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July 17, 2025 — Job’s God
“Can you search out the deep things of God? Can you find out the limits of the Almighty?” (Job 11:7). My maternal grandfather was marked by reverence for God. I often heard him refer to the Deity by the words, “Him with whom we have to do” (Heb 4:13, KJV). Although the phrase seemed awkward to my ear, […]
July 16, 2025 — Cursing Or Blessing?
Coming from the same mouth, curses poison blessings until you can’t tell them apart (Jas 3:10-12). Have you heard of an antiphrasis? It’s a rhetorical device where one says the opposite of what is actually meant in such a way that the true intention is obvious. People exclaim, “Oh, great!” when they mean anything but. […]
July 15, 2025 — Persecuted, But Not Forsaken
’Tis the set of the sails, And not the gales, That determines the way we go.” —Ella Wheeler Wilcox Job had passed the test. “In all this Job did not sin nor charge God with wrong” (Job 1:22). How could one consider an even more daunting trial of his faith than that, especially because all ten of […]
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July 14, 2025 — The Song In The Storm
A bird doesn’t sing out of duty or duress, but because it has a song within and must sing it. Crises don’t form character as much as they reveal it. If a man is full of selfishness and bitterness, when he is jostled by circumstances, that’s what comes out. If he is filled with the […]
The Ultimate Statistic
We don’t like to talk about it, but it’s the last stop before we take off. But take off to where? Now’s the time to make those plans. […]
July 11, 2025 — There Was A Day
“Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring forth” (Prov 27:1). That’s for sure! Ephesians 4:27 gives this blunt warning: “nor give place to the devil.” Others translate it, “Don’t give him a foothold.” You can see why in our story today. Would the enemy strike a glancing blow against Job […]
Those Paradoxical Christians
They say a paradox is truth standing on its head to attract attention. It’s defined as “a seemingly contradictory statement that is nevertheless true.” Listen to the accusation against some early followers of Jesus: “These who have turned the world upside down have come here too.” (Acts 17:6) It seemed that way! Their leader was […]
July 10, 2025 — Throwing Down The Gauntlet
Not to be confused with “running the gauntlet” (Swedish, gatlopp, meaning “loping the course”). To “throw down the gauntlet” is a vestige from the days of chivalry when a challenge to combat was issued by throwing one’s heavy armored glove (French, gantelet) at the feet of an opponent. So what was this challenge? Listen. “Then the Lord said […]