No Answers At this point in the book of Job, it’s obvious that God isn’t going to fix anything quickly. We’d settle for a trade-off here, at least some kind of explanation for the chaos that has struck Job’s life. But apparently it isn’t the time for answers. Instead, Job gets a visit from three [...]
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With Friends Like These…
Posted in Old Testament, Sin, spirituality, tagged Friends, Job on October 13, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Pain
Posted in Old Testament, Sin, spirituality, tagged Job, Pain on October 13, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Pain of Every Kind Job 1:12 is downright chilling. It marks the release of Satan to ultimately do whatever he wanted with Job (short of killing him). Where else could this go but untold suffering? In fact, the evil spirit inflicted on the poor man nearly every category of pain known to our race. Job [...]
A Dose of Early Morning Darkness
Posted in Sin, tagged darkness, John Myer, shootings, Sin, workplace violence on March 9, 2010 | 1 Comment »
There was a shooting on OSU today at 3:30 a.m.– another confirmed case of “workplace violence.” There doesn’t seem to be any particulars to talk about yet, but a rash of comments have already made their way into various forums. Views pro and con for handgun control have surfaced. It’s as though the whole thing is just another opportunity to air out soapbox [...]
Is anyone guilty anymore?
Posted in Guilt, Responsibility, Sin, Uncategorized, tagged Ft. Hood murder, Guilt, Responsibility on November 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Let’s start off with a question that our modern society will find difficult to answer: is the recent Ft. Hood gunman ”guilty?” The slow, incredible answer, one that has already started to trickle down through media sources, is that even if the man is guilty, ultimately someone else must be at fault–in this case, the U.S. Army. Interesting habit, how that human [...]
