Perhaps, people who are talking past one another can agree that what we need right now are leaders like Dr. Martin Luther King. Dr. King brought together a number of elements that gave real hope. And hope is what we…
Resurrection: When Everything Sad Becomes Untrue
The hope of the resurrection is the sure promise that, for the believer, all that is sad and hurts will become untrue. These quotes help us meditate on our blessed hope. From The Lord of the Rings series: “Gandalf! I…
John Frame: The Great Question Confronting Modern Humanity
Which is fundamental to reality: persons or impersonal structures? Your answer to this question determines whether you see life as a great, beautiful adventure, or if you are living in a gray world of particle collisions. You will have to…
The Real Problem of Evil
The reality that so few struggle with the problem of evil is a major warning sign that many are not considering the reality of a sovereign and good God. John Stott wrote, “The fact of suffering undoubtedly constitutes the single…
Ask “How Long?” Instead of “Why?”
Interacting with the problem of suffering, Christopher J.H. Wright writes: Whereas we often ask “Why?” people in the Bible more often asked “How long?” Their tendency was not to demand that God give an explanation for the origin of evil…
How Was Job Right Even When He Was Wrong?
In our series on Job, A Journey With Job, I continue to be helped by Christopher Ash’s commentary. Ash helps us understand how Job could be considered right even when he was wrong. In Job 9-10, Job is in agony.…
“Greatful for Your Preaching”
One of the best parts of being a pastor is having a front row seat as parents teach their children about the preaching of the Word of God. This morning my friend, Jaxen (the blond little boy pictured below with…
This is Just the Beginning of the Beginning
I am thankful for the ways that the Internet and social media allow others to suggest worship music to accompany sermon series. My youngest sister, Erin (see her blog here), suggested this song to go along with our Job series…
A Summary of Job’s Friends
Here’s a window to my world of study – – this is how I organized my attempt to understand Job’s friends. One of the real challenges of preaching Job is that it’s such a long book. There are three cycles…
Why is God Harder on Job’s Friends Than on Complaining Job?
“Job stays married to God and throws dishes at him; the three friends have a polite non-marriage . . .” Peter Kreeft Anyone who studies the biblical book of Job knows that in between Job saying, “blessed be the name…