Calling It Right

Job 19:21-22 “Pity me, pity me, O you my friends, for the hand of God has struck me.  Why do you persecute me as God does?” Observation: Job’s friends had repeatedly sought to convince him that his painful circumstances were due to some failure or sin on Job’s...

Fleshly Navigation

Acts 27:13 “When a moderate south wind came up, supposing that they had attained their purpose, they weighed anchor and began sailing.” Observation: Paul was prisoner on a ship sailing for Rome under difficult circumstances. Never one to ignore an audience, Paul,...

The Paperwork Problem

Acts 25:25-27 “’I found that he had committed nothing worthy of death; and since he himself appealed to the Emperor, I decided to send him. Yet I have nothing definite about him to write to my lord. Therefore I have brought him before you all and especially before...

In the Image of Botox

Acts 21:10-11 “A prophet named Agabus . . . took Paul’s belt and bound his own feet and hands, and said, ‘This is what the Holy Spirit says: “In this way the Jews at Jerusalem will bind the man who owns this belt and deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles.”’”...

A Worm’s Theology

Job 9:3, 16 “If one wished to dispute with Him, he could not answer Him once in a thousand times. . . . If I called and He answered me, I could not believe that He was listening to my voice.” Observation: I am astounded as I read these verses at how good a handle Job...