I’ve gone back to Ecclesiastes for my devotional time in the mornings. This morning I read chapter 8, verse 11 (LEB), “Because sentence against an evil deed is not carried out quickly, the heart of humans fills up within … Continue reading
Proverbs twenty-six, especially verses four and five, came to mind today because of an exchange with a self-style prophet. When dealing with such fools, one finds it hard to know the right course of action to take. Verse … Continue reading
Micah 6:8 NIV: “He has showed you, O man, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly, and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.” This passage, one of … Continue reading
Much ink has been spilled comparing the earliest events recorded in Genesis and the Akkadian Epic of Gilgamesh. I have no intention to enter the fray in discussing whether one document inspired the other, or whether they record … Continue reading
In Job 1 and 2 we see a divine interview as the angels present themselves before God along the lines of a royal audience. Satan came in with the angels and God initiates discussion with Satan. There are … Continue reading
How much of Job’s view of God was colored by the views of the surrounding pagan peoples?
Continue readingGod’s plague of turning the water of the Nile into blood attacked the Egyptians in their deepest held beliefs.
Continue readingBlessing and affliction often go hand in hand, so close that it is hard to tell one from the other.
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