How Could God Have Gotten It So Wrong?

How Could God Have Gotten It So Wrong?

Leviticus 25:23 “The land must not be sold permanently, because the land is mine and you are but aliens and my tenants” (NIV). Observation: God here reiterated His ownership of everything. Knowing that a Year of Jubilee would occur on a fixed, fifty-year schedule...
Reading of the Will

Reading of the Will

Romans 8:17 “Now if we are children, then we are heirs—heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in His sufferings in order that we may also share in His glory” (NIV). Observation: Life lived by the Spirit is my only gateway to assured resurrection...
Leaners Don’t Count

Leaners Don’t Count

2 Chronicles 9:12 “Then she left and returned with her retinue to her own country” (NIV). Observation: This verse concludes the chronicle of the Queen of Sheba’s visit to Solomon. Extensive trade was consummated, and a warm personal relationship established before she...
Higher Form of Ooze

Higher Form of Ooze

Romans 5:12 “Therefore just as sin entered the world through one man and death through sin …” (NIV). Observation: Romans 5 is a robust passage uniquely used in the development and defense of the Christian faith. It opens with Paul’s declaration of justification by...
Attic Trunks

Attic Trunks

Romans 3:3 “Will their lack of faith nullify God’s faithfulness?” (NIV). Observation: Paul’s letter to the Romans is a clear-eyed assessment of the depraved spiritual condition of all men, both Jews and Christians. Spiritual darkness is universal without faith in God,...