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Why We’re Here (Theology for Living from Philippians) – 1:21-26
For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain. If I am to go on living in the body, this will mean fruitful labor for me. Yet what shall I choose? I do not know! I am torn between the two: I desire
Continue reading...Lessons From the Old Testament: Arts and Technology
Lamech married two women, one named Adah and the other Zillah. Adah gave birth to Jabal; he was the father of those who live in tents and raise livestock. His brother’s name was Jubal; he was the father
Continue reading...Lessons From the Old Testament: God’s Concern For Justice
Amos For three sins of Israel, even for four, I will not relent. They sell the innocent for silver, and the needy for a pair of sandals. They trample on the heads of the poor as on the dust of the
Continue reading...Jesus Friend of Sinners
Jesus! what a Friend for sinners! Jesus! Lover of my soul; Friends may fail me, foes assail me, He, my Savior, makes me whole. These words by Wilbur Chapman in 1910 (hear the music and sing along with
Continue reading...Lessons From the Old Testament: Principles of Counseling From Job
Recognize the value of silent sympathy. (Job 2:12,13; 13:5) Like God, be able to show kindness even to those who are suffering for their own sins. (Job 6:14-23) Beware of pious platitudes which ease
Continue reading...Lessons From the Old Testament: How NOT to Counsel People in Pain
Job’s “friends” did a masterful job of comforting Job those first seven days (see article). But when Job broke the silence (Job 3) and began to rue the day of his birth, their demeanor
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