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A Sweet Tweet

A Sweet Tweet

I read a tweet (I guess now it is called an “X”) the other day, which made me both smile and think. I went on a pastoral visit to a lady in her 90’s. I’m 39; the other with me is 45 years old. After visiting for 10 minutes: “You KIDS want a popsicle?” “Yes Please!”...
Speaking Rightly about God

Speaking Rightly about God

The bulk of the book of Job has been written in poetic form, but as the writer brings things to a close, he returns to the narrative prose with which he opened in chapters 1–2. The epilogue can be divided into two broad sections: Yahweh rebukes Job’s friends (vv....
The Essence of Relationship

The Essence of Relationship

Hosea 4 presents a turning point in the prophecy. From this point, the Lord delivers a series of prophetic pronouncements against his people. There is less narrative than in the opening three chapters. Some interpreters have gone so far as to suggest that the...

A Song for Sheep (Psalm 23:1–2)

Calvin began his Institutes with these words: Our wisdom, in so far as it ought to be deemed true and solid wisdom, consists almost entirely of two parts: the knowledge of God and of ourselves…. Every person, therefore, on coming to the knowledge of himself, is not...