by Dennis Stevenson | Aug 23, 2021 | Uncategorized
Class is in session When I was growing up in Oregon, school started every year sometime after Labor Day (in September). But now that I live in Arizona, my school district starts classes in late July. Does that seem early to you? It’s called the “modified...
by Dennis Stevenson | Aug 10, 2021 | Uncategorized
The Bible is not a Fairy Tale HI , Although it can seem fantastical when you read. Especially in the Old Testament. Giants, floods, resurrections, skeleton armies… It reads like a high fantasy story, not the word of God’s word. It’s really...
by Dennis Stevenson | Jul 26, 2021 | Uncategorized
Hi , It’s Olympic season (at last). Only a year late. But better late than never. The eyes of the world are on what’s going on over the ocean (for most of us). As believers in Jesus, the modern Olympics give us a unique context to understand one of the...
by Dennis Stevenson | Jul 21, 2021 | Uncategorized
It seems like a simple way to explain the differences in the 2 major parts of the Bible. But it’s wrong. Jesus makes appearances in BOTH Testaments. If you know what I’m talking about, stop right here for a minute and reply to this email and tell me what...
by Dennis Stevenson | Jul 12, 2021 | Uncategorized
Different translations. Different study notes. Even different languages. But one of those Bibles is more special to me than all the rest. It’s not because it’s the most expensive – it’s probably the cheapest one of them all. It’s not...
by Dennis Stevenson | Jul 6, 2021 | Uncategorized
It’s a lovely follow-on to the book of Ruth (or should I say Naomi’s Story?). But it contains the most shocking truth that absolutely does not fit in our culture today. The book of Esther tells the story of young Hadassah (Esther was her Persian name),...
