Job, Suffering, and Spiritual Formation

Job, Suffering, and Spiritual Formation

Today I find myself standing between the second and third weeks of a five-part sermon series on the book of Job. Last week we focused on the conversations that Job had with Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar. They wrongfully accused him of sin, because that was their only...
Job, Suffering, and Spiritual Formation

Looking Ahead to Bible Study Course this Fall

I plan to teach a course on how to study the Bible at Grace this fall and I need your help. What should I call this course? It is designed for beginners who may be intimidated by the Bible. It will give them skills to interpret scripture for themselves. Here are some...
The Worst Things to Say to A Suffering Person

The Worst Things to Say to A Suffering Person

I would like to take an informal survey of my online community to help get prepared for the second sermon in the Job series coming up on August 13/14. Here’s the question I pose to you: What are some of the worst things that people have said to you when you...
Why Do You Love God?

Why Do You Love God?

Next weekend we begin a five-week sermon series through the book of Job from the collection of Wisdom literature in the Hebrew Scripture. Most people react to this news with either an eye roll or a slouch in the shoulders. “Job! Really? It’s so depressing.” True. Job...

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