Job, Job, How does your garden grow?

Job 38: 27 ….(who) causes to spring forth the growth of tender grass?
We were sifting our fingers through the soil and filling peat pots.  My wife, oldest daughter and I were planting tomato, pumpkin, watermelon and flower starts.  After digging little holes in the earth we dropped in the seeds; the melon and pumpkin seeds were [...]

Most Misused Verse of All Time…?

“I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.” – Phil 4:13 
What a great promise!  But what is it a promise for? This may be the most misused verse of all time. 
God does promise to help us and strengthen us in all situations.  But people have used this verse in some interesting ways. Here’s a [...]

The Missing Hand of God

Letters which look like chicken scratches, flash cards, memorization, relating new words to odd memory aids; such is the life of beginning Hebrew students.  It’s hard to describe what learning Hebrew is like.  There’s a lot of necessary repetition. I’d compare it to brushing your teeth.  As a seminary student you need to do it, [...]