There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job; and that man was blameless, upright, fearing God and turning away from evil. Job 1:1 NASB Fearing God – We are familiar with the Hebrew verb yārēʾ. Used hundreds of times, this word has a wide umbrella of related meanings: biblical usages of yārēʾ are divided into…
There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job; and that man was blameless, upright, fearing God and turning away from evil. Job 1:1 NASB Upright – Now that we have discovered several oddities about the narrator’s introduction of Job, we should be much more sensitive when we read the words describing Job’s character. We found…
There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job; and that man was blameless, upright, fearing God and turning away from evil. Job 1:1 NASB Blameless – The story of Job is a problem. Yes, we can push the problem down into the human laundry basket while we rinse Job with theological softener. But under the…
There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job; and that man was blameless, upright, fearing God and turning away from evil. Job 1:1 NASB Job – Do you know anyone named Job? Ah, I didn’t think so (if you do, you might ask him how he feels about his name). This is a name we…
There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job; and that man was blameless, upright, fearing God and turning away from evil. Job 1:1 NASB There was – Job’s tale is a sad and disturbing one. It’s sad because none of us want to experience the trauma that Job endures. It’s disturbing because it appears that…
For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face; now I know in part, but then I will know fully just as I also have been fully known. 1 Corinthians 13:12 NASB Face to face – “You don’t know me.” Have you heard that expression? Maybe you were the one saying…
Therefore, to one who knows the right thing to do and does not do it, to him it is sin. James 4:17 NASB Right thing – What is the right thing to do? Ah, doesn’t that depend entirely on your particular view, your culture, your environment? Is there such a thing as universal “right,” an ethical demand…
And Jesus answered them, “Have faith in God. Truly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be taken up and thrown into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says will come to pass, it will be done for him. Therefore I tell you, whatever you…
There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. Galatians 3:28 NIV Neither – The Italian study tours are finished. Everyone has gone home. Back to the usual way of living. Back to the comfortable world of what has always been. But…
Now these are the names of the sons of Israel who came to Egypt with Jacob; they came each one with his household: Exodus 1:1 NASB Came to Egypt – What does the history of Jacob’s family mean to you? Is it a story of a tribe from the ancient past that eventually became the Jewish…
