This is a flashback to a Bible drama performed at a retreat years ago when we lived in Japan. The drama was “The Raising of Jairus’s Daughter.” My father-in-law played…
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Protected by the Bible
Can the Bible protect us? Many animals have built-in protection against their enemies. They carry their protection with them all the time. Snails and turtles can climb into their shells.…
Power of the Bible
In 1976, Joni Eareckson Tada wrote the book Joni about God’s hand on her after the accident that rendered her a quadriplegic. Forty years later, she recalled: “When I was…
Is the Bible to Be Believed Literally?
You sometimes hear people say that the Bible is their authority but that they don’t believe every word is literally true. They’re contrasting themselves against those people who do believe…
The Bible and Absolute Truth
“God ‘cannot lie’ (Titus 1:2); thus there can be no deliberate errors in his words. Also, God ‘knows all things’ (1 John 3:20), i.e., he is omniscient; thus there can…