Waiting is profoundly difficult; all the more so when you know the one you are waiting one is capable of acting immediately. Yet this is God’s call to exiled Israel – to wait upon the Lord for the day of salvation (in this case release from captivity). But this waiting is not to be passive...
Author: Kirk Winslow
Understanding the Bible 11: The Babylonian Exile
How do we reconcile the wrath and love of God??? The images of gentle shepherd seem so at odds with those of a punishing judge we are tempted to imagine they describe different deities. And yet both wrath and grace are such inextricable dimensions of the God of the Bible that neither be dismissed. One...
Understanding the Bible 10: The Prophets and Their Warnings
What is prophecy in the Bible? And what is a prophet? And why do I feel I want little to do with either? My personal allergy to the word “prophecy” stems from the fact that most contemporary discussion thereof involve a vast departure from the biblical understanding. From Harold Camping’s dating of the end of...