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Ep. 686: Cranford | Chapter 8 Book talk begins at 15:54 Lady Glenmire (a real baron's widow!) is in town, and the Cranford ladies can't decide whether to curtsey or completely ignore her—Mrs. Jamieson prefers the latter. --------------------------------------------------------------- 00:00 Episode start 1:55 - MAY RAFFLE - from Rebecca S (Of Book it with Becca) 2:25 - Send your crafty videos: 4:45 - Plum Deluxe Tea-CraftLit's Discount Code! 5:05 - , 5:35 - 8:01 - ELSIE BLOUSE on WEARING HISTORY 8:50 - . Hope that helps! 10:40 - And from Donna Schmidt 13:48-Anya's voice mail   BOOK TALK—Re-hash Notes 15:57 - Last week Visiting - RE-LISTEN Pre-hash Notes 17:00 - Your Ladyship. Ended with Cherry Brandy (ha!) And Mrs Jamieson blurting out to everyone she would be hosting her SIL Lady Glenmire soon. 17:50 - shared subscription to newspaper. SOME REALLY CLEVER Austen-like wordplay in today's chapter. A lot of fun! Characters in *Cranford* (Updated for Chs. 6–8) 18:25 - County families—the landed gentry in the county - you know…the only important people in the area :( Miss Pole “I'll think of something to say back to her… tonight…”—nothing changes HA! 18:40 Peerage - prob refers to Burke's Peerage and Baronetage (first pub was 1826!!!) Only 16 Scottish peers were SELECTED to sit in the House of Lords; 19:00 -comparison to Job - God takes everything from him then torments him some more. 20:40 - The Arley's  - we learned that Lady Arley shopped at Betty Barker's milliner shop last week and was part of why the shop eventually only served the well-to-do of Cranford ——which lets us know that there WAS a well-to-do set and our ladies are not they! 22:00 - Fourth at pool - another card game 22:45 - Sedulously-Dedication, diligence 22:55 - “thought you might want a description of Mrs Smith, Her being a bride”. B/c often a bride's 1st appearance in society after honeymoon she wore her dress. 23:15 - ***nipped up her petticoats*** - 25:10 - Mr Milliner - introduce him to listeners - ignored back door (GASP) 25:15 - candle lighters as an excise LOL ALSO what's she making them out of?!??? - EXCELLENT WAY TO USE OLD BILLS & LETTERS! Assumption no one will go LOL - Poole's rationalization to go to party

Job chapters 38-42. Job has demanded answers and God shows up to talk about random things that don't seem to address a single one of Job's questions! Why do these speeches actually seem to help Job process everything? What is a behemoth and leviathan? What is it Job seems to understand from what God says and does it have any application to our lives? The post Job: God's speeches (Brian Paris) appeared first on The Lakes Church Cairns.

This week's message walked through Job 38–41, where the Lord finally answers Job—not with explanations, but with overwhelming presence and questions that reveal His wisdom, power, and majesty. Speaking from the whirlwind, God doesn't defend Himself or detail the reasons behind Job's suffering. Instead, He invites Job to look up—beyond himself, beyond his pain—and see the vastness of divine wisdom.God's response teaches us that He speaks in storms, not just in whispers. He is not frantic when we are fearful. He is “other”—unfathomable, sovereign, yet deeply personal. Through creation, rhetorical questions, and a divine tone of awe, God reminds Job (and us) that He is in control of all things, down to the smallest detail of our lives. Most importantly, God is not absent in our suffering; He's present, purposeful, and calling us to trust Him even when we don't have answers. When we shift our eyes from our wounds to His wonders, we find the freedom of faith.

Job has heard enough. Speech after speech, his so-called friends have offered their wisdom—accusing, correcting, assuming they understand his suffering better than he does. But in Job 16, he fires back with words that cut through their empty comfort:" Miserable comforters are you all." He doesn't just reject their advice—he exposes their failure. Instead of bringing relief, they've only deepened his pain. And as Job turns his focus back to God, his words take on a new tone. He sees himself as crushed, attacked, even hunted by the very One he longs to trust. He speculates that God must hate him, but amid his agony, a flicker of hope remains.  The Rev. Robert Moeller, Jr., pastor of St. John's Lutheran Church in Britton, SD and St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Ferney, SD, joins the Rev. Dr. Phil Booe to study Job 16.  Why do the righteous suffer? That's the burning question at the heart of the book of Job—one of the most profound and challenging books in all of Scripture. From a Lutheran perspective, Job's story isn't just about a man enduring unimaginable hardship; it's about wrestling with God's will, grappling with well-meaning but misguided advice, and ultimately finding comfort in God's grace rather than human understanding. As Job's friends offer simplistic answers, Job demands the truth, and God's response reminds us of His infinite wisdom and mercy. Through it all, we see glimpses of Christ—the truly innocent sufferer—who redeems our pain and points us to the cross, where suffering meets salvation. Join us as we journey through Job, confronting tough questions about faith, suffering, and God's mysterious ways with hope grounded in Christ alone.  Thy Strong Word, hosted by Rev. Dr. Phil Booe, pastor of St. John Lutheran Church of Luverne, MN, reveals the light of our salvation in Christ through study of God's Word, breaking our darkness with His redeeming light. Each weekday, two pastors fix our eyes on Jesus by considering Holy Scripture, verse by verse, in order to be strengthened in the Word and be equipped to faithfully serve in our daily vocations. Submit comments or questions to: thystrongword@kfuo.org.

