A Story Retold

For some of you, the beginning of this passage marks familiar territory from your childhood. “And the walls came a-tumbling down.” It was a remarkably simple strategy to defeat the city and enter it. Some marching and a little noise from the shouting and the blasting of the horn. The story however, does not end there.

The Wise Petition

Read Reflect For those of us blessed to be living in a time of peace, upon first reading of this psalm there seems little we can relate to. The psalmist lists the nations at war with Israel and entreats God to intervene and claim victory. The words appear harsh, angry and vengeful. But interestingly a […]

Of Long Ropes and Full Cups

Read Reflect This passage would make an excellent script for a movie depicting a bloody war. One of my young mentees was a child soldier who has now come to know Christ. Isaac has seen, heard and practiced unspeakable things, some of which we come across in this brutal passage. Most people you speak to […]