Lessons from Job 1 (Eight Days with Job, #4)

Lessons from Job 1 (Eight Days with Job, #4)

by | Feb 28, 2021 | Exempt, Faith, Knowledge is power, Nothing e. as God set about to create faith, Spiritual R & D (Research and Development), Suffering focuses the issues of worth, value and ownership, Worship in spite of mysteries and injustices

The four lessons from the last post (and one new one today) deserve some additional detail. 1.  We can still worship in spite of mysteries. Job did. Without understanding why disasters cascaded down upon him, Job worshipped God.  The Almighty is not pleased...
Balance (Eight Days with Job, #2)

Balance (Eight Days with Job, #2)

by | Feb 18, 2021 | Balance, Contrast between Proverbs and Job, God’s balancing answer to the simplicity and optimism of Proverbs, Job brings b. to O.T. Wisdom Literature, More print on only one topic, Proverbs are probabilities, Two points of c., Wisdom literature of the Bible

You’ve stopped being afraid of the book of Job. Good! You’re ready to dive in! In my Bible, Job is 33 pages shorter than Genesis and only seven pages longer than John, both of which get ten times the pulpit attention. It’s time you had a grasp of God’s classic...
Job: Spiritual Sushi (Eight Days with Job, #1)

Job: Spiritual Sushi (Eight Days with Job, #1)

by | Feb 17, 2021 | Confused, doubting and/or afflicted, God not against you, even though it seems He is, Job, Job: automatic connection with the forgotten, the ignored, the marginalized, Job: misery’s case presented, Job: spiritual sushi, Job: why J. is believed to be an ancient book

Job is almost the only book in the Bible that does not ask you to do anything.  Instead, it invites you to think. It’s brain food. It conveys: “Don’t be surprised if you find yourself confused, doubting, afflicted or crushed. That does not mean that God is...