In chapter 18 of the Book of Job, Bildad speaks, reminding Job God punishes the wicked. These three friends are supposedly counseling Job, but much of it is hurtful. Are you helpful or hurtful when counseling your friends?

What if God loves you enough to permit suffering to redefine parts of your life? What if the worst this world can do is open the door to God's presence so that you know Him better? These are just a few of the lessons from the book of Job.

Job is zeker niet één van de makkelijkste boeken om te lezen, maar wel één van de meest intrigerende. Misschien is het jammer dat wij de Bijbel in onze eigen taal moeten lezen en dat niet in het oorspronkelijke Hebreeuws kunnen. De grondtekst is namelijk prachtig poëtisch. De boodschap is ook erg sterk, want de vraagstukken die naar voren komen in het boek Job zijn vragen die vandaag de dag nog veel worden gesteld. De hamvraag is: waarom is er lijden in de wereld? En daaraan gekoppeld: als er lijden is, kan God dan wel goed en liefdevol zijn? Uniek inkijkje in de hemel Het verhaal van Job speelt zich af ergens in de periode van Genesis in een land ver van Israël. Job is dan ook geen Israëliet. Job is een goede man, een soort Noach. Hij is rechtschapen, onberispelijk, heeft ontzag voor God en mijdt het kwaad. Hij leefde zoals God dat van de mens verlangt. God zegent hem rijkelijk met een vrouw, zeven zonen, drie dochters, vee en allerlei andere bezittingen. Na deze introductie van Job, krijgen we plotseling een uniek inkijkje in de hemel. We zien hoe God zijn engelen om zich heen verzamelt. Er is één wezen bij dat wij meestal ‘de duivel noemen'. Zijn naam wordt hier niet genoemd, maar de auteur van het boek noemt hem ‘satan'. Dat betekent ‘aanklager'. God vraagt aan satan of hij tijdens zijn ronde op aarde ook Job heeft gezien. Deze boze engel grijpt zijn kans om Job in de problemen te brengen. “Natuurlijk eert hij U”, zegt hij tegen God. “U geeft hem immers zoveel. Als U dat van hem afpakt, zal hij U vervloeken.” God lijkt zich te laten uitlokken. Hij geeft satan de vrije hand om alles van Job af te pakken, inclusief zijn kinderen, zo lang hij maar niet aan Job zelf komt. Dat leidt onmiddellijk tot een groot dilemma: waarom doet God dit? Is het lijden van de mens een spelletje voor de Heer? Als lezer wil je snel verder om te kijken hoe deze vragen worden beantwoord. Een week zwijgen Maar Job zondigt niet. Tenminste, niet meteen. ‘De Heer heeft gegeven, de Heer heeft genomen. Geprezen zij de naam van de Heer', is Jobs beroemdste uitspraak. Zijn vrouw moedigt Job aan God te vervloeken. Hij weigert. Liever aanvaart hij het kwade. Dan komen vier vrienden op bezoek. Als ze het leed zien, zwijgen ze een week lang. Dat is de introductie van het boek. Of ze letterlijk zwegen of wel spraken maar niet over wat Job was overkomen, weet ik niet. Maar na die zeven dagen kan Job zich niet langer inhouden. Hij vervloekt de dag dat hij is geboren. Vanaf dat moment ontspint zich een lange discussie tussen Job en zijn vrienden. Drie vragen staan centraal: 1) Heeft God een rechtvaardig karakter? 2) Heerst God op basis van rechtvaardigheid? 3) Als God rechtvaardig is en heerst op basis van rechtvaardigheid, waarom moet Job dan lijden? In de oudheid gingen mensen ervan uit dat als je goed deed, de goden je zouden belonen en als je kwaad deed, dat je daarvoor gestraft zou worden. Job wordt dan ook boos als zijn ‘vrienden' zeggen dat hij wel moet hebben gezondigd. Hij houdt vol dat hij onschuldig is en zijn leed niet is omdat God hem straft. Dat klopt ook, want de Bijbel introduceert Job als een rechtvaardig persoon die kwaad mijdt en God eert. Hopen op het goede Op een gegeven moment wordt Job de discussie met zijn vrienden zo zat dat hij zich in al zijn emoties rechtstreeks tot God richt. Hij zegt dat hij deze God niet meer herkent. ‘Ik hoopte op het goede, maar het kwade kwam.' Hij houdt vol dat hij volstrekt onschuldig is en daagt God uit rechtstreeks tot hem te spreken. Nu pas begint de jongste vriend te spreken. Deze Elihu maakt een punt dat nog niet eerder is genoemd door Job en de andere mannen. Hij zegt dat het lijden misschien niet is vanwege zonden die al begaan zijn, maar om mensen te waarschuwen die in de toekomst wellicht zullen zondigen. Of misschien gebruikt God het lijden wel om mensen sterker te maken. Elihu geeft toe dat hij niet weet waarom deze rampspoed Job getroffen heeft. Hij is er wel van overtuigd dat Job God niet mag beschuldigen. ‘Heb jij de zon wel eens laten opkomen?' Dit is het einde van het debat. Job reageert niet meer en het lijkt erop dat de mens het mysterie van het lijden niet kan ontrafelen. Dan, in hoofdstuk 38, verschijnt God opeens zelf. Vanuit een heftige storm spreekt hij met Job. Je verwacht en hoopt dat God nu eindelijk zal uitleggen waarom Hij de satan toestond vrijwel alles van Job af te pakken. God doet dat niet. Eerst roept hij Job ter verantwoording, zoals Job dat zelf eerder bij God deed. God laat Job de grootsheid van het heelal zien en bevraagt hem over de schepping van het universum en de orde die God heeft aangebracht. ‘Kun jij dat ook, Job?', zegt God feitelijk. ‘Heb jij de zon wel eens laten opkomen?' God vuurt een eindeloze reeks van dit soort vragen op Job af, zodat Job beseft hoe klein hij is en hoe groot God is. Wie is Job dus om God in het beklaagdenbankje te zetten en te bepalen hoe Hij de kosmos moet leiden? Misschien moet Job maar de zondaren straffen op het moment dat ze in overtreding gaan? God zegt hier met zoveel woorden dat het niet zo makkelijk is om altijd maar recht te spreken, elke goede daad te belonen en elke slechte daad te bestraffen. De werkelijkheid is veel complexer. Job wilde dat God verantwoording af zou leggen. Dat doet God niet. Hij legt niet uit dat Hij een gesprek had gevoerd met satan en dus ook niet waarom Job zo moest lijden. In plaats daarvan vraagt God aan Job om Hem te vertrouwen. Job toont berouw en vraagt vergeving. God zegt dan dat Job juist gesproken heeft. Dat is gek, want eerder nog zagen we duidelijk dat Job God onterecht beschuldigde. Ondanks dat Hij Job fors terechtwees, is God blijkbaar niet boos op Job. Hij lijkt juist blij dat Job in gebed met Hem heeft geworsteld. God beloont trouw De vrienden krijgen nog wel de wind van voren. Ze moeten offers brengen en Job moet voor hen bidden. Job is blijkbaar in de positie om dat te doen. Hij is gebroken, heeft zijn fouten toegegeven en vergeving gekregen. Nu kan hij bidden voor de vrienden. En nadat hij dat heeft gedaan, herstelt God zijn dienaar. Hij krijgt opnieuw zeven zonen en drie dochters en vergaart opnieuw een enorme rijkdom, het dubbele van wat hij had. Dit is een belofte. Wie toegeeft de wijsheid niet in pacht te hebben, wie niet op eigen kracht vertrouwt, wie zijn zonden toegeeft maar gelooft in God zal door Hem rijkelijk worden beloond. Misschien niet in dit leven, maar zeker na de dood.

