For you trusted in your wickedness; you said, “No one sees me.” Your wisdom and your knowledge, it leads you away, and you said in your heart, “I am and none else is.” Isaiah 47:10 Wickedness – How could anyone trust in wickedness? Does that make any sense at all? No one actually puts their…
For our heart rejoices in Him because we trust in His holy name. Psalm 33:21 Trust – Remember the difficulties we found in Psalm 33:22. Trying to capture the meaning of ka-asher turned into a lesson about tidy answers and worldviews. But what we may have overlooked is the parallelism of Hebrew poetry. In other…
and when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of its fruit, and ate, and gave also to her husband with her; and he ate Genesis 3:6 With Her – “Why, oh,…
A Year on the Ash Heap: Travels with Job The book of Job is considered the oldest book of the Bible. With this in mind, the story becomes even more challenging. After all, if this account is the oldest book, then it follows that all of the other stories, directions, prophetic utterances and guidance was…
My intellectual theology is in pretty good shape. I have a good grasp of most of the doctrines. I believe them. I know the arguments and the proofs. But that kind of theology can’t save me from my demons. Just putting more correct information in my head does not give me more courage or fortitude…
Preserve me, O God, for I take refuge in You. Psalm 16: 2 (in the Hebrew text) Take Refuge – God is the ultimate refuge for His children. No place on earth, no alliance with men, no surrounding army can offer the safety and security that God offers. We all know this, but until we…
“God has made a joke of me” Genesis 21:6 I don’t think we know the people of the Bible very well. We are the victims of years of watered-down teaching. The stories of the lives of our spiritual ancestors have been “sanctified”. We know the triumphs of their faith, but we have little appreciation for…
