The danger of theology without compassion.Job 11-14“If you would direct your heart right and spread out your hand to Him…then, indeed, you could lift up your face without moral defect, and you would b...  Read More

The distortion of sufferingJob 8-10“Please inquire of past generations, and consider the things searched out by their fathers.” (8:8).While Eliphaz applies his personal experience to formulate his per...  Read More

The Importance of proper theology amid suffering. (Job 4-7)"For man is born for trouble as sparks fly upward.As we journey through the dialogue of Job and his three friends, we are immediately confron...  Read More

The Cry of SufferingJob 3“Why did I not die at birth, come forth from the womb, and expire?”There are times when we undergo such intense suffering and adversity that we not only experience profound de...  Read More

Praising God in the Midst of PainJob 1-2“Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked I shall return there. The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away. Blessed by the name of the Lord.”In a matter of ...  Read More

Developing a Right Perspective of SufferingIntroduction to JobHow do we view suffering in light of God’s promises to protect us? Why do the righteous suffer? If God is loving, why does he seem silent ...  Read More

God honors those who honor him.Esther 6-10“For Mordecai the Jew was second only to King Ahasuerus, and great among the Jews and in favor with his many kinsmen, one who sought the good of his people an...  Read More

God’s Power to Overcome Our SinEsther 1-5“And who knows whether you have not attained royalty for such a time as this?”The book of Esther is somewhat of an enigma. As we read through the story, we are...  Read More

The Danger of Partial Obedience.Nehemiah 10-13“And are taking on themselves a curse and an oath to walk in god’s law, which was given through Moses, God’s servant, and to keep and to observe all the c...  Read More

External vs InternalNehemiah 6-9“And confessed their sins and he iniquities of their fathers. While they stood in their place, they read from the book of the law of the Lord their God for a fourth of ...  Read More

Where is Our FocusNehemiah 1-5"When I saw their fear, I rose and spoke to the nobles, the officials, and the rest of the people; 'Do not be afraid of them; remember the Lord who is great and awesome, ...  Read More

Radical ObedienceEzra 6-10"For Ezra had set his heart to study the law of the Lord, and to practice it, and to teach His statutes and ordinances in Israel." (7:10)It is easy to give verbal agreement t...  Read More