Messages

With the last words of Elihu ringing in his ears, Job finally gets the one thing he has longed for throughout this long and arduous ordeal: He hears from God. His friends have run out of words but Job has not lost hope.

Nehemiah leaves behind comfort and prestige for hardship and the unknown in order to build up the wall of Jerusalem as well as building up God’s people as they face adversity.

After giving instructions about how to get along with other believers, Paul moves to how we should behave with unbelievers outside of Christ and those who persecute us.

King Solomon unfortunately did not wholeheartedly follow God’s commands. His divided heart led to significant consequences.

This lesson picks up where we left off last week and provides further insight into Job’s weak but lingering faith in God. He has been battered, abused, falsely accused, and robbed of his health, prosperity, reputation, and dignity. But he refuses to give up on God.

Though it’s the only book in the Bible that never mentions God, Esther conveys events with such perfect literary symmetry that a profound theological point is made: God’s providence is at work in everything on behalf of his people.

Through Romans chapter 11 Paul writes about orthodoxy, or the “what” of our faith in Christ. Now starting in chapter 12 he turns a corner and writes the rest of the book about orthopraxy, or the “how” of living our faith. His instructions begin inside the church community itself, for we must learn how to love one another before we can show the rest of the world how the love of Jesus is different.