I just finished the draft of book three in my series about John, the last disciple of Christ. Today I’m taking a break from writing about 1st century Christian life to ask you about your life in the 21st century. So, can I ask you a question or two or three? Getting To Know You… We…
What is the Gospel message? The word gospel has roots in many languages: Greek, Latin, Middle English and more. Yet they all come down to the hope and promise of Christ. The literal meaning of the word gospel is good message or good news. So the gospel is the good news of Jesus Christ. The…
What’s the easiest way to bring the Bible to life? Easy? Can anything be easy that comes from the Bible? Those pages don’t turn themselves. And they’re heavy, let me tell you. Enough kidding around. I want to bring the Bible to my life and I’m pretty sure you do too. Where do you start? Right…
In the old days, a book tour meant the author had to travel to book stores and sit at a table piled high with his or her books. Maybe people would show up or maybe they wouldn’t. Now we have new ways of touring. This is my second online book tour with Celebrate Lit, a…
Right now I’m living in two worlds: writing and researching the first century world of the early Christians while also tackling the technical demands of self-publishing and online book promotion in the 21st century. Living In Two Different Worlds Writing a book and publishing it have become almost polar opposites, at least for me. Research…
In Day One, we discussed starting your day with prayer and in Day Two we covered ending your day with prayer. In Day Three we looked at prayer from God’s perspective. Today we are going to cover: Practical Prayer Problems Prayer Problem: The Wandering Mind Does your mind wander when you pray? If it does,…