God is Good – Household Words:

DOES GOD HAVE AN ANGRY FACE?Jeremiah 33:9.

Children are so honest. I remember mine asking me directly, “Daddy, are you mad right now?” Kids look for clues and when the clues are not clear, they just ask. Children wonder about God in the same simple terms: ‘Does God have an angry face or a happy face?’ God is angry about sin, injustice,Continue reading “DOES GOD HAVE AN ANGRY FACE?Jeremiah 33:9.”

He is Not Safe. But He is Good. Job 23:15.

C.S. Lewis hid brilliant insights in children’s tales, as when the character of Aslan is first introduced by Mr. Beaver– “It’s no good, Son of Adam… But now that Aslan is on the move—” “Oh, yes! Tell us about Aslan!” said several voices at once, for once again that strange feeling—like the first signs ofContinue reading “He is Not Safe. But He is Good. Job 23:15.”

Your Arm’s Too Short to Box With God!

Job lost his riches, his ten children, and his health. And Job was a man so righteous that God told Satan there was no one like Job on the whole earth (Job 1:8, 2:3). Clearly a man that righteous deserved an easy life. But God had other plans. So is God unjust? Job’s friends wereContinue reading “Your Arm’s Too Short to Box With God!”

You Can’t Stay Mad at God. Job 19.

Five men circle a tiny flame in the desert. Four sit on rocks. A fifth sits in the sand, stripped to the waist. He is covered with oozing sores, boils swollen and bruised like berries beneath the skin. He rubs ashes in the wounds, listening to a friend: “The light of the wicked is snuffedContinue reading “You Can’t Stay Mad at God. Job 19.”