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Everyone’s a Theologian
Today’s reading: Job 1-3; Acts 7:1-19 9 Then his wife said to him, “Do you still hold fast your integrity? Curse God and die.” 10 But he...
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Jun 24, 2015
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Family Hostility
Today’s reading: Genesis 29-30; Matthew 10:1-23 When Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, she envied her sister. She said to...
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Jan 11, 2015
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Asking God Not to Remember
Today’s reading: Psalm 20:1-25:22 My selection: Psalm 25:6-7 6 Remember your mercy, O Lord, and your steadfast love, for they have been...
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Jun 15, 2013
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Sanctification: it’s a process
Today’s reading: Job 38:1-41:34 My selection: Job 40:3-5 3 Then Job answered the Lord and said: 4 “ Behold, I am of small account; what...
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Jun 11, 2013
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Remember to Extol His Work
Today’s reading: Job 32:1-37:24 My selection: Job 36:24-26 24 Remember to extol his work, of which men have sung. 25 All...
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Jun 10, 2013
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First Rays of Light
Today’s reading: Job 26:1-31:40 My selection: Job 26:14 14 Behold, these are but the outskirts of his ways, and how small a whisper do we...
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Jun 9, 2013
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God’s Purpose in Suffering
Today’s reading: Job 22:1-25:6 My selection: Job 23:8-10 8 “ Behold, I go forward, but he is not there, and backward, but I do not...
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Jun 8, 2013
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Job: true confidence or naïve denial?
Today’s reading: Job 19:1-21:34 My selection: Job 21:7 Why do the wicked live, reach old age, and grow mighty in power? My reflections:...
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Jun 7, 2013
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Who’s the Smartest?
Today’s reading: Job 15:1-18:21 My selection: Job 15:9-10 What do you know that we do not know? What do you understand that is not clear...
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Jun 6, 2013
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Unswerving Hope
Today’s reading: Job 11:1-14:22 My selection: Job 13:15 Though he slay me, I will hope in him; yet I will argue my ways to his face. My...
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Jun 5, 2013
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Bildad’s Faulty Solution
Today’s reading: Job 8:1-10:22 My selection: Job 8:5-7 If you will seek God and plead with the Almighty for mercy, 6 if you are pure and...
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Jun 4, 2013
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Eliphaz’ Error
Today’s reading: Job 4:1-7:21 My selection: Job 4:2 “ Remember: who that was innocent ever perished? Or where were the upright cut off?...
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Jun 3, 2013
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