It’s finally over! After 2 years, 4 months and 11 days, my braces are finally off! Unlike most people who had braces when they are in their teens, I waited considerably longer before having my teeth aligned. Even though I was told that it’d be around the two year mark for correction, I was convinced […]
No one knows the exact time in which Job lived, however, many theologians surmise that the incidents of his life may have occurred alongside some of events documented in the book of Genesis. Job’s lengthy life (Job 42:16), his regular intercession before God as priest of his family (1:5), his wealth calculated in the number […]
“IT’S ALL YOUR FAULT!” Haven’t you felt the sting of those words when they are directed at you? Maybe you even hear them come at you in your own voice. Whether spoken or implied, the meaning is the same: “You are the reason for your own suffering.” While there are many times that we do […]
“If someone dies, will they live again?” (Job 14:14) This question posed by Job in the depths of his suffering is far from unique to him. People on every continent, in every era, and in every station of life have wonder about the same thing: Is death the end? Or is there something beyond? How […]
“Why would God allow children to die?” “How could He let innocent people suffer?” “Why does evil run rampant over those who have done nothing wrong?” Questions like these frequent the lips of those who were once was a faithful followers of Christ yet today live in doubt. Most often the queries aren’t intellectual […]
Have you ever felt that your life was like a roller coaster? You’re up one day, and then down the next as life seems to constantly toss you from side to side. Well, people in the 21stcentury aren’t the first ones to feel that way. Consider the patriarch Job. As you move through the Old […]
