We have another chunk of Job to work through this week as we come to Job 20-24. By this point, you can probably guess what Job's friends and Job will say. Something along the lines of wicked people get whacked, you're wicked Job, and repent Job from the friends. Then for Job, something along the lines of this isn't fair, the wicked prosper while the righteous don't, and my...

We're continuing our series on "A Man Called Job" and this week we'll be in Job 18-19. These are unusual chapters in that chapter 18 is the second speech by Bildad and contains some of the harshest words in the whole book. If you remember, Bildad is the cold, calculating one who's debating Job's situation at the intellectual level. And then in chapter 19, we see Job respon...

We rarely set out to have an argument, a shouting match, a dialogue that brings hard feelings and strong language. We usually have good intentions going in, but things seem to devolve so easily as frustrations mount and inflammatory statements are not met with grace. Such it is with Job's friends. They've come ostensibly to comfort Job. And we know that they're doing a ter...

This week we'll be in Job 8-10, part of our sermon series on "A Man Called Job." Job has been grieving. He's been lamenting. And now Job's friends have shown up. Last week, we saw Eliphaz get first crack at talking some sense into Job. He's the gentle one and he got nowhere. This week we get friend number 2, name of Bildad, and he's less than gentle. Bildad brings the st...

This week we'll be back in the Book of Job, chapters 4-7, part of our sermon series on "A Man Called Job." Job has grieving for seven days. Job's friends have now shown up. Three friends Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar have joined him, but so far have said nothing. There are times when words fail. There are times when silence is the best therapy. But, as we saw last week, Jo...

This week we're continuing our new sermon series on "A Man Called Job."And Sunday we'll be in Job, chapter 3, which gives us a very personal look at a man who is grappling with many of the big questions of life but after the last two weeks of having his life turned completely upside down, he starts to ask the "Why" questions. Why do sad things happen to me? Why are there ...

Another week, another sermon. Another week, another cycle of waking, working, eating, and sleeping. It's all pretty repetitive, and I'm going to bet that our sermons in Job will end up sounding repetitive. And that's somewhat by design. The writer of Job understands that both Job and readers of this book (That's us!) are dense of heart. We need to hear the same stuff over ...

This week we're starting a new sermon series which I've entitled, "A Man Called Job." We'll be looking at the Book of Job for the next four months and grappling with many of the big questions of life Why is there suffering? Why do bad things happen to good people? Why do bad things happen to me? How do you explain the presence of evil? Is God really sovereign? Why are the...

This Sunday is a packed one. We are wrapping up our series on the wanderer, celebrating the Lord's Supper, enjoying a fellowship lunch, and for many of us, attending community group. And since we're wrapping up our series on the wanderer, I hope that this series has caused you to pause and think about the role that you play in the lives of those around you. I hope that it ...

We're in week four of our January series on "Coming Home: Bringing Back the Wanderer." And this week we're going to look at the wanderer we're most familiar with. I'm calling them the willful wanderers because their wandering is usually intentional. Last week I said that most of us know someone who's a wanderer. Well, almost all of us know this wanderer and that's because...