I’ve either never seen this verse or I’m reading it with different eyes: “Though he slay me, I will hope in him; yet I will argue my ways to his face.” - Job‬ ‭13‬:‭15‬ ‭ESV‬‬ What a weird combination of statements.  Though he slay me, I will

I have not been reading Psalm 46:10 correctly for a long time (probably because I’ve always read it in isolation). “Be still, and know that I am God.” I’ve always taken “stillness” to strictly be a synonym for “peace.” God’s just telling us to find inner

I know God does not change; that His word and being are eternally immutable. That’s why I’m struck by stories in which He appears to change His mind, as if He can sometimes be persuaded to alter plans He’s been very clear about. It happens in the

Stories like the persistent friend in Luke 11 are easy to admire when things are going well. A man urgently goes to his friend in the middle of the night to ask for some bread. After some determination, all’s well:  I tell you, even though he will not get

I think I’ve had a messed up, self-sufficient view of “hope” for a long time, and I didn’t start to realize it until I read Romans 8:24 while life was falling apart. For in this hope we were saved. Now hope that is seen is not hope.