Archive for December 2022

John 15:9-17, Revelation 3:1-13, Job 28, Hosea 13-14 Job 28:  This chapter is something of a break in the proceedings. Having been defending himself at length against the attacks of his “friends,” Job now takes the time to ask a question of a more principled nature which the occasion of his defense naturally brings to…

John 15:1-8, Revelation 2:18-29, Job 27, Hosea 9-12 Job 27: Job now concludes his words to the beginning group of his comforters. And he concludes with a note of defiance:   “I will never admit you are in the right; till I die, I will not deny my integrity. I will maintain my innocence and never let go…

John 14:22-31, Revelation 2:1-17, Job 25-26, Hosea 7-8 Job 25-26: In the two chapters we are looking at this morning, we first read (in chapter 25) of Bildad’s attempted correction of Job, and then (in chapter 26) of Job’s reply to Bildad. Bildad (chapter 25) basically says that because no one is righteous before God,…

John 14:15-21, Revelation 1:9-20, Job 24, Hosea 4-6 Job 24: As Job continues his “bitter complaint” (23:1), in this chapter he makes two basic movements. In the first half of the chapter, he asks a question and then exposits on his answer to it. “Why does the Almighty not set times for judgment?” (24:1). Having…

John 14:1-14, Revelation 1:1-8, Job 23, Hosea 1-3 Job 23: Once more, we are back to Job and his replies to the testing so-called “comforters” that surround him. When you listen to their words, you can all-too-often hear the fake piety of some cultural Christianity. They speak as if the answer was always simple, as…