Today's Reading: Job 32:1-22In chapter 32, a young man named Elihu, whose name means “He is my God”, appears on the scene. Because he is younger than the others, he has been listening to this entire conversation, waiting to speak until the others are finished. His discourse continues all the way through the end of chapter 37 without even one interruption by Job.Elihu does say some of the same thin...  Read More

Today's Reading: Job 25:1-31:40Here we read Job's "final defense". Here we see Job's heart and we can understand why God allowed Satan to test him. But we also see that Job still doesn't understand what is going on behind the scenes. That certainly is the case in our lives isn't it? So how do we respond when we don't fully understand what God is doing?...  Read More

Today's Reading: Job 18:1-24:25Today I want to encourage you to focus on Job 19:25-27. What does that reveal about Job's understanding of eternal life? How does that line up with what we know from the rest of the Bible?...  Read More

Today's Reading: Job 13:1-17:16Throughout this discourse the theology of Job's "friends" is often correct and in other places it is very close to being right. But in spite of that, they aren't really good friends to Job in his time of need. What can we learn from that about how to minister to others in need today?...  Read More

Today's Reading: Job 8:1-12:25Try not to get too caught up in al the details as you read today. Instead try to get an overall feel for the conversation that takes place. Think about what mistaken ideas Job and his friends have about God. Think about how we embrace similar ideas today and what we can do to avoid developing false ideas about who God is....  Read More

Today's Reading: Job2:11-7:21This week is going to be a bit of a challenge, but I am confident that you're up to it! We're going to be reading several - OK - maybe more than several - chapters each day so that we can cover the entire middle section of the book.In this section Job is carrying on a conversation with his three so called "friends". We're going to see that those friends often are quite...  Read More

Today's Reading: Job2:1-10Take a look at Job's response to hi s wife in verses 9-10. How is his response similar to his response in chapter 1? What are some differences from that response and what might that indicate about Job's faith? (Remember what we learned about "God" and "LORD" yesterday....  Read More

Today's Reading: Job 1:1-22For the next five weeks we'll be reading through the book of Job in conjunction with our sermon series. We'll start off with only a chapter a day this week, but then we'll be tackling some larger chunks of text starting next week in order to get through the entire book in five weeks.One of the keys to understanding the book of Job is to look at the use of the words "God"...  Read More

Final overview reflection on MarkWhat were the major themes in Jesus teaching?What charactized the way he interacted with people? Who did he rebuke, and who did he treat gently?What was Jesus like on earth? What stands out about his life and his character?What shows his love for the sinners that we all are?A big thanks to Loren Hawthorne for putting together the reading plan that has taken us thro...  Read More

Mark 16ESV Video and text: https://live.bible.is/bible/ENGESV/MRK/16KJV Video and text: https://live.bible.is/bible/ENGKJV/MRK/16?audio_type=audio_dramaSpanish Video and text: https://live.bible.is/bible/SPANVI/MRK/16NLT Text and audio:https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=mark+16&version=NLTReflection questions:What does it say about God’s regard for women that a woman was the first to see...  Read More

Mark 15:25-47ESV Video and text: https://live.bible.is/bible/ENGESV/MRK/15KJV Video and text: https://live.bible.is/bible/ENGKJV/MRK/15?audio_type=audio_dramaSpanish Video and text: https://live.bible.is/bible/SPANVI/MRK/15NLT Text and audio:https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=mark+15&version=NLTReflection questions:What things from this passage show Jesus is the Son of God?How was Script...  Read More

Mark 15:1-24ESV Video and text: https://live.bible.is/bible/ENGESV/MRK/15KJV Video and text: https://live.bible.is/bible/ENGKJV/MRK/15?audio_type=audio_dramaSpanish Video and text: https://live.bible.is/bible/SPANVI/MRK/15NLT Text and audio:https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=mark+15&version=NLTReflection questions:Think about the love for us that compelled Jesus to endure all this for us...  Read More