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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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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Well David is finally king over all Israel. At God’s direction, Samuel had anointed him as the future king when he was a shepherd boy of about 12 or 15 years old. As we read today, he was 30 when God finally put him there. God always keeps his promises, but we never know what…
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The last time we heard from Job, he had asked his friends to pity him, give him words of comfort, understand how much he was suffering. But it’s obvious from Zophar’s words here that he heard none of that. He was so upset by Job’s assertion that he really had done nothing to deserve what’s…
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In chapter three, Ish-bosheth made a bad mistake. He forgot who really put him in the throne. It was Abner who made it possible for Ish-bosheth, King Saul’s son, to ascend to the throne. It was Abner’s cunning and strength as a leader who put him there. Ish-bosheth was not a leader, and he severely…
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In chapter 18, Bildad comes at Job once more, and tells him that wicked people will suffer all sorts of calamities here on earth and in the afterlife, with the implication that Job is obviously guilty of some sort of wickedness since he is in such a bad state. Job’s answer is heartbreaking. These are…
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