Month: January 2011

Spare the rod, spoil the child.  As with most popular proverbs, there are elements of truth contained within this saying, which is probably why it is often mistaken for Scripture. Some verses in the Bible have similar wording as well, further complicating the confusion. This blog will discuss two...

  Jon, A friend of mine is struggling with the question “Doesn’t God just want me to be happy?” – how would you respond to that?  Great question! This might surprise some people, but God is not solely concerned with whether we are happy or not at the present...

God moves in mysterious ways.  Where did this saying come from? Many believe this was popularized by a poem written in the eighteenth century by William Cowper entitled “God Moves in Mysterious Ways.” Whether this popularized the phrase or drew from an already popular phrase no one can be...

James 5:16b “The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.” This passage might be the most misquoted English Scripture of all time (“money is the root of all evil” comes in a close second). The reason for the confusion is that it is a direct quote from...