Dear Diary, Every day is hard now. I don’t remember the last time I enjoyed a nice meal and a few laughs. It’s all so serious all the time. God continues to give me messages of doom and destruction. Honestly, no one even knows my name anymore. They just say, “Here comes the weeping prophet.”Continue reading “The Weeping Prophet Curses His Birthday, but Maintains Hope.”
Category Archives: The Old Testament is Less About Judgment and More About Discipline.
Old Testament Mercy. 2 Chronicles 33:12-13.
When I was a little boy, a girl down the street told me that God the Father was mean and angry, and that only Jesus the Son was merciful.[1] Have you heard this idea? It goes hand-in-hand with the oft-repeated trope that the Old Testament tells the story of a God of vengeance, and theContinue reading “Old Testament Mercy. 2 Chronicles 33:12-13.”
They That Wait Upon the Lord. 1 Samuel 26:8-11.
David spent years running all over the wilderness of Israel evading Saul’s murderous armies. He had 600 men on the road, each depending on David for food. One day David and his men hid themselves deep in a cave and Saul came in alone to relieve himself. David’s men whispered, “Kill him, David. God broughtContinue reading “They That Wait Upon the Lord. 1 Samuel 26:8-11.”
CORRELATION. Hebrews 12: 5-11.
Correlation. n. A statistical measure of the degree in which two variables move in relation to each other. There are correlations between freezing temperatures and snow on the ground, between hard work and achievement, selfishness and loneliness, kindness and optimism. Several powerful correlations involve everyone’s favorite topic: DISCIPLINE. There are correlations between parental love andContinue reading “CORRELATION. Hebrews 12: 5-11.”
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