“For as many as the promises of God are, in Him they are yes; therefore through Him also is our Amen to the glory of God through us.” 1 Corinthians 1:20 When I read the Scriptures, almost every page presents to my heart most precious promises, adapted to console and…

I try to read a Proverbs chapter each day, each month. Today on April 25, I read Proverbs 25. Verse 15 jumped out to me: “Through patience a ruler may be persuaded, And a gentle tongue breaks bone.” Think on that a moment………..Likely you see what I see. If we…

William Shakespeare was born and died on the same date, April 23 (1564–1616). I must confess to that I’ve never read much of his works. I did, however, see a movie some years ago, The Merchant of Venice (2004, starring Al Pacino, Joseph Fiennes, Jeremy Irons, and Lynn Collins). I…

That’s a bold and shocking statement. That title is from Archibald Brown in “Do Not Sin Against the Child!” (1870). This was no doubt from a sermon Brown delivered and what a blistering sermon it must have been. I have to look back on my parenting and shudder. How often…

Today my reading included 1 Samuel 18–20. In this section King Saul is yet again after David, determined to destroy him. In particular in 19:11: Then Saul sent messengers to David’s house to watch him, in order to put him to death in the morning. But Michal, David’s wife, informed…

That is, does God make decisions and then change his mind? Does he regret his decisions? Reading this morning in 1 Samuel 15, I came to this verse: Then the word of the Lord came to Samuel, saying, “I regret that I have made Saul king, because he has turned…