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God is Sovereign over all. He is the creator of all and gets to have his say over it. How does God's Sovereignty affect you? Listen as we continue in the book of Job

God is Sovereign over all. He is the creator of all and gets to have his say over it. How does God's Sovereignty affect you? Listen as we continue in the book of Job

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JOB | God Answering From the Whirlwind with Pastor Josef Massanari September 8, 2024 Visit us online https://www.cornerstonelv.com https://www.facebook.com/lvcornerstone  https://www.instagram.com/cornerstone_lv/

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Nick explores Job's situation at the conclusion of the book: confronted with very real suffering and very hard questions, can we simply trust Him?

Justin discusses Elihu's closing statements and God's appearance in Job's story, specifically God's presentation of the vastness of the universe and Himself as its own justification.

In this teaching, Pastor Dobbs examines the conversation and the events that took place in Job's life. We look at Job's response and can we be like the servant Job when we go through trials and tribulations as Spirit Led Saints! Hit the notification bell so that you do not miss our most recent video. From your mobile device, to sow a financial seed into the ministry you may visit us at occvr.org and click the menu tab to locate the donate button. The donate button will provide two options for online giving. You may utilize “Text To Give” in which you will text “give” to the phone number 770-692-2225 to setup your monthly gift or one time financial gift. The additional method for online giving is simply click on the paypal “donate” button. Thanks to our generous partners in ministry, we are able to continue spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ with our local and foreign outreach ministries. For further information on Overcomers Christian Center including address, service times, and other information please visit occvr.org. Also you may visit us at the following: Facebook: @occvr Podcast: The Overcomers

In this teaching, Pastor Dobbs examines the conversation and the events that took place in Job's life. We look at Job's response and can we be like the servant Job when we go through trials and tribulations as Spirit Led Saints! Join us online: OCCVR.org

God told Satan that Job was His minister. It would seem that this helped him to survive and thrive after his horrendous trial. In this teaching, Pastor Dobbs examines what it takes to be considered God's minister. Hit the notification bell so that you do not miss our most recent video. From your mobile device, to sow a financial seed into the ministry you may visit us at occvr.org and click the menu tab to locate the donate button. The donate button will provide two options for online giving. You may utilize “Text To Give” in which you will text “give” to the phone number 770-692-2225 to setup your monthly gift or one time financial gift. The additional method for online giving is simply click on the paypal “donate” button. Thanks to our generous partners in ministry, we are able to continue spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ with our local and foreign outreach ministries. For further information on Overcomers Christian Center including address, service times, and other information please visit occvr.org. Also you may visit us at the following: Facebook: @occvr Podcast: The Overcomers

God told Satan that Job was His minister. It would seem that this helped him to survive and thrive after his horrendous trial. In this teaching, Pastor Dobbs examines what it takes to be considered God's minister. Join us online: OCCVR.org

Sunday we will try to start returning to our regular pattern and to do that we will look back on what just happened. This will be a slightly more personal than usual but still very textual sermon. Read Job 10, Psalm 23, and Psalm 46, and see you Sunday.

