We've come to the end of our series on "A Man Called Job." Of course, we went over the last chapter two weeks ago, so what's left? Well, Job shows up one more time, in the Book of James. While Job is not mentioned by name in the "Hall of Faith" in Hebrews 11, he is the only one mentioned by name in the "Hall of Patience" in James 5. Not only is Job counted among the prop...

We're in the last chapter in our series on "A Man Called Job" as this week we'll be in Job 42. And we're really looking for the "happily ever after" ending. And we sort of get it and we sort of don't. Yes, Job is restored and blessed, but his suffering was real and will never be forgotten. And then there's a lot of unanswered questions. If Job hadn't sinned, why is he re...

We're in the final stretch for our series on "A Man Called Job" and this week we'll be in Job 38-40. And finally, after thirty plus chapters of dialogue, debate, discussion, and division, we finally get to hear from God. I've called this chapter, "God's Famous Words" and that's because, well, they are. God finally responds to all of the arguments we've heard from Job and ...

After a few weeks off for Easter and pastors being out of town, we're back in the book of Job with another length chunk of text. We've got 6 chapters this week: 32-37. Again, I encourage you to read the passage ahead of Sunday worship. I won't have the chance to read all of it during the sermon. I also encourage you to flip back a few chapters, read some subheadings, and g...

This week, both Dr. Dave and I will be out of town. He's down with Sam and Jill to help them care for Kaydence, his newest granddaughter who was born several weeks premature. Please pray for them as it has been a difficult road for this set of new parents. As for me, I'll be with a number of the high schoolers at Modgnik. Pray that we would have a profitable time worshipin...

This week is Easter Sunday and we're going to take a break from the Book of Job and reflect on the resurrection of Christ and what that should mean to us. We're going to look at one of the great Easter texts as we consider the resurrection of Christ. This is an important thing to do at a time when Christians around the world are celebrating this glorious event. We live in ...

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...

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...