is it cheating or a learning superpower?

Biblical familiarity is a huge boost to any Christian’s spiritual walk. The more you know the Bible the more it just makes sense and the more you can get out of it. But I think a lot of people dread the process of learning the information to build familiarity....

a whale of an OT insight

It’s a bald-faced fact that if you understand the Bible, reading it is a LOT more fun. When it comes to the Old Testament, it really helps if you combine your Bible reading with a little bit of history. You don’t have to go all in on history-nerd...

from the back to the front

Happy New Year! It’s so odd for me to say that it’s now 2025.  That’s the kind of date that I used on strategic planning documents in the late 1990s when I wanted to pick a date “really far out in the future”. Now it’s what I have...

using big theological terms like a pro

Normally I like to send out emails on the weekend.  But this weekend my brain just didn’t want to work.  Does that ever happen to you?  Every time I wanted to sit down and dash off something profound and witty, it just said “nope, no way.” So I...

an Agatha Christie Old Testament

Do you like to read mysteries? Is it fun to pit yourself against the author to see if you can figure out whodunnit before the sleuth?  Or are you maybe the kind of reader who never figures it out first, but loves all the twists and turns and red herrings? There is...