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Isaiah

Greater Than A Mother's Love

Submitted by tcblack on Sun, 05/10/2009 - 2:31pm
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Isaiah writes to the people of Israeli during a time of degenerating morals in the nation. Many in Israel have turned to the worship of Idols and YHWH God to them is either ignored or they attempt to worship him alongside the others. Because of their constant refusal to repent and return they are to be judged. But even before the judgment falls God begins to compassionately promise them a redeemer; an anointed leader, The Messiah who will redeem them.

How to ruin a perfectly good fast

Submitted by tcblack on Mon, 04/27/2009 - 9:17am
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Table Service

You know the routine when you go to the hospital for any procedure. “Don't eat anything after midnight.” Most of us can comply with that simple directive until morning. I've noticed a few places they've added “No breakfast” to the “Don't eat anything after midnight” mantra apparently because some people just don't get it.
NURSE: Ok, Mr. Whatsyername did you eat anything after midnight?
MR.WHATSYERNAME: No ma'am I didn't, went straight to bed ate nothing all night and only had coffee and waffles at breakfast time.
Kind of missed the point didn't he.

This morning I want to talk to you once again about fasting with three questions and three answers. And I want to start with the first question, “How can I ruin a perfectly good fast?” And I'll give you a hint, eating something has nothingto do with it.

Day 17-18 With the Literary ESV

Submitted by tcblack on Thu, 06/19/2008 - 8:35am
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someone calls this home

Whew! Catching up is hard to do. Time and circumstance tend to converge in such a way that the slightest stumble (or in this case, internet interruption) can set you back for days. Well I'm happy to report that for today at least I am finally caught up on reading through the Literary ESV in thirty days. And that's a good thing because my free subscription runs out soon. Of course I do have a hard copy on the way but I still have to finish what I started here.

Job

Job encapsulates the penultimate problem which seems to drive theologians and non-theologians alike absolutely batty: the problem with pain as C.S. Lewis called it. Is there ever a point to suffering? Is there ever a purpose to pain?
Job as literature leaves nothing out. It is poetic, didactic, dramatic, narrative, comedic, tragic in fact if you can dream up a literary style the book of Job contains it. In terms of touching real life in a raw and unnerving way - the book of Job is it. All of this for one simple reason; the book of Job is unquestionably real.
We all suffer from time to time, and occasionally we suffer in the midst of righteousness. This theodicy is beyond our standard ability to comprehend and quite frankly any explanation which fails to account for God's ineffable glory falls far shorter than it should.

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