1. This book is not in your hands so that we can simply commiserate with each other’s difficulties. It is meant to pierce your sin-darkened night with the light of God’s Word.
  2. Hamilton writes lucidly. He has that rare gift of walking the tightrope between the academy and the church, being able to communicate to both groups in the same book.
  3. History won’t judge us, Jesus will. We already have his judgment. He gave it to us from the cross, where he acquitted us with his death.
  4. The Word of the Lord is sure. The enemy is defeated. Salvation is waiting for you.
  5. God is often hidden in history, even as we make it now, but He is always manifest where He has promised to be.
  6. Each email entry in The Withertongue Emails is intended to compel the reader to stop and think about their pastor, themselves, and their churches.
  7. This is the patient love of God. He is stubborn about the salvation of sinners. He will not be rushed even if his name is mocked, and the trustworthiness of his promises are called into question.
  8. Excerpt #3 from the new book “Withertongue Emails" by Donavon Riley.
  9. Excerpt #2 from the new book “Withertongue Emails" by Donavon Riley.
  10. The problem with sin is that we fail to honor God who wants to take our hearts captive and fill us with his goodness.
  11. Excerpt #1 from the new book “Withertongue Emails" by Donavon Riley.
  12. The language of faith speaks promise and persecution, hope and trial, victory and pain. The language of the world may well speak the former, but rarely the latter.