Pastor Kjay preached

Believing my job is a sacred duty to God gives me a good attitude.  

On todays show James, Pastor Chris, Texas Jim and Glenn talk about Gen 39 v 3  Joesph   Gospel = Good news   Old and New Testament are consistent  Turbulation but be of good cheer I have overcome the world   Are we diligently seeking the Lord  Psalms 34:15  Christianity is not a religion of Karma  Job what happened to him  First must be sanctified if you have money  Book of Malachi about tithes.  Prosperity tested = Job  God was with Yosef or Joseph  Action oriented Christianity " to Love God is to follow his commands"  If we put anything above Christianity are we giving to the church  Ephesians 6   Praying together daily at home.  Communism will not be defeated on twitter.  Pray for Texas. 

Job - God's power shown in creatures. Job's confession. God restores Job's fortunes. Matthew - Pharisees test Jesus. Peter's confession of Christ. Jesus foretells his death. Discipleship is costly.

Episode 230 – Seriousness of Sin – Part 9 – Sin, Out of Bounds Welcome to Anchored by Truth brought to you by Crystal Sea Books. In John 14:6, Jesus said, “I am the way, the truth, and the life.” The goal of Anchored by Truth is to encourage everyone to grow in the Christian faith by anchoring themselves to the secure truth found in the inspired, inerrant, and infallible word of God. Script: All who sin apart from the law will also perish apart from the law, and all who sin under the law will be judged by the law. For it is not those who hear the law who are righteous in God’s sight, but it is those who obey the law who will be declared righteous. Romans, Chapter 2, verses 12 and 13, New International Version ******** VK: Hi! Welcome to Anchored by Truth brought to you by Crystal Sea Books. I’m Victoria K. We’re glad to be with you today on Anchored by Truth. This is the 9th episode in a series we are calling “The Seriousness of Sin.” As the name implies we are taking a detailed look at sin and we have covered a lot of important ground. We have talked about the consequences of sin both in this world and in eternity to come. We’ve discussed the reality and nature of hell. And a few episodes ago we began talking about how seriously God treats sin. For instance, have you ever realized that man lost paradise and introduced death into creation just by committing one sin in the Garden of Eden? Moreover, God destroyed almost all life on earth in a flood that encompassed the whole world because of sin. All that sounds pretty serious to me. So, in today’s episode we’re going to begin our wrap up. To do that, we have RD Fierro in the studio. RD is an author and the founder of Crystal Sea Books. RD, you said that today you want to talk about sin as being “out-of-bounds.” What do you mean by that? RD: Well, I was having an email exchange with Doug Apple who is the manager of the WAVE 94 radio station in Tallahassee. Doug is a very thoughtful and mature Christian and I’m always impressed with the quality of his insight and observations. Doug said this to me in an email. “Once you throw out the notion of God the Creator, who created creation with a certain way of working, you are in trouble. He told us what works and what doesn't. He set up boundaries for us, and things outside the boundaries are called sin... and things outside the boundaries don't work right. If we are paying attention and connect the dots, we can see that things outside the boundaries are problematic.” VK: Hmmmm. That is an interesting insight. Doug is making a very important point. God set the boundaries for all of creation when he made everything. I’m reminded of Job, chapter 38, verses 8 through 11 when God said to Job, “Who shut up the sea behind doors when it burst forth from the womb, …, when I fixed limits for it and set its doors and bars in place, when I said, ‘This far you may come and no farther; here is where your proud waves halt’?” That’s from the New International Version. Doug is noting that, just as God set boundaries for the physical forces of nature, God also set boundaries for human behavior. RD: Yes. Doug’s point is not only insightful but powerful. Our nation, and much of the world today, is obsessed with sports. I don’t think I can think of a single sport that does not have boundaries of some sort that must be respected by the competitors. Go “out of bounds,” – beyond the prescribed limits – and there is some kind of negative consequence including an outright loss of the game or contest. Football, baseball, and soccer fields have sidelines and you have to stay within the sidelines for the play to be legal. Golf courses have penalties if you hit a ball out of bounds. Even sports that don’t have sidelines or spatial boundaries will have time limits for getting the shot off or making a move. I’d go so far as to say there is no sport that doesn’t have boundaries of one kind or another. VK: And players who violate those boundaries get penalized in some way. They lose the ball, have points taken away, lose a turn, etc. Something negative happens when they violate the boundaries. The creator of the sport is the one who set the original boundaries. Now, the boundaries may change from time to time, but even when they do the players are obligated to stay within the boundaries or they will lose. RD: Right. And I think that that’s one of the great points that we see from Doug’s observation. As we have been saying since the beginning of this series sin is dangerous. It is so dangerous that we need to not flirt with it or pretend that somehow we are exempt from the perils of sin. When we tamper with sin, we lose. And, as with our sports metaphor, if one player flouts the boundaries it may cost the whole team the game. In life we are hardly ever playing just for ourselves. We are almost always part of a team – a family, a company, a church, a community, or a nation. If we routinely and impenitently sin, we’re not the only one who is going to lose. Many others are going to lose – sometimes a great many others. So, as we begin our wrap up I think Doug’s observation helps us summarize many of the points we have wanted to make in this series. VK: Where do you want to start? RD: Well, let’s return briefly to the story we discussed on our last episode of Anchored by Truth – to one of the most serious examples in the Bible of how seriously God treats sin. VK: In our last episode of Anchored by Truth we discussed the story we find in the book of Genesis about the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah. And we focused on the central human figure of the story, the patriarch Abraham’s nephew, Lot. Lot lived in Sodom until the day before the destruction of the cities. He only survived because God sent two angels to Lot to warn Lot to get his family out of the city. Most of Lot’s family members ignored the warning and died in the destruction. Even Lot’s wife looked back as she was leaving the city with Lot and two of her daughters and she turned into a pillar of salt. Lot and his two youngest daughters could have returned to Abraham’s camp because his camp was not that far away. Genesis, chapter 19, verses 27 and 28 tells us, “Early the next morning Abraham got up and returned to the place where he had stood before the Lord. He looked down toward Sodom and Gomorrah, toward all the land of the plain, and he saw dense smoke rising from the land, like smoke from a furnace.” That’s from the New International Version also. RD: Right. Lot could have taken his two young daughters and asked for refuge from his uncle, Abraham. Throughout that part of Genesis we see that Abraham had great fondness for Lot and would gladly have taken him in. If Lot had gone to Abraham