Isaiah 55:9 – Household Words:

King Solomon and the Oops Babies. 1 Chronicles 2 and 3.

Shakespeare’s KING LEAR includes an interesting subplot. Edmund, the son of the wealthy and powerful Earl of Gloucester, is not an heir to the Earl because the Earl was not married to Edmund’s mother. The Earl had had an affair. Thus, Edmund’s half-brother Edgar is the heir. Edmund bitterly resents the stigma of illegitimacy andContinue reading “King Solomon and the Oops Babies. 1 Chronicles 2 and 3.”

Favor Has Been Uncoupled From Merit. Exodus 11:3.

Image: a close-up view of a train coupler connecting two cars. I knocked on the white painted door of my girlfriend’s apartment. No one knew I was coming. One of Wendy’s roommates opened the door. It was Charlotte. She was the loud one. She screamed. “Well, hello, Mr. Successful!” Charlotte was an opera student, oneContinue reading “Favor Has Been Uncoupled From Merit. Exodus 11:3.”

Understand Old Testament Wrath in Light of Luke 20:38 and Ezekiel 33:11.

Reading Old Testament highlights can give the impression God loves to pour out his wrath. In fact, there is a popular notion that the God of the Old Testament is different from the God of the New Testament. Some personify it: God the Father is angry and full of wrath, but God the Son isContinue reading “Understand Old Testament Wrath in Light of Luke 20:38 and Ezekiel 33:11.”

OPPORTUNITY COMES DISGUISED AS ADVERSITY. Isaiah 55:9.

Paul kept being arrested. Why? Because it gave Paul an opportunity to preach to world leaders. In Philippi, Paul led the jailer and his family to Christ. When Paul wanted to go to Jerusalem, everyone told him he would be arrested. He went anyway. When a crowd gathered, Paul preached to the crowd, and someContinue reading “OPPORTUNITY COMES DISGUISED AS ADVERSITY. Isaiah 55:9.”

God Chose Them For You.

God makes many choices for us, including our parents. We have no say in who raises us. But God has His reasons, and “His ways are past finding out” Isaiah 55:9. The Ammonite king Nahash treated King David well. When Nahash died, David sent his officials to show kindness to the new king, Hanun, sonContinue reading “God Chose Them For You.”