Dr. Kim Riddlebarger comments on Job 35, our Bible reading passage today: In the opening words of chapter 35, Elihu continues to speak to Job, asking him to think about his charge that God has not vindicated him. “Then Elihu said: `Do you think this is just? You say, ‘I will be cleared by God.’ … More Be careful, Job
Dr. Kim Riddlebarger helps explain Revelation 10, our passage for today: But this scene in Revelation 10 ends with a dramatic turn of events, which harkens us back to the prophets of old. In verse 8, John informs us, that “then the voice that I had heard from heaven spoke to me once more:`Go, take … More Missions: Bittersweet
Dr. Kim Riddlebarger comments on the first half of Job 34 (our passage in the Bible reading plan for today) Since Job has been insisting that he is righteous, how about considering God’s righteousness first? That will put Job’s situation, as well as the false understanding of God’s retributive justice on the part of his … More Consider God’s righteousness first
Dr. Kim Riddlebarger helps us understand the seven trumpets in Revelation 9, our passage for today. Recall that the blast of trumpet is an important redemptive historical image throughout both testaments. Trumpet blasts accompany the giving of the law at Sinai. A trumpet blast announces the jubilee year as well as the coronation of a … More Trumpets and Final Triumph
Dr. Kim Riddlebarger on Job 30, our reading for today: Men who are regarded like dogs by polite society, now look down on Job. His present predicament and degree of suffering is almost beyond words. But what is worse, Job feels as though he’s been abandoned by God. In verses 16-23, Job cries out, “and now … More Job feels abandoned
“…but words will never hurt me?” Really? Dr Riddlebarger says that the accusations made by Job’s friends may have hurt more than the sores on his skin. He comments on Job 29, our Bible reading for today: Chapter 29 of Job is very poignant, given what Job once enjoyed in light of his current suffering. … More Sticks and stones may break my bones…
Dr. Kim Riddlebarger comments on Job 28, our Bible reading passage for today: Divine wisdom is therefore most fully revealed in special revelation–God’s speeches and acts of redemption. Such wisdom is codified in God’s law–particularly in the covenant of works God established with Adam in Eden, the specific terms of which are republished in the … More Seeking true wisdom
Dr. Kim Riddlebarger helps us understand Job 25-26 (in our Bible reading plan today): In Job 25, we have the very short and final speech from Bildad, along with Job’s response. After three increasingly heated exchanges, Job and his friends have clearly run out of steam. But like trains passing on parallel tracks, Job and … More Like trains passing on parallel tracks
In Job 24, in our reading plan today, we see that Job does not understand how God can allow the strong to exploit the weak? When will judgment come? Why? When? How? Kim Riddlebarger comments in a sermon on this section of Job: None of this fits with Job’s hope in a coming redeemer. It … More For a little while…
Dr. Kim Riddlebarger helps introduce us to the reading of Revelation this month: …it is sad that so many Christians avoid Revelation because of its difficult and mysterious nature. It is even sadder, perhaps, that so many use this book as a springboard for speculation about the Bible’s relationship to current events. This is a … More A book about the risen and exalted Christ
