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Scripture for real life. Short, careful pieces about what familiar passages actually say, and how to use them well.
- What Do I Say to Someone Who Is Grieving?The honest answer is less than you think, and later than you think. What to say, what not to say, which Bible verses fit fresh grief, and the one everyone sends that shouldn’t be.
- Five Verses Often Read at Funerals, and What They Actually SayPsalm 23, John 14, Romans 8:28, 2 Timothy 4:7, Ecclesiastes 3. What each was written about, which funerals they fit, and where one of them can do harm.
- Is “God Won’t Give You More Than You Can Handle” in the Bible?No. The saying isn’t in Scripture, and the verse people trace it to, 1 Corinthians 10:13, is about temptation. Here is what the Bible actually says about being overwhelmed.
- Why Jeremiah 29:11 Doesn’t Mean What We Usually Make It MeanThe most popular graduation verse was written to exiles who would stay in Babylon for seventy years. What it promised them, and what it can honestly promise you.
- What Philippians 4:13 Is Actually About“I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me” is printed on athletic gear as a promise of victory. Paul wrote it from prison, about being hungry.
Every piece is written by me and checked against the same rules as the rest of the site. Four good pieces a month beat forty thin ones, and I enjoy writing them, which I hope shows.