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Teach me, O LORD, the way of your statutes, and I will observe it to the end (Psalm 119:33 ESV). What do you pray about?  A new job?  Health for you or… — June 10, 2012

In my post on Monday, I argued that smart phones were dumb, and dumb phones were smart.  The same day I lost my dumb cell phone. It's now been… — June 9, 2012

A group of boys come up to Elisha the prophet, call him "Baldy", so he sics a couple of she-bears on these nasty boys.  What's up with that? … — June 7, 2012

Are smart phones dumb?  Are dumb phones smart?  (Asking the big questions here.) This is the 3rd of a series of Luddite Chronicles.  The Luddites were opposed to… — June 4, 2012

In Part 1 of this series we referred to an article that mentioned that God "kiled" (see comments) a lot more people than Satan in the Bible.  Thanks for… — June 1, 2012

Monetizing--don't you love taking a noun and making it into a verb?  I call it "verbizing."  In a few years you'll find "verbize" in Websters and you can say… — May 29, 2012

I run the way of your commandments, for you enlarge my understanding (Psalm 119:32 NRSV). Yesterday, I took our dog Tiglath-pileser IV (named after the Neo-Assyrian ruler, TP… — May 27, 2012

IVP's final Dictionary of the Old Testament has just come out (May 17, 2012). If you're interested you can buy it here: Dictionary of the Old Testament: Prophets… — May 24, 2012

David committed murder and adultery and he was allowed to remain as king, but Saul performed a premature sacrifice and he lost the throne.  What's up with that? … — May 23, 2012

I cling to your decrees, O LORD; let me not be put to shame (Psalm 119:30 NRSV). "Fly, you fools!"  Our son Nathan exclaimed as he was clinging… — May 21, 2012

In the spirit of God Behaving Badly, several people have mentioned versions of this chart to me, One of the atheists mentioned it to me while I was… — May 18, 2012

At the end of WWII, President Truman needed someone to run a food aid program for post-war Europe to potentially save 100 million people.  Who did he select? … — May 16, 2012

Three random notes about my book. About a year after God Behaving Badly came out I'm pleased that price for a used copy is still $7.25 (almost 80%… — May 14, 2012

I have chosen the way of faithfulness; I set your ordinances before me. (Psalm 119:30 NRSV). This verse is the 6th of eight in the Dalet section of Psalm… — May 13, 2012

At 5:30 in the morning my alarm went off.  I jumped out of bed, went outside, shoved the pile of newspapers (The Des Moines Register-I grew up in… — May 10, 2012

Stephanie Lowery is an alum of Biblical Seminary, and one of my first Teaching Assistant's here.  Now she's a doctoral student in Theology at Wheaton.  This is her… — May 9, 2012

Frank Viola's blog is hosting part 2 of an interview with me about the God of the Old Testament: God Behaving Badly: Part II | Beyond Evangelical |… — May 9, 2012

Here is a link to Part 1 of Frank Viola's blog  interview of me, focusing on topics related to God Behaving Badly: God Behaving Badly | Beyond Evangelical |… — May 8, 2012