Pride Goes Before A… CRASH
Pride can lift us up. It can also take us right into the ground. If you have crashed, it’s time for a checkup from the neck up. […]
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August 14, 2025 — Sparrow Thoughts
“Like a fluttering sparrow…, an undeserved curse does not come to rest” (Prov 26:2, BSB). In this first round of talks, do Job’s friends save the best till last? Hardly. Zophar’s comments are thankfully the shortest, but they are also the toughest to swallow. He feels no obligation to fortify his statements with the supernatural (as […]
August 13, 2025 — As Dark As Darkness Itself
Who released “those who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage” (Heb 2:15)? Job uses words with such rich meaning—especially when he’s talking about life having no meaning! In a way, he reminds me of the atheist who uses his intelligence to prove there’s no intelligence behind the universe. Or the philosopher who […]
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August 12, 2025 — Look What’s Hidden In God’s Heart
This section goes more deeply into our souls and God’s mind. But it’s just not deep enough! Daily life can be so superficial. How much time is expended on pampering, clothing, and feeding the body! We move from house to gym to office to restaurant—then repeat. In between, it’s social media and Facebook friends (the […]
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August 11, 2025 — The Wrestler
Wrestling with that Man may leave us limping, but it’s also how we become princes with God. Job isn’t finished. In Job 9, he talks about God; in chapter 10, he talks to God. He firstdeclares he is justified in complaining (v 1). “I will say to God, ‘Do not condemn me; show mewhy You […]
August 8, 2025 — If Only…
Isn’t it amazing! Our Mediator is completely even-handed in dealing with both the holy God and us sinners. Job seriously feels the need of help. He describes his life as hurtling ahead. It’s like a fast-paced runner streaking towards the finish line (Job 9:25), like a ship in full sail breaking through the foam on […]
The Heart of the Matter
Put an 85-year-old man, a 150-year-old tree, and a chain saw together. What do you get? A lesson that cuts right to the heart. […]
God The Book Keeper
The Holy Bible is the only great book without a title. It’s so special it didn’t need one. “Holy” means “set apart” from every other book, since it’s the only one from heaven. “Bible” is just the Greek word BIBLION, which simply means “book.” It’s THE Book. Do you wonder why there are those long […]
August 7, 2025 — The Case Of The Missing Clues
“‘Who has known the mind of the Lord that he may instruct Him?’ But we have the mind of Christ” (1 Cor 2:16). In seeking after God, Job will later observe, we can only discover “the mere edges of His ways, and how small a whisper we hear of Him!” (Job 26:14). So if he can’t understand God, […]
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