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Apr 26, 2026 Scripture

What God Sent Them To Say: The Remnant Who Took Refuge

The temptation for a Christian sitting with Zephaniah in 2026 is to pick a side in the political argument and idolize it, to decide that the de-creation happening around you belongs entirely to the other tribe and that your tribe is the remnant worth preserving.

— Dillon Sluss · 8 min read

Apr 25, 2026 Scripture

What God Sent Them To Say: Standing At The Watchpost

The righteous person does not live by having satisfying answers. He lives by faith, which here is not a feeling. It is a decision about where to plant your weight when the ground is uncertain.

— Dillon Sluss · 19 min read

Apr 25, 2026 Scripture

What God Sent Them To Say: Standing Close, Living Far

"Who is a God like you, pardoning iniquity and passing over transgression for the remnant of his inheritance? He does not retain his anger forever, because he delights in steadfast love. He will again have compassion on us; he will tread our iniquities underfoot. You will cast all our sins into the depths of the sea."

— Dillon Sluss · 8 min read

Apr 23, 2026 Scripture

What God Sent Them to Say: Your Brother's Keeper

The story of sibling rivalry runs like a thread through the entire biblical narrative. Cain and Abel. Ishmael and Isaac. Esau and Jacob. Joseph and his brothers. The pattern is not accidental.

— Dillon Sluss · 6 min read

Apr 23, 2026 Scripture

What God Sent Them to Say: Nodding Along Until Your Name Came Up

Finally. Someone is saying it out loud. The neighbors are wicked and God sees it.

— Dillon Sluss · 7 min read

Apr 21, 2026 Scripture

What God Sent Them to Say: He Kept the Vow Anyway

God, by putting Hosea through this marriage, is not illustrating a theological point from a safe distance. He is showing us what it feels like from his side.

— Dillon Sluss · 6 min read

Mar 29, 2026 Scripture

A Man With a Thought

— Dillon Sluss · 4 min read