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As a new Christian I found a wonderful encourager and teacher in a young Air Force chaplain who guided me in personal Bible study one hour a week for a year. Ken reminded me that God inspired the writing of the Bible through humans who faced the same challenges we all encounter.

My preaching professors in seminary were eloquent in the pulpit and thorough in the study. They demanded that every sermon submitted in class be thoroughly backed by at least five scholarly studies and that the subject and every supporting point rest on scripture.

Ancient kings were quite adept at planning large banquets for a great host of people in order to gain support from these guests.

Over the past 10 years, Word & Way recruited writers annually from churches and Baptist organizations — both ministers and laypeople — and produced multi-page Advent sections. In all, more than 200 writers participated.

Each fall, this column presents its annual Bad Burrito Awards (BBA). Winners demonstrate marketing perhaps more inspired by late-night indigestion than mid-day creativity.

Can a reigning monarch live humbly? In Old Testament history, at least one monarch is described as humbling himself before God.

I have preached with the help of a translator in two languages. I have also preached in English to my own congregation when someone suggested a translator would have helped!

Not until modern times has the Bible been so accessible and understandable.

In the history of the Middle East, conflict and murder because of religious struggles were often common to the rulers of the national states. Our text illustrates such conflict under King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon in 589 BC.

Have you ever been asked to explain some issue brought to you by a friend or acquaintance when the questioner will not explain to you what the issue really is? If so, it was obvious to you that you could not explain when you did not know the circumstances involved.