In the book of Genesis 2:7, we are told “then the Lord God formed the man of dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living creature.” Listen carefully to those words. Of all of the memories I have of 9/11 it was the dust. [...]

That was a great evening wasn’t it? Thank you for coming and making an investment in the future of our church. I received at least one email commenting on the evening. “The survey last night was phenomenal!!  I have NEVER had the opportunity in any church I have ever been in that provided such a [...]

I was asked after the first service – How should a wife who is a Christian relate to a husband who is not? Due to time constraints, I was not able to address this issue. Hopefully this will help. 1 Peter 3:1-7 says Likewise, wives, be subject to your own husbands, so that even if [...]

Job’s Pals Humorist Arnold H. Glasgow quipped, “A loyal friend laughs at your jokes when they’re not so good and sympathizes with your problems when they’re not as bad.” Job’s pals seemed to start that way, for we read in Job 2:11: Now when Job’s three friends heard of all this evil that was come [...]

Mrs Job 9 Then his wife said to him, “Do you still hold fast your integrity? Curse God and die.” 10 But he said to her, “You speak as one of the foolish women would speak. Shall we receive good from God, and shall we not receive evil?” In all this Job did not sin [...]

Satan has been called a “restless, shiftless, roving thug”. In chapter 2 we discover that Satan, true to form, was not satisfied with destroying Job’s financial and familial world. Nothing short of an all-out assault on his body and health would quench his sadistic thirst. Exception or Rule? The question always arises as to whether [...]

The following is a simple (and hopefully creative but not too allegorical) rendition of Job 1:7-12. “Your servant Job’s piety,” reasoned Satan, the Great Adversary, “is just a calculated effort to milk God of His gifts. Job stays only because he gets pay. Take away the pay and Job won’t stay.” “That’s just like something [...]

What happens when what one experiences conflicts with one’s expectations? Answer: You read the book of Job! Even if we ourselves have never experienced the agonizing tragedies described in this book, all of us know someone who has, whether it be the shattering news of terminal cancer, devastating loss of all one’s possessions in a [...]

Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice. Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you. Ephesians 4:31 – 32. His name was Leonard Wilson. He was an Anglican bishop in Singapore during the Second World [...]

Do you like a good question to begin or end your day? How about this one? How many of you think that Christianity is fundamentally taking the chaos of the world, and imposing order on it – and how many think Christianity is taking the order of the world, and introducing chaos into it? (On [...]