Image: a close-up view of a train coupler connecting two cars. I knocked on the white painted door of my girlfriend’s apartment. No one knew I was coming. One of Wendy’s roommates opened the door. It was Charlotte. She was the loud one. She screamed. “Well, hello, Mr. Successful!” Charlotte was an opera student, oneContinue reading “Favor Has Been Uncoupled From Merit. Exodus 11:3.”
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GOD’S COURTROOM. Job.
Picture generated by A.I. Have you read the book of Job? The book of Job reads like the transcript of a trial.[1] The room is called to order and Job makes an opening statement—in his lawsuit against GOD: “I have prepared my case. I know that I am right… I was at ease, but GodContinue reading “GOD’S COURTROOM. Job.”
SAINTS AND SINNERS: WHO IS THE ULTIMATE? Ezekiel 14:13-16.
Adolf Hitler is the go-to guy. He is everyone’s “favorite.” We keep the name ‘Hitler’ in our back pocket as an example of the worst person who ever lived. His name comes up this way in conversations every day: “Well, if you had Hitler on the one side and Ghandi on the other—” “My EnglishContinue reading “SAINTS AND SINNERS: WHO IS THE ULTIMATE? Ezekiel 14:13-16.”
Job Encouraged Himself in His Faith.
Job is famous for his patience. James writes, “You have heard of the patience of Job” 5:11. A better translation of “patience” is the archaic word, “longsuffering.” The man endures. Job is also a gifted administrator, running a massive farming and trading enterprise. He is RICH. Moreover, he is godly, wise, and a devoted fatherContinue reading “Job Encouraged Himself in His Faith.”
The Most Amazing Worship Experience. Job 13:15.
Have you had an amazing worship experience? Were you alone in the mountains, or at a camp or retreat? Or in a quiet cathedral? Or perhaps an arena with spotlights, smoke machines, and thrilling music performed by rocking musicians? Job lost more than most of us will ever own. In a single day he lostContinue reading “The Most Amazing Worship Experience. Job 13:15.”
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