The Magic Sin Box (Psalm 64)

The Magic Sin Box (Psalm 64)

When I was a kid, there was a popular magic trick performed every year at our holiday Bible club: the magic sin box. The metal box with fitted with a removable lid and housed a wooden cube. Each side of the cube was painted a different colour with a different sin...
A Timeless Text (Psalm 52)

A Timeless Text (Psalm 52)

Have you ever read the Bible and felt that the places, people, and events it describes are hopelessly foreign? That is understandable. The Bible was written by different people in a different place at a different time. Attempts to modernise Bible stories often sound...
The Fires of Hell (Psalm 5)

The Fires of Hell (Psalm 5)

As you read Psalm 5, you cannot help but notice contrast between the righteous and the wicked. David appeals to God to hear his appeals and to bring the wicked to their deserved end. But what may not immediately leap off the page is the evidence of righteousness and...
Gossip: Evidence of a debased mind

Gossip: Evidence of a debased mind

What do you think of when you hear the term “a debased mind”? A deranged serial killer? A sexual predator? A heartless dictator? Of all the sins you would associate with “a debased mind,” how far down the list is gossip? When Paul wrote to the Romans of God giving...