Posts from January 2022 (Page 2)

  DISCUSSION:                                 We have all done it! Some of us more than others, but we have all done it; opened our mouth and said something we wish we hadn’t.  The millisecond it rolls off of our tongue, we wish we could reel it back in.  Then in the following moments we feel embarrassed and humiliated.  Imagine if you had done that to God and then God called you on it.  Within our readings, we have an…

                                 As we come to the conclusions of all of the various speeches from the “so-called” friends of Job, they all offer little insight and do very little to comfort him.  However, this last speech from Elihu offers some wonderful words of wisdom for us to think about.  In Job 37, Elihu proclaims the majesty of God in very descriptive form.  Read it again aloud and slow and see the Awesome Majesty of God.  “Awesome” meaning “to fear or…

                  When I was a young boy growing up at Atlas Church of Christ, I can remember it being a big deal to get to go into Mrs. Selma Wallace’s Bible Class.   I can’t remember what class it was that she taught, but back then, in my eyes, it was “big kids class”.  She was a wonderful Bible Class teacher and in just about every class we would sing a few songs before we got into the day’s lesson. …

                  We all love to reminisce and somewhat embellish a little about the good ol’ days.  Whether it is how great of an athlete we were or how far we had to walk to school in the snow, it seems every generation likes to reminisce about days gone by.  Job is no different. In fact, that is exactly what he does in Job 29. He even uses the phrase, “as I was in my prime”.  He talks about the…

                                        Believe it or not a professional basketball player, Kyrie Irving, stated in an interview, that he believed that it was possible that the world was still flat.  I hope he stated this as a publicity stunt, because no one in their right mind would still believe that the earth was flat.  However, up until the 3rd century BC, that was the common thought.  Aristotle first theorized that…

                   As Job continues to struggle and seek understanding as to why he is consumed with suffering, he still trusts that God is aware of his situation (Job 23.10) and that he continues to follow in God’s steps.  Job also continues to believe that when all is said and done he will “come out as gold”.   The reason he believes that will be the case is because he has “treasured the words of His mouth more…

                         Ever since I was at child at Atlas Church of Christ, I can remember hearing brother Elmer Harris leading the congregation in the song “I Know That My Redeemer Lives”.  I have always understood that to mean that my Redeemer, Jesus, the one who paid my debt with His blood, has been risen from the dead and is still alive today.  The song implies that it is this Redeemer (Jesus), who offers to…

  DISCUSSION:                                                   “I hate my life!” have those words ever been uttered from your lips?  Regrettably, many of us have to say yes.  There have been times when we are in that deep pit of depression and the clutches of self-pity seem to have their claws clamped down on us.  It is during those times we may utter those words, “I hate my life!”  It is times like this when…

  DISCUSSION:                                As the story of Job continues, Job has been hit with devastation like no one has ever been hit before.  He has lost all his children; his body being covered in boils and even his wife is encouraging him to just give up and die.  All this suffering has led to changes in Job’s appearance, so much that not even his friends can recognize him (Job 2.4).  They are so taken back by…

  DISCUSSION:                                       A few years ago, there used to be a popular bumper sticker that read, “Ask me about my Grandkids…”.  Grandparents tend to just beam with pride over their grandkids; they love them, they are proud of them so much so that they cannot contain themselves.  In my mind, that is the way God feels about Job, listen to what he says in Job 1:8: “ …Have you considered my servant Job, that…

  DISCUSSION:                                In Genesis 9.20-23, we have a story that doesn’t get a whole lot of attention in our Bible classes.                  “ Noah began to be a man of the soil, and he planted a vineyard. He drank of the wine and became drunk and lay uncovered in his tent. And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father and told his two brothers outside. Then Shem and Japheth took a garment,…

  DISCUSSION:                                        In your Bible readings for the week, did you just skim over those verses in Genesis 5?  You know the one I am talking about…the “begats”.  It is very easy for us to just skim, run through or even completely bypass the redundant verses.  We all know that there is value in them. We know they teach us about the lineage of Jesus and God’s plan to save mankind, but how do they relate…