Christian author Bill MacDonald dies at 90

Bill MacDonald, author of Believer's Bible Commentary and 83 other published books, died recently. MacDonald was just days short of his 91st birthday.

The Oakland Tribune, in an article about MacDonald, quoted an anecdote about when God spoke to MacDonald's uncle:

In one of MacDonald's best-acclaimed books — Believer's Bible Commentary, a one-volume explanation of the Bible — he recalled an experience he had as a boy in Scotland when he was stricken with diphtheria, a disease that causes respiratory difficulty. His mother had given up all hope for him, he wrote, when suddenly his uncle arrived and said the boy would not die because God spoke to him after he read Psalm 91.

Because of that event, MacDonald always referred to Psalm 91 as his Psalm.