Self Pity
Wholesale Slaughter with the Jawbone of a donkey
Date: March 29, 2022
Passage: Judges 15:14–20
The cords that bound Samson were snapped and he grabbed a fresh jawbone of a donkey and made a wholesale slaughter of the Philistines (vv. 14-17). A fresh jawbone of a donkey would be heavier and less brittle and thus a more effective weapon than a jawbone that was old and dry. This great …
God Ministered to Jonah
Date: September 11, 2021
Passage: Jonah 4:6–11
Though Jonah is angry at God (vv. 1-4), God still cares for him and demonstrates this by preparing a gourd to grow up and provide shade for Jonah’s head. Jonah was happy for the provision of this plant, but apparently he does not recognize it as having come from the hand of God …