by Stuart | 2 Jun 2022 | Devotionals, Job
In the interaction between Job and his friends, we have witnessed his counsellors grow increasingly agitated with him. They had come to him with a very neat systematic theology, which explained all his afflictions. It was tried and tested. The oral tradition of wisdom...
by Stuart | 1 Jun 2022 | Devotionals, Job
The interaction between Job and his friends must have been a sight to behold. As we have made our way through their speeches, we have observed mounting frustration amongst the three counsellors. Each speech is more vociferous and blunter than the preceding one. These...
by Stuart | 31 May 2022 | Devotionals, Job
In his book, The Finishing Touch, Chuck Swindoll tells the story of Glenn Chambers, a young believer with a lifelong desire to pursue missionary service in Ecuador. On 15 February 1947, Chambers sat in a Miami airport awaiting the take-off that would jet him to his...
by Stuart | 30 May 2022 | Devotionals, Job
Most of us have probably seen enough courtroom dramas to know that witnesses in a criminal trial are sworn to tell “the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.” As Job stood trial before his friends, they consistently spoke what they considered to be the...
by Stuart | 27 May 2022 | Devotionals, Job
Some thirty years ago, Marshall Shelley wrote a book titled Well-Intentioned Dragons: Ministering to Problem People in the Church. The blurb on the book begins this way: “Every church has them—sincere, well-meaning Christians who leave ulcers, strained relationships,...
