Life's Inanities and Ironies

We live in a world that screams for bigger numbers, better strategies, and more impressive resources. Yet the King James Bible—the only preserved, inerrant Word of God—tells us a different story. Sometimes the Lord deliberately takes away what the world says we need so that He alone receives the glory. That truth shines brightly in one of the most thrilling accounts in the Old Testament: the story of Gideon and his 300 warriors in Judges chapter 7. If you are a fundamentalist Christian who still believes every word of Scripture literally, this passage is not ancient history—it is a living blueprint for victorious Christian living today. Let’s open our King James Bibles to Judges 7:1-23 and let the Holy Ghost speak to our hearts. The Setup: An Impossible Situation The Midianites had invaded Israel like a plague of locusts—135,000 fighting men strong, camped in the valley of Jezreel. Gideon had rallied 32,000 Israelite men at the spring of Harod. By every human calculation, they were sti...

Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.   In a world that rushes past sorrow or offers empty platitudes, the Bible stands as our sure foundation. Many of us have received that devastating call, seen the empty chair, or held the hand of a spouse, child, parent, or dear friend as they slipped into eternity. The pain is raw and real. Yet Scripture does not shame our tears—it sanctifies them. This homily draws straight from the King James Version to show how faithful Christians grieve the loss of a loved one: honestly, hopefully, and with our eyes fixed on the risen Christ. The Bible shows us that **grief is normal and even godly**. Our Lord Himself “wept” at the tomb of Lazarus (John 11:35). The Son of God, who knew resurrection was coming, still felt the full weight of human loss. King David poured out his anguish in the Psalms: “My soul is full of troubles, and my life draweth nigh unto the grave” (Psalm 88:3). When his infant son died, Dav...

  *Real stories from believers who held fast and saw God move after years of waiting* The Scriptures we explored in this blog are not ancient relics—they are living truth for today. God still calls His people to persistent prayer, patient endurance, and unwavering faith. Here are three powerful modern testimonies from fellow saints who waited long for answers to prayer. Their stories echo Abraham’s twenty-five years, Joseph’s thirteen, and the persistent widow’s cry. They prove: **delay is never denial when the sovereign God is at work.**  1. Sixteen Years—and Over 5,000 Prayers—for an Atheist Father’s Salvation Karen began praying nightly at age sixteen after she and her twin sister trusted Christ at a revival. Her father, Gene, an outspoken atheist who had told her as a child, “People think there’s a God, but there’s not,” had largely disappeared from her life. Yet Karen persisted. For sixteen long years she cried out to the Lord, often inserting her father’s name into Scrip...

If you have walked with the Lord for any length of time, you know this trial well. You poured out your heart in prayer—for healing, for a prodigal child, for financial deliverance, for the salvation of a loved one, for direction in a dark valley—only to hear… silence. Not for weeks. Not for months. For years. Sometimes decades. The enemy whispers, “God doesn’t care. He has forgotten you.” The world mocks your faith. Yet the Bible, from Genesis to Revelation, gives one clear, unchanging answer: **long waiting is not divine neglect—it is divine design.** God’s people have always waited. And in that waiting, He forges faith that cannot be shaken. The Patriarchs: Twenty-Five Years of Waiting on a Promise Abraham was seventy-five when God promised him a son who would become a great nation (Genesis 12:4). Twenty-five years passed—through famine, doubt, and the tragic mistake of Hagar—before Isaac was born when Abraham was one hundred years old. Scripture records: “And so, after he had patien...