God’s Indictment of the World

Joe | October 21, 2009

The Chasm
There is a chasm between every human being and the Creator of the Universe. It’s a chasm that no one can cross over by strictly human means.
Why the chasm? What caused it? In a word, sin. The sin of Adam and Eve and all of their children (that’s you and I) caused a separation [...]

Job: Tragedy, Repentance & Restoration – Part X

Joe | September 7, 2009

This entry is part 10 of 11 in the series Job: Tragedy, Repentance & Restoration

We ended our study last time at Job chapter 14, looking at the first series of discourses between Job and his three friends.
From Job 15:1 to Job 37:24, there is a second round of discourses between Job and his friends. For brevity’s sake, I’m skipping ahead now to chapter 38 to God’s first reply to Job. God [...]

Foolish Hearts

Joe | February 9, 2009

I know a few people who claim to be atheists. What’s so strange to me is my own reaction in my heart to it. It was not so long ago I was one of them. I actually preferred to call myself an agnostic. Looking back on it, I think I was hedging my bet going [...]

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Joe

I am a born-again Christian who believes the Bible to be the inspired Word of God, the final authority for faith and life, inerrant in the original writings, infallible and God-breathed. I am a husband, father and stepfather who eagerly waits for the return of Jesus, the Meshiach Nagid.