Posted: October 17, 2024
The day Job lost his 7,000 sheep and 3,000 camels and 500 oxen and 500 donkeys and all but three of his servants and all seven of his children, he “tore his robe and shaved his head and fell on the ground and worshiped. And he said, ‘Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and
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Posted: October 10, 2024
According to the Pew Research Center, only one in ten Americans say they don’t believe in God or a higher power of any kind. That means that 90% of Americans believe in some sort of God. So, my question for all these believers is what exactly do they believe about God? Perhaps they believe in
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Posted: October 3, 2024
Though we should try to protect ourselves from storms, nothing prevents them from coming, does it? They reach us regardless of whether we prepared for them or not. Jesus talked about the storms in one of his sermons. He said, “Everyone then who listens to these words and does them will be like a wise
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Posted: September 26, 2024
Here is a most popular verse that we love to quote: “And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.”1 So, the question for us is do we know that? Do we believe that all the things in our lives
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Posted: September 19, 2024
“There was a man who had two sons.”1 We know about the younger son—the one who received his inheritance early and left home to spend it all. Let’s call him Simon. The older one—let’s call him Jonah—he knew better. He was willing to wait for his inheritance. Jonah lived at home and worked dutifully for
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Posted: September 12, 2024
James told us that we should “count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness.”1 So, when we meet a trial along the way, we might consider it a test from God. Why would God test us? The same reason
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Posted: September 5, 2024
Jesus told many parables to the Pharisees and the grumbling scribes. A favorite of mine starts this way: “There was a man who had two sons.”1 My ESV Bible has the heading The Parable of the Prodigal Son for this story. But Jesus didn’t label the younger son that way. And, by the way, the
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Posted: August 29, 2024
It seems we have incessant questions for God about what to do and where to go. Our common mistake is that we are mostly concerned with instructions and directions. But God rarely gives us a map, not even a good list. Jesus tried to explain this concept to his disciples but it was a hard
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Posted: August 22, 2024
“And a ruler asked him, ‘Good Teacher,’ what must I do to inherit eternal life.’”1 It’s a good question. But I imagine that if this ruler had discussed these theological and philosophical matters with all his good friends—which he probably did—they would have reassured him by saying, Brother, you have nothing to worry about there.
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Posted: August 15, 2024
God called on Moses to do a mighty task: “Bring my people, the children of Israel, out of Egypt.”1 But Moses had been gone from Egypt 40 years. And when God spoke this to him, Moses was a lowly sheep herder. And so, his response was, “Who am I?”2 Which seems like a very reasonable
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