he could have settled in Abraham’s camp and when the time came it’s quite likely his daughters would have found future husbands from either relatives or friends. But Lot didn’t. He tried to settle in another one of the cities near the Jordan River but that didn’t work. It’s likely the residents of the nearby cities thought of Lot and his daughters as being cursed since they came from cities who had so obviously been destroyed by God. So, Lot and his daughters wound up living in a cave where his daughters became desperate they would never have families of their own. Their desperation led them to get their father drunk and commit incest with him. VK: We hear from Genesis, chapter 19, verses 36 through 38 that, “So both of Lot’s daughters became pregnant by their father. The older daughter had a son, and she named him Moab; he is the father of the Moabites of today. The younger daughter also had a son, and she named him Ben-Ammi; he is the father of the Ammonites of today.” RD: And the Moabites and Ammonites would both become competitors and enemies of Israel in the coming decades and centuries. One of the points that we made in our last episode was that sin induces people to make bad decisions. VK: And, more often than not, one bad decision leads to others. Lot’s original decision to seek the easy life down by the Jordan River led him to the point of losing everything he owned and just about everyone that he loved. But, even worse, his poor decision making lead to his daughters making sinful decisions of their own. If Lot had at least fled to Abraham perhaps his daughters would not have crafted their own desperately sinful plan. RD: Right. Part of the reason that sin is so dangerous is that a sinful decision often seems to lead us to some form of pleasure. The first time a young person takes a drink they get the “buzz.” They enjoy feeling less inhibited; more relaxed, and seem able to enjoy things. But if they drink enough they lose the good feelings and go straight to being drunk and out of control. And then they experience pain and anguish when they’re not drinking. Living in sin, as Lot lived in Sodom, makes you available for destruction. In sports, the players who make their plays closet to the lines give us the most thrills. But if the game is on the line one inch outside the line may mean the difference in the game, the season, or a career. A good golfer doesn’t try to see how close to the out of bounds marker he or she can hit a drive. They try to keep their shots in the middle of the fairway. VK: Engaging in sin often brings an initial sense of pleasure. The pain comes later and it always comes. The thrill of gambling a little can turn into financial ruin. The first drug use makes people high. But continued use will destroy their bodies, relationships, careers, and even result in death. Drinking leads to drunk driving and potentially prison. The early pleasure is replaced by the lasting pain. And, as Doug observed, God built us and the system that way. The pain sin brings tells us that we are going over the boundary of where God wants us to be. If we live life in the middle of the fairway, we will not only score well we will be safe. RD: Yes. Once man committed the first sin in the Garden of Eden, God began to do at least two things simultaneously. He initiated a plan for the redemption of those of Adam and Eve’s descendants that would trust in God and not in themselves for salvation. And God set into place consequences for sin that would restrain man’s new longing for sin. VK: We talked about that in the 6th episode in this series. After the first sin God cursed the ground so now Adam and Eve had to struggle to get enough food for themselves and their family. Part of the reason God made Adam have to spend more time supplying their food was because that reduced the amount of time and energy he would have on mischief. And now that death was a possibility for them they needed a routine that would help them stay in good physical condition. Working to grow food would certainly be better for them physically than if they were able to get all they needed without doing anything. We tend to think of hard physical labor as being a curse but the need to work for their food probably established some beneficial habit in Adam and Eve and their family RD: Exactly. Engaging in sin means that we are leaving the boundaries established for us just as he established the limits for the sea. In the book of Job God said that and “set [the sea’s] doors and bars in place.” God said to the sea, “This far you may come and no farther.” God says that to us in many different ways. He said that to us verbally in the Ten Commandments. He says that to us emotionally in our guilt and experiences of remorse and regret. He even says that to us physically when we drink to excess and get a hangover or we take illegal drugs and we see our bodies wasting away. God has prescribed boundaries for human behavior and he has ways of telling us that we are going out of bounds. VK: C.S. Lewis famously said, “We can ignore even pleasure. But pain insists upon being attended to. God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our conscience, but shouts in our pain: it is His megaphone to rouse a deaf world. We are most keenly aware of God's character in our suffering. It is when our self-sufficiency is peeled away that we see how weak we really are.” RD: Just as all sports have boundaries, so does life. We can go so far as to say that without boundaries there can be no game. At best there might be some sort of play, but there would certainly be no possibility for meaningful sports contests. And another point that we can see in Doug’s observation is that when we sin we are, in effect, attempting to cheat. We are not only cheating God but we are also cheating ourselves. VK: I like that. When we sin we are engaging in a form of cheating. There’s an old story that a minister once asked a young boy what he thought God was like. The boy replied “I think he’s the kind of fellow who tries to go about and see if anyone is having fun, and if they are, he stops them.” A lot of people think God is like that. Far too many people in our day and age think of sin as being fun and pleasurable while being obedient to God is dull and boring. RD: And, again, that is a good illustration of how dangerous sin is. I would never say that sin and Satan aren’t good at marketing. They are. But, as with all things that oppose God, the marketing is deceptive and deceitful. Sin and Satan promise pleasure but, in the end, always deliver only pain and misery. The married person who engages in a little flirting and then proceeds to adultery will initially find the adultery exciting and thrilling. But adultery will destroy marriages, terrify children, and decimate lives and careers. Contrary to what we see on TV and in movies adultery is never a good solution to people’s unhappiness. At first, it’s exciting. Sin always wants us to think short term. But God always wants us to build for eternity. VK: Sin is a way of trying to cheat to get a better life. Someone wants more money to buy better things but rather than work for it and wait for it, they steal from their employer. They might steal a little at first but as time goes by they steal more and more because they will find their hunger for the so-called “better things” is never fully satisfied. They try to cheat their way to prosperity. Someone wants to feel better after they’ve had a bad day at work. So, they stop at the bar and have “a few drinks” to relax. But one night turns into many and that turns into a habit that steals their money and time from taking care of their home and their family. They’re trying to