Atheism professes that there is no God, and the question of the sovereignty of God over it, or over anything, simply does not arise. Determinism holds that we don’t really make choices, that we are all just puppets in the hands of God, of evolution, of our genes, or of the universe. We have no…
The Lord's Sovereignty Over Sin, The Wickedness of Unbelief, The Dangers of Unequal Yokes The Lord's Sovereignty over Sin The Wickedness of Unbelief The Dangers of Unequal Yokes
Job has already taken one pounding from his young friend Elihu. In these chapters he takes another from the Lord himself. It is a severe mercy that the Lord shows him here. Job has acted wickedly and very foolishly in thinking that he could justify himself in God’s eyes. The Lord brings him back to…
In the first part of this short series, we saw that Job spoke truthfully and eloquently about wisdom in chapter 28. But in this part, it will be necessary for us to see that Job was not living according to the wisdom he had praised so highly. God said of him in chapter 1 that…
God willing, this post begins a series that will examine wisdom in the last part of the Book of Job. There are three books in the Old Testament that talk about wisdom more than any others. They are Proverbs, Ecclesiastes and Job. In Job we have a practical demonstration of the truth that knowing what…
AUDIO MESSAGE ON PHILIPPIANS 4:6-7 The reference to the catechism in the introduction to the message is a reference to Question and Answer 116 of the Heidelberg Catechism of 1563. You can find a copy of that catechism here.