Could a Scripture a Day Lead You Astray?

Every pastor has a face-palm, “I can’t believe I preached that” moment. Mine goes back to when I was a 19-year-old student in Romania, before I’d had a class on scriptural interpretive principles. I was invited to speak in a village church and picked a passage a friend had recently sent me for inspiration. I titled the sermon “Seeking God” and preached from Job 11:13–19:As for you, if you redirect your heartand spread out your hands to him in prayer—if there is iniquity in your hand, remove it,a