find an easy way to find peace and joy so they cheat using alcohol. We could go on and on with examples but I don’t think we need to. Sinning is trying to cheat at life just as a player may try to cheat to get a better score or unfair advantage. RD: And, again, our consciences will clearly tell us that the sin, just like cheating, is wrong. But there is a problem. After the fall our consciences have been seared and they no longer operate the way they should. So, while our consciences are helpful to alerting us to sin they are not infallible. VK: But the Bible is infallible, isn’t it? That’s how we start every episode of Anchored by Truth – with the declaration that the Bible is inspired, inerrant, and infallible. That means that when we inform our conscience with the truth present in the Bible we can place more trust in our conscience to be a reliable guide to alerting us that we are sinning. Our conscience will still not be perfect but, by regular and consistent exposure to God’s truth we can train our consciences. And such training will help us be more sensitive to the leading of the Holy Spirit to help us notice and combat the sin that ensnares us so easily. RD: Well, before we close today there is one more point that I think we can glean from Doug’s insight. We have been talking about the importance of boundaries in sports and how it’s impossible to win without staying within those boundaries. But sports is not the only place we find boundaries. When people buy houses or other real property they often have a survey of the property done so they know what the boundaries of the property are. VK: People want to know the boundaries of their property because that tells them where they may safely and legally build. And they want to find out whether anyone has violated those boundaries so they can seek compensation or remediation. RD: And before a fixed-wing or helicopter pilot ever sits behind a control stick or wheel in a cockpit they spend hours in class studying things that don’t seem very glamorous. The study oil pressure, hydraulic pressure, bank and turn rates, the revolutions per minute of engines, etc. The reason they do that is a pilot needs to know the safe operating limits and levels of their aircraft. VK: Because a pilot who does not understand the performance “envelope” of their aircraft is a danger to their passengers, crew, the aircraft and themselves. RD: Exactly. So, we can see that there is another very valuable purpose that is served by people understanding that sinful behavior is “out of bounds.” Sinful behavior is unsafe. Remember Doug’s observation. “[God] created creation with a certain way of working, ... He told us what works and what doesn't. He set up boundaries for us, and things outside the boundaries are called sin.” A pilot studies the acceptable performance parameters of their aircraft so they will know how to operate that aircraft safely. A property owner needs to know the boundaries of their property so they don’t run the risk of loss by building something that might have to be moved or torn down. And the property owner studies the boundaries to be sure their own property rights haven’t been violated. VK: I see where you are going with this thought. Boundaries not only make legitimate sports possible they also keep us safe in other areas of life. As we age we learn that our bodies have their own boundaries. We need to keep our weight below certain levels. We need to get adequate rest. We need to be careful lifting heavy objects or working outside when it is too hot or too cold. When we start to exceed the natural boundaries of our bodies we jeopardize our health and longevity. When you think about it, boundaries are present just about everywhere we turn. Our bank accounts only have so much money in them and the range of our cars is limited by how much gas the tank holds and how many miles they get per gallon. RD: We live in a physical creation and boundaries, limits, are an integral part of that creation. As Doug observed when God designed creation He designed the boundaries for all the parts of creation, including the boundaries of our planet’s features … VK: As God reminded Job in the quote we heard earlier... RD: And as the Apostle Paul reminded the church at Rome which we heard in our opening scripture. The law that was given to Israel contained a detailed description of what was permissible and what was not permissible for their behavior. When God gave the ancient Israelites the law God was simply drawing specific boundaries for them just as he had long ago drawn the boundaries for the physical structure of the heavens and the earth. VK: What you are saying is that despite our science fiction and fantasy movies we human beings do not and cannot control the reality in which we live. Boundaries are a simple fact of the created order. They are in the physical creation. And they are for the creature that God created in His own image. And we disregard those boundaries at our own peril. RD: And that’s the point. The Apostle Paul told the Roman church that regardless of whether they were Jews or Gentiles – whether they had grown up knowing the specific content of the Hebrew law – the law, the limits still governed their behavior. Those who chose to sin were outside God’s designated boundaries and being beyond those boundaries meant that they became unrighteous. And God designed the whole system to warn us about the consequences of such unrighteousness. The ultimate consequence of remaining unrighteous is, of course, to spend an eternity in hell. But God has given us a lot of warnings in our present world to avoid that fate. VK: As C.S. Lewis said, “God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our conscience, but shouts in our pain: [pain] is His megaphone to rouse a deaf world.” Sin is fundamentally wrong because it is rebellion against God. But it is also wrong because it a form of cheating in this life and it puts us and our families in danger. Doug has made such an important point. God didn’t design His creation to curtail our fun. That’s the lie the devil propagates. God put boundaries in creation to show us how to live safe, joyful, and fulfilling lives. We can either believe that God loves us and respect those boundaries. Or, we can fall for the devil’s lies and try to cheat our way to a life that will promise pleasure but only deliver pain. We have the free will to choose to do it God’s way or the devil’s way. There is no middle ground when it comes to sin. And, as we saw in our episode on Sodom and Gomorrah, Lot’s road to loss and devastation began with one sinful choice. It has been said that “most people learn from experience but wise people learn from the experience of others.” This sounds like a great time to pray. In our last episode we listened to a prayer for our school age children who are face challenges with taking tests. We certainly hope they don’t cheat – ever. Today, let’s listen to a prayer for the school boards who oversee the education of children. Their duty is extremely important. Let’s pray they don’t cheat by trying to impart sinful ideas into schools and curricula. ---- PRAYER FOR SCHOOL BOARDS (RANNI) VK: We’d like to remind our audience that a lot of our radio episodes are linked together in series of topics so if they missed any episodes or if they just want to hear one again, all of these episodes are available on your favorite podcast app. To find them just search on “Anchored by Truth by Crystal Sea Books.” If you’d like to hear more, try out crystalseabooks.com where “We’re not perfect but our Boss is!” (Opening Bible Quote from the New International Version) Romans, Chapter 2, verses 12 and 13, New International Version

