Job’s Counselors

Dr. Kim Riddlebarger preached a sermon series in Job, and here is an excerpt from Job 4-14, “Though He Slay Me” There is a reason why we use the phrase “Job’s Counselors” when we speak of people whose well-intended words only add insult to injury. Having spent a week in mourning with their friend Job, and … More Job’s Counselors

Mightily mistaken?

Ezekiel 15:1 And the word of the Lord came to me: 2 “Son of man, how does the wood of the vine surpass any wood, the vine branch that is among the trees of the forest? 3 Is wood taken from it to make anything? Do people take a peg from it to hang any vessel on it? 4 Behold, it is given to … More Mightily mistaken?

Piper: 2 Peter 2 is a warning, a crack of the whip over our heads

John Piper, in an introduction to a sermon on 2 Peter 1, “Destruction is not Sleeping” And now comes chapter 2, and a very significant change in Peter’s approach. I say a change in his approach, not his goal. His goal is still to make us firm and stable and unshakable in our faith. But … More Piper: 2 Peter 2 is a warning, a crack of the whip over our heads

A Gleam of Hope

Ezekiel 11:16-20  Therefore say, ‘Thus says the Lord God: Though I removed them far off among the nations, and though I scattered them among the countries, yet I have been a sanctuary to them for a while in the countries where they have gone.’ 17 Therefore say, ‘Thus says the Lord God: I will gather you from the peoples … More A Gleam of Hope

Bible: not fables, myths, or merely parables, but they are matters of actual fact.

2 Peter 1:16 For we did not follow cleverly devised myths when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty. Charles H. Spurgeon: There is need in these perilous times to come back to such an elementary truth as this. The truths taught … More Bible: not fables, myths, or merely parables, but they are matters of actual fact.