Wisdom turns you into a gem
IT TOOK 28 CHAPTERS OF JOB'S MISERY before I hit good news in the Book of Job. But it was really good news. In fact, it's more than good news. It's a surprise. Which makes it extra good news. That …
Job's angry words to God
I AM SHOCKED at how much "patient" Job shredded God. I’ve written about the Bible almost all my career. But when you have to paraphrase the Bible into casual English, as I do for The Casual English …
Suffering Job didn't suffer in silence
I'M SURPRISED and right on the border of shocked and delighted with what is happening in the Bible book of Job, which I am paraphrasing these days. Job had a mouth, an attitude, and plenty of reason …
It's Google's fault you missed it
YOU MISSED A BLOG POST that I'd like you to read and to think about. But I can't release it here. I sent it out from my author website, StephenMillerBooks.com, and the Google guys and gals in charge …
We blew it and you missed it
YOU MISSED SOME IMPORTANT BLOG ARTICLES because we blew it. We're still trying to shift from one blog delivery system to another. We've been trying for months. Bad luck or none at all We've had a …
Jeremiah Bible maps ready to download
Here's a quick heads up and a surprise we've got on tap for everyone. Heads up: Jeremiah is done, in beta I just finished the paraphrasing and 3D-styled maps for the 52-chapter book of Jeremiah for …
Artificial intelligence reviews Casual English Bible® maps
After reading what AI (artificial intelligence) said the other day about our Bible paraphrase in AI reviews Casual English Bible,® I decided I'd stick my neck out again. I asked ChatGPT to critique …
AI reviews The Casual English Bible®
I POLITELY ASKED CHATGPT to critique The Casual English Bible® (TCEB)—weighing in on it's ups and downs. I gave the AI Matthew 5, which is part of Jesus's most famous sermon, the Sermon on the Mount. …
Chat with an atheist
WOULD YOU LIKE TO LISTEN IN ON A CONVERSATION I had this week with a person of science who said he wasn’t a person of faith? Over the years I've had a lot of conversations with people who identified …
What keeps me up at night
TWO WORRIES keep me up at night. My dying dog, and what appears to be my dying country. I JUST ERASED Israel from the world map. I did it last week, when I paraphrased Jeremiah chapter 39. God had …
Where is a happy family in the Bible?
ALL SMILES. My son and two of my grandchildren ride this happy Disney moment to the end of the line. DISNEY WORLD is where my family spent the middle of February, far from Kansas City's blistering …
Is Trump Paul’s “Man Above the Law”?
IMAGINE we’ve been assigned the job of solving a mystery: Who was the apostle Paul talking about when he predicted a “revolution,” starring the “Man Above the Law,” also known as the “Son of …
Jeremiah’s warning: USA as China’s 24th province?
IF GOD TREATS OUR NATION LIKE ANCIENT ISRAEL, might he erase us from the world map as the Bible says he did with Israel? Invaders deported them and took their land. DO BIBLE PROPHECIES WARN US TODAY …
Jeremiah's God sounds scary
WHO WOULDN'T HUG JESUS, the compassionate healer? On the other hand, there's God. In the Jewish Bible, which Christians usually call the Old Testament or sometimes the First Testament, writers most …
Wednesday to come
WEDNESDAY WILL BE A TOUGH DAY. I was thinking about it last week. I sat at my office desk, imagining what might happen on January 15, when we take our six-year-old black lab, Maizey, to Kansas State …
Maizey our dog, diagnosed with lymphoma
MAIZEY runs with some of her pack. On the Saturday after Christmas our vet gave us the news. Swollen lymph glands on her neck tested positive for lymphoma. WHEN WE FACE A TOUGH SITUATION and there’s …
Silent Night
ONCE MORE WITH FEELING. Here's one last listen at a new release of Silent Night. It's a whispering, mellow sound, recorded on a microphone from an earlier generation. Enjoy. Merry Christmas to all. …
What we look like isn’t who we are
THE DENTIST’S CHAIR is not a place I usually associate with spirituality or things of God. But it was there this morning that I learned something about who we are. The dental hygienist was at a pause …
Printer rejects Casual English Bible
A MOUSY QUIET PRINTER I met at a meal last week texted me a strange note earlier this week. In it, he refused to print a Bible I never asked him to print. "Good morning Steve, I have decided to not …
This is a fine Casual English Bible mess
SAVED BY THE BAKER. These are the perfect peanut butter cookies, warm and perfectly served to me in a timely manner—when The Casual English Bible® website was driving me up the western wall. I’M NOT …