Tag Archives: wrath

STEP BACK. Jeremiah 51:6,45.

Have you ever heard someone say, “Well, God might strike me down for saying this, but, I think the Yankees might lose,” and then everyone listening steps back, as if there’s a chance God might actually send a lightning bolt? The old cliché always strikes me as silly and a bit irreverent. God will notContinue reading “STEP BACK. Jeremiah 51:6,45.”

Border Wall.

All ancient cities had the same feature for protection: a wall.  Remember Jericho? The wall came down and the city fell to the Israelites.  Remember Nehemiah? The prophet took a crew to Jerusalem to rebuild the walls.  Remember the movies that show invading armies scaling walls while archers shoot them and pour boiling tar downContinue reading “Border Wall.”