Bridge of Reason

  Do you know what a promise box is? Someone bought one for me many years ago. It is a small box containing perhaps a hundred or so cards. On each card is a verse of Scripture. The idea behind the promise box is that a random card should be chosen each day and whatever verse is on that card, you should hold as God’s promise for you personally. Sounds fine until you realise that each verse has been plucked completely out of its context. When placed back into its context, it is often discovered that the verse has nothing to do with you personally and perhaps means something completely different from what you think it means. You may have heard of the man who, looking for guidance from God, opened his Bible randomly and read the following: ‘ And throwing down the pieces of silver into the temple, he (Judas) departed, and he went and hanged himself.’ (Matthew 27:5). The man, believing this was not very edifying, flicked through his Bible again and read these words: ‘ And Jesus sa...