I want this work to bring human pride face-to-face with the God it cannot overthrow.
That includes my own pride. I need the mercy I am pointing others toward.
Pride tells us we can run our lives without answering to the One who gave us life. We can rename rebellion, dress selfishness in respectable clothes, and argue until we exhaust the room. None of it moves God from His throne.
God remains sovereign. Our choices remain real. We must answer for what we choose.
In Scripture, we meet people reaching for control, defending their excuses, refusing correction, or finally recognizing their need for God. We follow what happened to them, and somewhere along the way, an excuse starts sounding familiar. We recognize a choice we have made ourselves.
The account reaches into our own lives.
Whom will we trust? What will we do with the truth placed before us?
I want people to follow those stories without fighting through a thicket of religious language. There is plenty to think about in Scripture. The writing should help readers reach it.
That means telling the truth about judgment and giving mercy its full place.
God has already declared where both roads lead. Refusing to answer is still an answer, and no clever excuse can rewrite His verdict. Eternal life is offered by grace through faith in Jesus Christ.
The warning matters because the danger is real. The invitation matters because Christ paid for the rescue.
That is what drives the book, the essays, and the media. Each gives me a way to honor God, help people follow His Word, and place its truth before them.
I want the writing to hold their attention. I want the rhythm to carry, the pictures to stay, and the occasional bit of wit to find its mark. Those things help the message reach someone who might otherwise turn the page.
If a person remembers a line, I hope it sends him back to Scripture.
If he recognizes his own pride in the story, I hope he also sees the mercy offered through Christ.
The point of the pen is to point toward Him.
“My heart is inditing a good matter: I speak of the things which I have made touching the king: my tongue is the pen of a ready writer.” —Psalm 45:1
—Jeff Wager
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