Aug 24, 2020 | Uncategorized
TODAY’S READING FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT- JOB 12:1-15:35 Job’s three friends, Eliphaz (Job 4:1-5:27), Bildad (Job 8:1-22), and Zophar (Job 11:1-20) have had their say. Job completes the first round of debate by continuing to defend his own integrity and God’s integrity...
Aug 23, 2020 | Uncategorized
TODAY’S READING FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT- JOB 8:1- 11:20 Bildad the Shuhite attempts to counsel his friend Job. His words are not very comforting. He accuses Job of being full of hot air! Another negative equivalent would be to say that Job’s defense proved he was a...
Aug 22, 2020 | Uncategorized
TODAY’S READING FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT- JOB 4:1-7:21 Job’s bemoaning his birth and resenting his existence provoked Eliphaz the Temanite to speak. Eliphaz once looked up to Job, but now expresses some disappointment to see Job buckle in despair under the pressure of...
Aug 21, 2020 | Uncategorized
TODAY’S READING FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT- JOB 1:1-3:26 Today we start reading the Book of Job. Oswald Chambers gave a series of talks on the Book of Job titled “Baffled to Fight Better”. Trials can be baffling. But as we will see in this book, they can fortify our...
Aug 20, 2020 | Uncategorized
TODAY’S READING FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT- ESTHER 8:1-10:3 King Xerxes’ anger subsided when Haman was killed (Esther 7:10). What provoked his anger had more to do with Haman falling upon the Queen’s couch in an apparent assault upon her than it did the fact that Haman...
