September 14 2025 Words can hurt. Many of God’s words hurt our pride. But that’s not bad—not if our pride is hurting us. Just as a skilled surgeon takes a deadly sharp scalpel and cuts through flesh and muscle in order to remove a cancerous tumor, so the sharp words of God are designed to…
September 7 2025 — Not all wounds are bad. A skilled surgeon takes a deadly sharp scalpel and cuts through flesh and muscle. The result of that wound: not harm, but healing. In the same way, we often say that words cut us to the heart. Words can wound. Sometimes, however, those painful words provide…