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“Faith does not rest on what we hope may happen." — Colin Anderson

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Sunday, August 03, 2025

Quote of the Day (50)

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David de Bruyn’s morning email is a short prayer checklist entitled “When God Says ‘No’ ”. I’ve made them myself from time to time, and I’...
Saturday, August 02, 2025

No King in Israel (19)

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As we hinted in the introduction last week, this series of incidents in chapter 8 effectively illustrates the moral degradation characteri...
Friday, August 01, 2025

Too Hot to Handle: Offenders for a Word

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In which our regular writers toss around subjects a little more volatile than usual. Christianity Today ’s Caleb Lindgren interviews au...
Thursday, July 31, 2025

The Mental Scrapbook

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“You can’t make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear”, as the famous adage goes. Your raw materials define what is possible with them. The s...
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Wednesday, July 30, 2025

Small Dramas

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Some spiritual experiences are useful to share. Others, I find, I am better off keeping to myself, not because they are trivial but becaus...
Tuesday, July 29, 2025

Getting Our Attention

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Don’t laugh at me, long time Bible readers. I only just noticed for the first time that in the days when Solomon had his first vision of G...
Monday, July 28, 2025

Anonymous Asks (365)

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“Does God punish us when we sin?” Bad stuff happens when people sin. That’s no surprise to any of us. It started in the Garden of Eden a...
Sunday, July 27, 2025

Semi-Random Musings (43)

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I have written a couple of times before about the “ labels ” the writers of the Old Testament used for the cities, towns, nations and peop...
Saturday, July 26, 2025

No King in Israel (18)

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The one-sided battle between Israel and Midian and its allies was winding down, moving into what we might call the cleanup stage. The writ...
Friday, July 25, 2025

Too Hot to Handle: Where There is No Vision ...

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In which our regular writers toss around subjects a little more volatile than usual. Kevin Miller is an Executive VP at Christianity To...
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Thursday, July 24, 2025

Present Perfect

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Everybody likes gifts, they say. Still, some are better than others. A funny story: My in-laws were on their way to a wedding. Along th...
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Wednesday, July 23, 2025

The Price of Faith

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“By faith Moses, when he was born, was hidden for three months by his parents, because they saw that the child was beautiful, and they wer...
Tuesday, July 22, 2025

Changing Focus

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Those of us who read the word of God day by day over a period of years have all probably experienced more or less the same thing: each tri...
Monday, July 21, 2025

Anonymous Asks (364)

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“Did Jesus go to hell?” If the relative likelihood of any interpretation of scripture being true has any correlation with its popularity...
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