So Job’s second friend doubles down on the whole “this happened, so therefore you must have deserved it” argument. Some comfort. Job’s response, poor guy, is so agitated. He starts by screaming “I KNOW” at the guy. “I KNOW GOD IS GOD!” He can’t stand before God! There is nothing that could ever make him …
So Job’s first friend to speak up starts with “Would you mind if I said something? It doesn’t really matter, I’m gonna say it anyway.” And he ends with, “I’m only saying this for your own.” Man, don’t we all know someone like that? Or a few someones? Seriously, do people listen to themselves? And …
So we’re getting into Job. It’s one of my favorite books. I love the message of it. I love the honesty and rawness of Job’s grief. I love the sarcasm we see from God. I love everything about it. Some people get hung up on whether it’s literal or not. Did God hold court and …
When God takes away our judgment and clears away our enemies, when all has been restored, Zephaniah says God will be among us. And not just to receive our adoration and praise, but rejoice over us. “He will exult over [us] with loud singing.” We really are the object of God’s affection. My favorite line, …
The Bible Project, the people who put together the ReadScripture app I’m using for this read through, say in their video on Nahum that it is a message is one of comfort: God will eventually bring down every oppressive government in every time. The hard part is the suffering in the mean time. If he’s …
What does the Lord require? One of an escalating list of sacrifices? Or is it a lot more simple than that? According to Micah, God’s been pretty clear: Do justice, love kindness, and walk humbly with God. I think that’s… I think that’s plain enough, don’t you? Unfortunately, we see people argue about what is …
Every since I memorized Isaiah 53 as a kid, it’s been one of my favorite passages. The language of it, especially in the King James Version, is just beautiful. (I don’t prefer the Kings James for many reasons, but there are a few passages that are just gorgeous the cadence of that translation.) The imagery …
“I will make you a light to the nations, that my salvation may reach to the end of the earth.” It wasn’t enough for God to choose Israel. It wasn’t enough to redeem Israel, to have Israel display God’s glory and power to the world. This passage says so. That would be ‘too light.’ Not …
Content Warning: This post is about stillbirth I was supposed to make this post on Tuesday. The migraines haven’t let up, though. And this week it’s more than that. This post is more than that. Yesterday was my daughter’s birthday. Except, I still don’t feel right calling it that. Nor is it the anniversary of …
“I have spoken, and I will bring it to pass; I have purposed, and I will do it.” God moves in complex and incomprehensible ways. He is fully capable of altering the physical world to achieve his ends, but he is equally capable of moving in the lives of people, individually and collectively. He is …