This jumps off the page every time I come across it, perhaps because I’m a lawyer, perhaps because of its directness and simplicity: “Learn to do good; Seek justice, Reprove the ruthless, Defend the orphan, Plead for the widow.” Isaiah 1:17. GS
“I have offended God and mankind because my work did not reach the quality it should have.” These are purportedly Leonardo DaVinci’s last words. Five hundred years of art critics would disagree with DaVinci’s assessment of his work, but that is not the point here. What is intriguing is DaVinci, perhaps the greatest painter who ever
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Have you ever watched one of those nature documentaries where they show lions chasing down, killing and eating zebras or wildebeests or some other animal? The narrators talk about this savagery like it’s something beautiful and natural; they call it the “wonderful balance of nature” or some other euphemism designed to make us feel better
I’m halfway to the finish line in my plan of reading the Bible through in a year chronologically, that is, reading the Bible in the historical order in which the events it records occurred. I highly recommend it. While it requires some skipping around, it brings a continuity to the historical sections and a relevance
I was reading Isaiah chapter 2 earlier this week, a chapter that always excites me about the destiny of the kingdom of God. In the first three chapters of Isaiah, the Lord rebukes Israel for abandoning Him and forewarns them of the judgment He is about to bring on them from the Assyrians. But nestled