Job: Tragedy, Repentance & Restoration – Part IX

Joe | September 4, 2009

This entry is part 9 of 11 in the series Job: Tragedy, Repentance & Restoration

Job’s three friends have finished their first rounds of “speeches” to him.
We ended with Zophar’s first speech to Job. Filled with insults and false judgments, Zophar’s speech didn’t help Job anymore than the other two friends of his.
It’s now time for Job to once again speak. He is addressing all three of them, not necessarily [...]

Job: Tragedy, Repentance & Restoration – Part II

Joe | August 19, 2009

This entry is part 2 of 11 in the series Job: Tragedy, Repentance & Restoration

Last time, we were introduced to the man called Job.
We learned that God had high praise for Job’s righteousness, but Satan countered with questioning Job’s motives. With God’s permission, Satan then sent calamity upon Job’s possessions and even killed all of his children. In spite of the horror of all that was happening around him, [...]

What Makes You Happy?

Joe | April 23, 2009

“All that we call human history–money, poverty, ambition, war, prostitution, classes, empires, slavery–[is] the long terrible story of man trying to find something other than God which will make him happy.” –Mere Christianity
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The “Opiate of the People?”

Joe | April 14, 2009

“Those who would most scornfully repudiate Christianity as a mere “opiate of the people” have a contempt for the rich, that is, for all mankind except the poor.” –C.S. Lewis, The Problem of Pain

Choose Wisely – Pt. II

Joe | March 10, 2009

I had a comment from my previous post on C.S. Lewis’ quote from “Mere Christianity.” Based on the comment, I think I did a disservice by only quoting the end of it. Shame on me for doing that. If you remove context from quotes, you can sometimes obscure its meaning. I think that’s what happened [...]

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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.