"Is not my word like fire," declares the LORD, "and like a hammer that breaks a rock in pieces?" Jeremiah 23:29 There is much talk these days about “clobber passages”. These are scriptural references that describe certain behaviors as being wrong and therefore, displeasing to the Lord. I agree that no one enjoys being clobbered by the word of God. But in Jeremiah’s day there were a lot of attitudes and behaviors in God’s beloved children that He was not pleased with. In fact