Joe | September 4, 2009
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 [...]
Category: 1 Samuel, Christian Living, Daniel, Deuteronomy, Encouragement, Job, John, Proverbs, Romans | 6 Comments »
Tags: c.s. lewis, death, forgiveness, hope, Job, justice, sin, suffering, trials
Joe | August 19, 2009
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, [...]
Category: 2 Corinthians, Christian Living, Encouragement, Job, Matthew, Revelation, Satan | 3 Comments »
Tags: c.s. lewis, hell, j vernon mcgee, Job, Satan, suffering, trials
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
May He Increase!
Category: Christian Living | No Comments »
Tags: c.s. lewis, priorities, wisdom
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
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Tags: c.s. lewis, contempt
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 [...]
Category: Christian Living, Judgment, Last Days | 2 Comments »
Tags: c.s. lewis, choices, grace, love, salvation