By Justin Huffman
Christian novelist Frederick Buechner observes that, in God’s choices in the Bible, the exception seems to be the rule. He says:
“Who could have predicted that God would choose not Esau, the honest and reliable, but Jacob, the trickster and heel, that He would put the finger on Noah, who hit the bottle, or […]
by Lasserre Bradley, Jr.
“Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time” (1 John 2:18).
Passages like this one are frequently used to fuel debates about eschatology (doctrine of the final days), but rarely […]
Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously – 1 Peter 2:23
When someone cuts you off in traffic, how do you respond? Do you yell harshly, gesture angrily, or perhaps even drive vengefully? This is not the way Jesus responded when […]
Below is a little poem that I wrote years ago, about a man [read 23-year-old me] standing on the seashore and who, looking out over the water, is tempted to test the strength of his faith by seeing if he can walk on water like Peter did.
I was reminded of this lesson recently while contemplating […]
The meek also shall increase their joy in the Lord – Isaiah 29:19a
Meekness is not a momentary decision, but a way of life. Someone has described biblical meekness as “putting the bit in your own mouth and handing the reigns over to God.” It is an humble attention, and receptivity, to the will of God.
The […]
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