Lord of the Lot
If you have spent any time in a church that bases its beliefs upon the Holy Bible, the chances are pretty high that you may have heard someone mock people who randomly flip through the Bible to find a verse as an answer to a specific prayer request. The faulty logic that usually supports their mockery is based upon the idea that such random approaches to answered prayer could land upon Matthew 27:5 where Judas hanged himself and Luke 10:37 where Jesus said to go and do likewise. However, God's words declare that God is the LORD OF THE LOT, Psalm 16:5. In fact, every decision made by casting lots is controlled by God and God alone. There is, therefore, no such thing as random chance. If God is the one that causes your Bible flipping to land upon verses like Matthew 27:5 and then Luke 10:37, perhaps it is because God is testing your resolve to put your understanding of your page-flipping to the test. In other words, are you willing to compare your page-flipping results to God'...