Uh-Oh… Another person poking.  Some of yous aren’t going to like this.  At all. How dare he try to promote conversation. What do you think?  Sound like an interesting read to you? Could it be many of us are reading the Bible in a way that it is impossible? HT: ...

Precisely who wrote the Bible has been debated for centuries – but now scientists have devised a computer program that sheds much more light on the sources of the various religious texts within it. Israeli computer scientists and Bible scholars have written an algorithm that analyses the...

YouVersion, the Bible app produced by the LifeChurch.tv team reached a new milestone:  30 million installs.  The free Bible app is now offering 150 different versions of the Bible in 45 different languages.  In addition, YouVersion offers nearly 200 Bible reading plans; and users have...

Ah, school has resumed and all is right with the world.  How thankful I am that my daughters are the only ones in our family heading back to class this fall.  Required readings, no thank you!  I have never been much of a bookworm; I’ve gotten better but still not what you would consider...

A Florida woman faces a charge of battery causing bodily harm after breaking the eleventh commandment: Thou shalt not throw thy Bible at thy son’s girlfriend. She is literally a Bible beater. And also a bauble beater, because the fight erupted once she suspected the girlfriend of...

Baptist Press is reporting that one activity can bring Christians, whether conservative or liberal, together: reading their Bible, a Baylor University research assistant, has reported. Frequently reading the Bible changed the attitudes of all Christians no matter their political background,...

Three in 10 Americans interpret the Bible literally, saying it is the actual word of God. That is similar to what Gallup has measured over the last two decades, but down from the 1970s and 1980s. A 49% plurality of Americans say the Bible is the inspired word of God but that it should not be...

Thanks to Linda Stanley (@lindastanley) for passing this along. This is real, folks.  John Maxwell now has ringtones.  John call actually alert you to new phone calls with an inspirational quote or irrefutable law.  For just $1.99 each. (I’ll record some wit and wisdom for you,...

Pretty amazing.  We are so blessed. Check out this modern day tribe that, for the first time, got the new testament in their own language. Sadly, some of these people know the word as well as we do, yet have not had a Bible in their own tongue. Thoughts? Todd Big thanks to my friend Steve...

If you read many blogs, you’ll find that some think that Rick Warren IS the biggest loser… but no… he’s just teaming up with someone from the show: Pastor Rick Warren and Austin Andrews, a finalist on this season’s “Biggest Loser,” have teamed up for...

Three people were arrested for reading the Bible in public in California.  Here is a video explaining and documenting the incident.  Take a look and let’s discuss: Your thoughts? Todd

My friend Scott Williams has a new book out that I think every church leader should read.  It’s entitled Church Diversity:  Thoughts about the Most Segregated Day of the Week. Scott writes:  Church diversity on the surface may not initially seem like a felt need foreveryone. If...

PETA, the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, is calling for a more animal-friendly update to the Bible. The group is asking translators of the New International Version (NIV) to remove what it calls “speciesist” language and refer to animals as “he” or...

That’s what’s happening that at the University of Texas San Antonio.  A campus atheist group is caliing it their ‘Smut for Smut’ campaign.  Simply turn in your Bible or other religous text, and they’ll give you free porn. Don’t believe me?  Watch...