Getting Job-ed

“For I desire faithful love and not sacrifice, the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.” -Hosea 6:6 (CSB)   The Bible teaches us that the most important thing we can do in our lives is to love God. Jesus says in Matt. 22:37-38 CSB, “Love the Lord your God …

For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal. 2 …

Oh, taste and see that the Lord is good!     Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him! Psalm 34:6 ESV This is a milestone for us: We’ve hit 100 articles! In this article, we’re going to recap what we’ve done (by God’s grace!) and compile them all so they’re easy to look at …

Then the Pharisees went and plotted how to entangle him in his words. And they sent their disciples to him, along with the Herodians, saying, “Teacher, we know that you are true and teach the way of God truthfully, and you do not care about anyone’s opinion, for you are not swayed by appearances. Tell us, then, what …

Jesus answered him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.” John 3:3 ESV Nicodemus is a very interesting character in the book of John. I feel like what most folks take away from John 3 is only verse 3:16, but truly we …

Why are you cast down, O my soul,     and why are you in turmoil within me? Hope in God; for I shall again praise him,     my salvation and my God. Psalm 42:5-6 ESV A lot of folks think that just going to church on Sundays is truly enough ‘spiritual food’ to get …

And a ruler asked him, “Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” And Jesus said to him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good except God alone. You know the commandments: ‘Do not commit adultery, Do not murder, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Honor …

In the last article, we took a look at some of the historic church stances on the concept of Providence, now I want us to actually look at why this doctrine is good news for us. I think growth in our walk with God in this doctrine comes in stages: …

Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how inscrutable his ways! “For who has known the mind of the Lord,     or who has been his counselor?” “Or who has given a gift to him     that he might be repaid?” For from him and through …

“…remember the former things of old; for I am God, and there is no other;     I am God, and there is none like me,  declaring the end from the beginning     and from ancient times things not yet done, saying, ‘My counsel shall stand,     and I will accomplish all my purpose…’” Isaiah …

A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.” John 13:34-35 ESV We’ve talked about this in …

Getting Job-ed Q&A This is the conclusion of the Getting Job-ed Bible Study. These will be the questions we had at the end of the book and also a couple of extra that were asked and that we added. We encourage you to go back to some of the earlier …

Now this is the commandment—the statutes and the rules—that the Lord your God commanded me to teach you, that you may do them in the land to which you are going over, to possess it, that you may fear the Lord your God, you and your son and your son’s son, by keeping all his …

Getting Job-ed Part 8: Job (Conclusion) In this part, we’ll end the study in the Book of Job by seeing what Job’s response is to God. This is what Job has been waiting for in the whole book: to address God face-to-face.  

Getting Job-ed Part 7: God In this part, we will see that God is now speaking for Himself to Job and his friends. He is picking up right where Elihu left off. God is getting at the heart of Job’s issue that has become prevalent in the Book of Job: …