The Way of the Wicked Will Perish

“For the LORD watches over the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked leads to destruction.” (Ps 1:6) 50 billion years from now, if I may dare speak of eternity in the categories of time, no one will be writing learned dispositions on the significance of Adolf Hitler or Pol Pot, but [...]

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The Strange Comfort of the Rod and Staff

I recently had a conversation with a pastor about Psalm 23 that got me thinking about the famous phrase in verse 4: “your rod and your staff- they comfort me.”  I’ve never really thought about it, but in what way is a sheep comforted by a rod and a staff?  I’m no expert on shepherding, [...]

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