Where would we be without the book of Job  God is working on something on something bigger  Today is the day of salvation  You will never out give God 

July 16, 2023, The Rev. Dr. Brian Lays, Scripture: 1 Corinthians 1:18-25, Job 28

Jazz Shaw writes for HotAir.com.  He joins Michele to talk about Joe Biden's re-election campaign, why the President should take a cognitive test, and the war on merit being waged under this administration.  PS: This is the final episode of “Sideline Sanity.”  Michele will explain.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jazz Shaw writes for HotAir.com.  He joins Michele to talk about Joe Biden's re-election campaign, why the President should take a cognitive test, and the war on merit being waged under this administration.  PS: This is the final episode of “Sideline Sanity.”  Michele will explain.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Job: God gives a description of the leviathan to convince Job of his weakness before it and of God's power being mightier than all. Job humbly repents, his friends are corrected for their wrong view of God and is commanded to make sacrifices for them for pardon. Job is restored to twice his previous state. Matthew: Jesus warns of the disciples of the destructive teachings of the pharisees. Peter identifies Jesus as The Messiah, Jesus agrees and acknowledges that He is The Messiah and must go to Jerusalem, suffer, die and be raised up on the 3rd day. Peter is blessed by Jesus and then rebuked. .

Job - God Speaks Now to Job - God's Mighty Power - God Speaks of Nature and Its Beings - Job: What Can I Say? - God Questions Job - God's Power Shown in Creatures Matthew - The Syrophoenician Woman - Healing Crowds - Four Thousand Fed

In this short inspirational Christian sermon, you will be challenged to just focus on your assignment and let GOD do the work on convincing and stirring up the right people and opportunities for you. You can buy my new bestselling book, UNVEIL YOUR PURPOSE (a #1 Newly Released Bestseller on Amazon) here: India: https://www.amazon.in/UNVEIL-YOUR-PURPOSE-John-Giftah/dp/B08K2CJKP2/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=john+giftah&qid=1611990618&sr=8-1 Global Amazon.com: https://www.amazon.com/Unveil-Your-Purpose-Complete-Created-ebook/dp/B08L7XX9PJ/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=john+giftah%27&qid=1611990705&sr=8-2 You can stay in touch with me through these platforms: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/johngiftah Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/johngiftah Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sjohngiftah/ Website: https://www.johngiftah.com/ If you're blessed by this sermon, don't forget to share it with someone, and please do rate/ review the podcast so that it will help us reach more people with the message of hope. For supporting the ministry financially: PayPal: paypal.me/johngiftah Link to The Inspiration Hub Podcast: Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/the-inspiration-hub/id1596599540 Link to Weekly Tamil Christian Messages Podcast (John Giftah) : Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/tamil-christian-messages-john-giftah/id1596445581 WEEKLY RADIO SHOW DETAILS: Fuel For the Soul with John Giftah RADIO SHOW aires EVERY SUNDAY at 7 AM EST (5 AM MST / 5:30 PM IST on Military Broadcast Radio. You can watch the livestream on the JOHN GIFTAH Youtube channel or You can listen/watch on https://mbradio.us/ or by downloading the Military Broadcast Radio - MBR App on your phone. Check out the "Fuel for the Soul with John Giftah" podcast (Among the Top Christian Podcasts in India Ranking #1 / #2 on multiple podcast platforms and among the Top Podcasts in the world (2021)) : Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/fuel-for-the-soul-with-john-giftah-inspirational/id1588234296 #JohnGiftah #JohnGiftahPodcast #Christian #Christianity #BibleStudy #Faith #Hope #InspirationalSermon #ChristianMotivation #ChristianInspiration #Motivation #Motivational #Inspirational #Bible #BibleStudy --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/john-giftah/message

Job was HURTING and CONFUSED. He asked God a lot of questions - and that was OK. But what's NOT OK is questioning God's wisdom, as if God is doing the wrong thing. Well, in Job 28, God responded to Job. Click to learn more.

