When God Shuts the Door
They went into the ark with Noah, two and two of all flesh in which there was the breath of life. And those that entered, male and female of all flesh, went in as God had commanded him. And the LORD shut him in. (Genesis
Tag: Grace
When Darkness is the Last Word
The last word of one of the darkest psalms is “darkness” (88:18 ESV). After detailing his crying out to God “day and night”(v. 1) for deliverance, the writer’s final line is, “You have caused my beloved and my friend to shun me; my companions have
Out of Left Field (Judges 3:12–30)
The term “out of left field” is an English idiom that describes something unexpected or strange. The precise origin of the phrase is disputed, but it is generally thought that it derives from baseball, where a left fielder, who might be expected to throw the
The Broken and the Breaker (Micah 2:1–13)
In a speech during a debate on the state of the nation in February 2015 , the leader of the official South African opposition party stood up in parliament and boldly confronted the leader of the governing party. A number of times in his memorable