Want to hear something crazy? I am preaching a sermon this Sunday. I’ve done some preaching in my life, but the last time I did was in 2002 in India. I still do some public speaking at conferences and other places for work, so I won’t be totally rusty, I just still wonder if I have a good lesson in me now.

The reason I wonder is that my church is going through the Song of Solomon right now. So I am working on something out of that. The deal with SoS is – I’ve never really had a problem with it. Many people do – they don’t understand why it is in the Bible. And that’s okay – most people have a book or two in the Bible that they have problems with. Martin Luther himself had problems with several books – James, Revelations, etc. So it’s okay.

But for me, I’ve always been okay with SoS being in there – even if you think it is strictly a love poem. You see, I have (for a long time) believed that God is concerned with every part of our lives. If you take SoS out of the Bible – there is a huge part of married life (the romantic part) that is missing from the Bible. I mean — what else do you have in there? Sampson and Delila? Hosea? Even David’s stories aren’t that romantic.