Job was HURTING and CONFUSED. He asked God a lot of questions - and that was OK. But what's NOT OK is questioning God's wisdom, as if God is doing the wrong thing.--Well, in Job 28, God responded to Job. Click to learn more.

Job was HURTING and CONFUSED. He asked God a lot of questions - and that was OK. But what's NOT OK is questioning God's wisdom, as if God is doing the wrong thing.----Well, in Job 28, God responded to Job. Click to learn more.

Job was HURTING and CONFUSED. He asked God a lot of questions - and that was OK. But what's NOT OK is questioning God's wisdom, as if God is doing the wrong thing.----Well, in Job 28, God responded to Job. Click to learn more.

Job was HURTING and CONFUSED. He asked God a lot of questions – and that was OK. But what's NOT OK is questioning God's wisdom, as if God is doing the wrong thing. Well, in Job 28, God responded to Job. Click to learn more.

Job was HURTING and CONFUSED. He asked God a lot of questions – and that was OK. But what's NOT OK is questioning God's wisdom, as if God is doing the wrong thing. Well, in Job 28, God responded to Job. Click to learn more.

Job was HURTING and CONFUSED. He asked God a lot of questions – and that was OK. But what's NOT OK is questioning God's wisdom, as if God is doing the wrong thing. Well, in Job 28, God responded to Job. Click to learn more.

Job was HURTING and CONFUSED. He asked God a lot of questions – and that was OK. But what's NOT OK is questioning God's wisdom, as if God is doing the wrong thing. Well, in Job 28, God responded to Job. Click to learn more.

Job was HURTING and CONFUSED. He asked God a lot of questions – and that was OK. But what's NOT OK is questioning God's wisdom, as if God is doing the wrong thing. Well, in Job 28, God responded to Job. Click to learn more.

Job was HURTING and CONFUSED. He asked God a lot of questions – and that was OK. But what's NOT OK is questioning God's wisdom, as if God is doing the wrong thing. Well, in Job 28, God responded to Job. Click to learn more.

In this episode, Forrest sits down with Timothy Beal  to talk about his new book, When Time is Short: Finding Our Way in the Anthropocene. His work is unlike most books in the realm of environmental issues or earthcare, because it challenges readers to truly engage the possibility that irreversible  climate damage to the planet is already upon us, and only going to get worse—and that those changes might even lead to the end of the human species. His book provokes readers to have the courage to acknowledge that possibility, and to ask: How ought we to live our lives now, in light of that possible future?Want the chance to get a copy of this book? Sign up for our mailing list at www.circlewood.online, and be sure to note that you are responding to the book offer. Guest:Timothy Beal - professor of religious studies, Case Western Reserve University in Ohio, USA Book: When Time is Short: Finding Our Way in the Anthropocene  Mentions:Holocene, Anthropocene - geologic eras palliative care Genesis one; two dominionism - history in the US latin root of religion Walter Brueggeman Definition of doxological  Job - God talks to Job reparations Book: Braiding Sweetgrass Mary Oliver quote: What will you do with your one, wild & precious life? Keywords: Anthropocene, doomer, climate adaptation, climate despair, extinction, Dominionism, climate justice

Job was HURTING and CONFUSED. He asked God a lot of questions - and that was OK. But what's NOT OK is questioning God's wisdom, as if God is doing the wrong thing. Well, in Job 28, God responded to Job. Click to learn more.

Thank you for joining the Manna Podcast as we study the book and person of Job, the Righteous Sufferer. Please share with your friends and family. https://www.mannapodcast.com/lessons Brad's Board Notes Summary -- Lessons from Job • God is sovereign over everything all the time • Suffering is inevitable in a sinful world, but God uses troubles and trials to purify us from pride, and deepen our dependency on Him • The God of the Bible is the perfect Father who always does what is best; He may allow suffering, but He always gives grace • We can endure earthly suffering when we see it through the lens of eternal glory • God is enough for whatever we need Additional Verses: Jeremiah 29:11 1 Corinthians 2:9 Romans 8:18, 28-29 Genesis 45:5; 50:20 Job 13:23-24; 23:3-6: 41:5-6 Matthew 5:29; 6:30; 7:9-11; 10:29-31 John 16:21, 33 Isaiah 45:18 James 5:11b 2 Corinthians 4:8-10, 17-18

God Never Lets Go Pastor Cal Hiebert (the book of Job)God may send friends to give advice.This advice is not always helpful.God's advice (His Word) is always right.Following God's advice brings blessings.

God has a purpose for you, and your desires are part of it. Does that apply to your job? Yes, it does, and this episode gives the first of three Bible-based conditions that must be met to ensure you are in a job that brings glory to God!