the church I went to as a kid. This church, in Washington, D.C., has been around for over 130 years and meets in a stone building and has an amazing pipe organ in the main sanctuary. The appearance and structure of the church communicates permanence and tradition. In this dream, I was roughly a teenager on one end…
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