Isaiah doesn't politely, abstractly compare God to a mother giving birth. The text suggests that God squats and pants and bellows like a moose. A particular verse of scripture has been haunting me ...

I have set my face like flint, knowing that I shall not be put to shame. This Lent, I’ve been slowly reading Isaiah 40-55, a few verses per day. The book emphasizes that “God is the Lord of ...

In the book of Isaiah, God is looking for a messenger to guide a hardened and resistant people. And the Lord asks, “Whom shall I send and who will go with us?” To which Isaiah replies, “Here I am, ...