Text: 1 Cor 1:18-31; Job 5:12-13
Summary: Commit yourself to be a fool for Christ and await your vindication from the Lord.
Fools for Christ
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Finding Contentment in Christ
Preacher: Pastor Ray
Text: Psalm 16 + Ecclesiastes
In order to find contentment in Christ, we need to first repent of our greed.
Job: The Wisdom of God Revealed
Preacher: Pastor Ray
The question running through the book of Job is why — specifically, why is Job suffering? In anger, God finally speaks to Job and Job’s friends. In the aftermath, Job repents. Job’s friends repent. But the reason for Job’s suffering is not given. Instead, Job receives a different kind of wisdom from above.
James 5: The Lord is Compassionate and Merciful
Preacher: Pastor Ray
James 5:11 mentions Job and how the Lord is compassionate and merciful. When you think of Job, are the Lord’s compassion and mercy the first things that come to mind? Could the Lord have somebody else in mind (in addition to Job, of course)? The book of James helps us to answer this question.
Job 28: The Wisdom of Job
Preacher: Pastor Ray
In this book, Job spoke over 500 verses. Job’s wife spoke one verse (2 lines). His 3 friends combined spoke over 200 verses. Elihu, an uninvited spectator of their back and forth exchange, lashes out angrily at Job as well as his 3 friends and speaks about 165 verses. Who is speaking words of wisdom? Listen as we discuss what wisdom is, where wisdom comes from and how one can live wisely.
James: A Framework to Understand the Life of Job
Preacher: Pastor Ray
The book of James, famous for the idea that faith without works is dead, can read like a list of things that need to be done. Today, we make the case that James provides a framework for understanding the life of Job. Listen as we try to derive some spiritual principles from James, in particular, our need to be humble enough to ask God for wisdom.