Here’s a link to the message I gave yesterday, pulled from many different chapters of Job.

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Today’s message from Job 2 was not an easy one. A big part of it was telling Gary and Kristin Adams’ story, with their permission. Here’s a link.

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This past Sunday, I started a series on the book of Job. This is a difficult book, and I imagine I’ll be working hard to script these out…so I will probably be able to post each of these. I’m always interested in your comments and feedback. This one is the introduction to the book, and [...]

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There have been many times when I have gazed across the table at gray hair, at a face lined with care and years, and heard a variation of the following: “I pray for our country. I pray for our church. I can’t believe how things have changed, and can only hope that Jesus returns soon.” [...]

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From my reading-thru-the-bible plan today: Praise the Lord, my soul, and forget not all his benefits– who forgives all your sins and heals all your diseases, who redeems your life from the pit and crowns you with love and compassion, who satisfies your desires with good things so that your youth is renewed like the [...]

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(Thank you for the enjoyable comments and discussion! Sorry for the slowness between posts. I’m going to bite off less than I originally said I would in this post, so that I’ll actually keep moving forward. This post will be some of my presuppositions about the bible, the next will get into the specific biblical [...]

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My friend Robin blogged about Brian McLaren’s books, writing an almost throw-away line wondering why the crucifixion is such a big deal, much more so than the resurrection, it seems. I jumped on that in the comments, and a wonderfully rich discussion exploded about the atonement. Now I find that Tony Jones is starting a [...]

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I follow many things, mostly blogs, in Google Reader. (I used to be a Bloglines guy, but I’m finding that Google has placed a lot of time and money into making their stuff work really great with the iPhone, so I’m more and more being sucked into the Google web.) One of the blogs I [...]

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This morning, with the first light of dawn cracking the sky, I tried to picture an earthquake; tried to imagine a stone rolled back, the tear-stained faces of women whose unhoped for dream had already come true. I couldn’t really do it. But I’m immensely grateful for God’s limitless power and love. And I want [...]

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Been spending more time in hell than usual…whoops, that didn’t come out right. What I mean is, I’ve spent more time than usual getting ready for tomorrow’s message. A lot more. I’ve already had to cut out a lot, so I thought I’d do even better than what DVD releases do with a movie. You [...]

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