Right Words

Bible studies, personal reflections, media reviews, and more: "How forcible are right words!" (Job 6:25a)

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  • Movie Batch #3

    Zulu (1964). Recounts the heroic stand of a small British contingent against a horde of Zulu warriors at Rorke’s Drift in 1879. This was Michael Cain’s first major role, I…


  • Knowing…and Standing

    Col. 1:9-12; 4:12 It’s one thing to know the will of God, and Paul and Timothy (“we” of 1:9; cf. 1:1), were praying for the Colossian believers along these lines.…


  • 10 Forms of Precipitation in Scripture

    Mist: Gen. 2:6 Dew: Deut. 32:2, Job 38:28 Small rain: Deut. 32:2, Job 36:27 Great rain: Job 37:6 Showers: Job 37:6, Zech. 10:1 Vapour(s): Job 36:33, Ps. 135:7, Jer. 10:13…


  • Ten Dark Chapters in Scripture with One Message

    If I had to pick the 10 bleakest chapters in scripture, I would tentatively choose the following: Gen. 6. Universal depravity of the antediluvian world: fallen angels, giants, men, and…


  • Deuteronomy 27: The Decalogue Rephrased

    Whereas Deut. 5:6-21 is a restatement of the “ten commandments” (Deut. 4:13, 10:4), Deut. 27:14-26 might be considered the decalogue rephrased, since all but two commandments are found in the…


  • A Fine Example in Victory

    Prov. 24.17-18. “Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth: Lest the LORD seeth it, and it displease him, and he turn…


  • Glorious Thoughts on Divine Guidance

    From A.E. Knoch’s His Grandest Glories: Studies in Colossians. Col. 1:9, for this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and…


  • The Order of Forgiveness

    The most basic division of scripture (2 Tim. 2:15) is that between (a) the kingdom program revealed to the prophets concerning the earth (Acts 3:21); and (b) the mystery program…


  • The Real “Lord of the Flies”

    Even if Baal-zebub (2 Kings 1:3, Mt. 12:27) does signify “lord of the flies,” the true Lord of the flies is the Lord God Almighty. He is the Creator of…


  • Movie Batch #2

    Below are more films I’ve enjoyed recently, listed chronologically by year of release. Please see my disclaimer re: content under Movie Batch #1.


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