As Job begins, in essence he says that no matter what, his friends’ accusations against him will not wear him down. As long as he lives, he will maintain that he has been a man of integrity. Have you ever been in an argument or debate with someone who just won’t give it up, and…
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I’m recording this on Sunday night, and I’m running late. We normally don’t have Sunday night church, but tonight we did, and we had a guest speaker…our former Senior Pastor. As you probably know if you’ve been listening to the show for awhile, I’m the guy who runs the sound and video at church, so…
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Today is one of our special Dog Days of Podcasting episodes, and good ol’ Chuck Tomasi, he of the recent oral surgery, sent in a question. Where should a person who has never read the Bible before begin reading? That’s a really great question. A lot of people do try to tackle the Bible as…
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Today is one of our special Dog Days of Podcasting episodes, and I’ll be answering a question from Melissa Bartell, one of the DDP participating podcasters. Her show is called Bathtub Mermaid: Tales from the Tub. Melissa says that she used to be in a Bible study group at which several different Bible translations were…
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As Job continues his response to Eliphaz, who has said that evil people are quickly judged in this life, Job restates that evil people often continue in their evil and victimize the needy and weak. And they live their lives with apparent impunity to the judgement of God. But, Job says, God is watching, and…
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Chapter 1 tells us that in previous days, God spoke to man through the prophets, but in these last days (meaning the final age, the age of grace that was ushered in with the birth of Jesus, who is the Messiah, the Savior) God spoke to man through His Son, Jesus. And the beginning verses…
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In chapter 7, after David finally gets a time of rest from war, he looks at the beautiful palace he has, and it dawns on him that the Lord should have something better than the tent in which the Ark of the Covenant has been housed. God has blessed him. The Lord picked him to…
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We already know that much of what Job’s friends have said to him have been ill-conceived and hurtful. In chapter 22 today, part of what Eliphaz had to say is being said by some very popular preachers today. And the message is just plain wrong, not to mention destructive to some people’s faith. Eliphaz’s message…
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This is the third weekend edition for the Dog Days of Podcasting, and I answer a question from ChuckChat.com’s Chuck Tomasi. The question is: What is your favorite part of the Bible?
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Paul’s tender love for both Philemon and Onesimus is evident in this short letter, isn’t it? If the message of the Gospel could be boiled down, it’s all about forgiveness. And Paul, who at one time persecuted Christians, even to the point of holding the cloaks of those who stoned Stephen to death, could speak…
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