It's been quite a week. We've become somewhat numb over the years to the senseless violence that seems to regularly wash over our country in destructive waves. But this week felt different. A PCA church school was hit. The school meets in the church building. Six lives were lost. While I didn't know any of the victims, I do know four of the church's six Pastors. I know sev...
Keep ReadingWe 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...
Keep ReadingWe'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...
Keep ReadingWe 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...
Keep ReadingThis 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...
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