The Book of Job confronts problems that we may not want to think about:
Any Christian who masters the Book of Job goes a long way toward ensuring success in the Christian life.
Jerusalem was destroyed. The exiles who returned now had to rebuild the city beginning with the Temple. We might compare this to rebuilding after 9/11 or any of the personal “Ground Zeroes” that tragically upend our lives.
Ezra 1-6.mp3
(Sorry about the bit of silence at around the 38 minute mark. Not sure what happened there. If you keep listening, the sound comes back.)
Faithfulness doesn’t protect us from challenges. It prepares us for future challenges.
Faithfulness doesn’t protect us from challenges. It prepares us for future challenges.
The faith of Joash was, alas, merely a recycled faith. It was not so much connected to God as it was to Jehoiada.
Central Reflections 