Posted in Bible Study on January 31, 2008 | No Comments »
The Lord again answers Job by asking if Job can control the chaos and disorder around him; can Job control God’s creation and creatures? Job repents by saying that he cannot be in control, but even in life’s worst tragedy God is still in control. The Lord forgives Jobs friends for speaking wrongly of God. [...]
Posted in Bible Study on January 30, 2008 | No Comments »
Finally, God speaks to everything that has been said. The Lord asks, “who is this that questions my wisdom with such ignorant words?” Ultimately Job responds by saying, “I am nothing — how could I ever find the answers? I will cover my mouth with my hand. I have said too much [...]
Posted in Bible Study on January 29, 2008 | No Comments »
Elihu continues by telling Job that God is not affected by Job’s sins or by Job’s goodness. Rather God uses adversity to get peoples attention and show that he cares. Elihu tells Job that God sent job this suffering to prevent Job from sinning further. Elihu continues his somewhat garbled comments by [...]
Posted in Sports on January 29, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Basketball
My Jayhawks are halfway to 40-0.
Posted in Bible Study on January 28, 2008 | No Comments »
A fourth friend of Job now speaks up. Elihu had waited for his elders to speak, but he was now angered at both Job’s refusal to admit he had sinned and the three other friends inability to answer Job’s argument. Elihu believes that God is constantly interacting with people on earth; he believes [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on January 28, 2008 | No Comments »
I apologize for late posts, we were five for five on being sick this weekend.
Posted in Bible Study on January 27, 2008 | No Comments »
Job concludes his lament by asking why he has to be mocked by young fools. Is it not enough that he feels separated from God? Job then concludes by affirming that he has worshiped God alone and that he has worked to do God’s will on this earth.
Posted in Prayer on January 27, 2008 | No Comments »
Healer God,
Be with my family this week as we struggle with sickness. Help us to take the time to heal. Be with Owen and keep him safe as he struggles with being sick as an infant. Give us the wisdom to know when to seek help. Keep all those with [...]
Posted in Bible Study on January 26, 2008 | No Comments »
Job begins his final speech to his friends by telling them that they are right. God will ultimately punish the wicked and bless the righteous. Even on this earth their is a tendency for the righteous to prosper under God’s blessing and the wicked to be brought down. But then Job asks [...]
Posted in Meanderings on January 26, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Just some stuff I came across this week…
1. An adequate NY Times article on the interplay between Huckabee’s faith and policy.
2. A suggested emerging church taxonomy.
3. What Do Declining Abortion Rates Mean for Crime in the Future?
4. I was looking up Ginger Baker for no particular reason and came across this clip from Cream performing [...]
Posted in Bible Study on January 25, 2008 | No Comments »
Yet again Eliphaz tells Job that he needs to admit his sins to God and then Job will be blessed. However, this time Eliphaz goes even farther; he starts inventing ways in which Job most have sinned against God. Job responds by asking why does God feel so far away when Job has [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on January 25, 2008 | No Comments »
The website for the Gig is up and running. I’m not happy with it yet, but you can go and check it out.
Posted in Bible Study on January 24, 2008 | No Comments »
Job responds to Bildad by asking him by what right does he judge Job. Zophar then returns to his original argument asking why Job does not just ask for forgiveness. Zophar tells Job that the wicked always come to ruin. Job then asks Zophar why Zophar is unwilling to let Job [...]
Posted in Youth on January 24, 2008 | No Comments »
The theme of youth group tonight was “hope”. We listened to some personal stories of hope; stories from some kids lives about how they dealt with tragedy, sorrow, and depression. Then we gathered in our small groups and tried to talk. Most of the discussion was supposed to be based on Psalm 42. In the [...]
Posted in Bible Study on January 23, 2008 | No Comments »
Again Eliphaz hopes to speak words of comfort to Job. Eliphaz says, “You are supposed to be a wise man, but you give us all this foolish talk. You are nothing but a windbag.” To which Job responds, you have already said that, “what miserable comforters you are.” Then Bildad, feeling that he must get [...]
Posted in Readings on January 23, 2008 | No Comments »
This year I’m trying to read 100 books and write a review of each book. That works out to only about 2 books a week. It does not bode well for me that this is the 3rd week of the year and I’m only on book number one.
Mark Twain
The Adventures of Huckleberry [...]
Posted in Bible Study on January 22, 2008 | No Comments »
Job responds in anger to Zophar’s words to him. He accuses Zophar of not listening to him and telling him things he already knows. Job then asks why Zophar is defending God? Job knows that God is great enough to defend himself. Job then begs God to show him how he [...]
Posted in Sports on January 22, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Baseball
For those of you keeping track at home, only 23 days until pitchers and catchers report for spring training…
Posted in Bible Study on January 21, 2008 | No Comments »
Job’s second friend Bildad now takes an opportunity to speak to Job’s condition. He says “How long will you say these things, and the words of your mouth be a mighty wind? Does God pervert justice? Or does the Almighty pervert what is right? If your sons sinned against Him, Then He delivered them [...]
Posted in Church on January 21, 2008 | No Comments »
For a healthy discussion on some of the issues I have with “Sanctity of Life Sunday” you can read this post and its comments on Scot McKnight’s blog.
At my church I was very disappointed with the whole service. Our pastor declared abortion to be murder (citing Psalm 139:13) and then showed a fifteen minute [...]
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