Not going to lie, this one almost did me in. I have worked throughout this blogging journey to not avoid the tough Scriptures but to deal with them. And it’s surprising what is tough–it’s not what one would expect. For me, this one is tough....
“’Now this was the sin of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters were arrogant, overfed and unconcerned; they did not help the poor and needy.” Ezek 16:49 If you’ve ever read the story of Lot and Sodom and Gomorrah, it’s a story sick with sin. ...
Isaiah 10 opens up with a message to lawmakers: Woe to those who make unjust laws, to those who issue oppressive decrees, 2 to deprive the poor of their rights and withhold justice from the oppressed of my people, making widows their prey and robbing the...
If God didn’t bring judgment, he wouldn’t be a good God. People say, “why doesn’t he do something about evil?” But they also say, “Why is God judgmental?” The same breath. But God brings judgment, at least on this earth,...
Bring out the proof-texters and naysayers, because it’s right there (Is 9:17): Therefore the Lord will take no pleasure in the young men, nor will he pity [have compassion on] the fatherless and widows, So that’s it. The Lord doesn’t truly care...
