"Don’t say 'sun' or 'moon'” by Stephen M. Miller Bible blog of award-winning bestselling Christian author, Stephen M. Miller. for Saturday, 20 February 2016
"Don’t say 'sun' or 'moon'” by Stephen M. Miller
Genesis says God made “two great lights” (1:16 NLT). One theory about what the writer didn’t simply say the sun and moon is because many people considered them gods. The Hebrew word for each—Shamash (sun), Yarikh (moon)—were names of gods. A Visual Walk Through Genesis, pages 20-22.
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"For folks who don’t read Bibles" by Stephen M. Miller Bible blog of award-winning bestselling Christian author, Stephen M. Miller. for Tuesday, 16 February 2016
"For folks who don’t read Bibles" by Stephen M. Miller
“I’D RATHER BE GAMING.” Actually, this fellow might read a lot. But not everyone likes to read. I have a theory. If I write it with imagination, they will come. Photo by Artur Potosi, flickr, CC2.
HERE’S A SECRET OF MINE.
I write for people who don’t read.
I know that seems odd because you might then wonder who reads my stuff.
It’s writing for New York City. If you can make it there, you can make it anywhere.
I’ve been working lately on a Bible paraphrase for folks who don’t read: the Casual English Bible. You’ll get to see a beta version of it, featuring the first book in the Bible. It’s coming in the not-too-distant future.
My marketing-guru son and I met yesterday with our creative web designer guru to talk about the launch of the Casual English Bible website.
We’re starting with Genesis, the first book in the Bible.
It makes sense not only because Genesis is the first book in the Bible. But it works nicely with my July release, A Visual Walk Through Genesis—an illustrated guide to the Book of Genesis.
The Casual English Bible started as a Bible study experiment.
While I was writing A Visual Walk Through Genesis, I decided that for my devotions, I would try putting Genesis in words I would use if I were telling the same stories to people.
When I finished my first-pass beta edition, it seemed like it might work as a helpful resource to accompany A Visual Walk Through Genesis. So I decided to make it available as an added tool.
In addition, I’m including more than 350 discussion questions—one set of questions for each of the 50 chapters in Genesis.
These aren’t your typical Bible study questions. These are hard-hitting questions, like you might expect from a news reporter—which is what I used to be. Many of the questions will make longtime Christians squirm. But they are solid questions that Bible newcomers want to ask. So I ask the questions for them. That’s what a good reporter does.
I’ll keep you posted.
For more about Genesis
If you haven’t gotten a free copy of a book from me before, and you’re in the USA, I have some review copies of my newest release A Quick, Guided Tour Through the Bible.
Send me a note and I’ll send you one at no cost to you.
I get author copies of books from my publishers, and I don’t sell them. I give them away to help get people into the Bible who might not otherwise go there.
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"For folks who don’t read Bibles" by Stephen M. Miller Bible blog of award-winning bestselling Christian author, Stephen M. Miller. for Tuesday, 16 February 2016"For folks who don’t read Bibles" by Stephen M. Miller
“I’D RATHER BE GAMING.” Actually, this fellow might read a lot. But not everyone likes to read. I have a theory. If I write it with imagination, they will come. Photo by Artur Potosi, flickr, CC2.
HERE’S A SECRET OF MINE.
I write for people who don’t read.
I know that seems odd because you might then wonder who reads my stuff.
- Not the people who read, since I don’t write for them.
- Not the people who don’t read, since they don’t read.
It’s writing for New York City. If you can make it there, you can make it anywhere.
I’ve been working lately on a Bible paraphrase for folks who don’t read: the Casual English Bible. You’ll get to see a beta version of it, featuring the first book in the Bible. It’s coming in the not-too-distant future.
My marketing-guru son and I met yesterday with our creative web designer guru to talk about the launch of the Casual English Bible website.
We’re starting with Genesis, the first book in the Bible.
It makes sense not only because Genesis is the first book in the Bible. But it works nicely with my July release, A Visual Walk Through Genesis—an illustrated guide to the Book of Genesis.
The Casual English Bible started as a Bible study experiment.
While I was writing A Visual Walk Through Genesis, I decided that for my devotions, I would try putting Genesis in words I would use if I were telling the same stories to people.
When I finished my first-pass beta edition, it seemed like it might work as a helpful resource to accompany A Visual Walk Through Genesis. So I decided to make it available as an added tool.
In addition, I’m including more than 350 discussion questions—one set of questions for each of the 50 chapters in Genesis.
These aren’t your typical Bible study questions. These are hard-hitting questions, like you might expect from a news reporter—which is what I used to be. Many of the questions will make longtime Christians squirm. But they are solid questions that Bible newcomers want to ask. So I ask the questions for them. That’s what a good reporter does.
I’ll keep you posted.
For more about Genesis
- Genesis, plain and simple
- Seeing NASA in Genesis
- Was Noah’s Flood just another flood myth?
- Book: A Quick Guided Tour Through the Bible, pages 11-38
- Book: Complete Guide to the Bible, pages 10-28
- Video: Noah’s Ark: Looking for a boat 3 miles above sea level
If you haven’t gotten a free copy of a book from me before, and you’re in the USA, I have some review copies of my newest release A Quick, Guided Tour Through the Bible.
Send me a note and I’ll send you one at no cost to you.
I get author copies of books from my publishers, and I don’t sell them. I give them away to help get people into the Bible who might not otherwise go there.
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