When tragedy strikes, what do you do? You seek counseling. It may be with a professional therapist or it may be with your family and friends. Whoever it is, you seek them out primarily because you’re looking for comfort. In a few texts from Job, we’re going to look at three counseling models. Each one…
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The moment God used words to create the universe, he gave them an inherent power and dignity that is to be stewarded wisely. This is why I treasure words. And I am especially drawn to people who carefully craft words in such a way as to bring honor to Jesus Christ. “Spoken Word” is a…
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The first two chapters of Job pull back the curtain to allow us to see some of the inner workings behind the experience of suffering. Specifically, we’re given four different vantage points into suffering. How Satan sees suffering Satan operates under a premise: you will be loyal to God only if He blesses you. Read…
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I had no idea what 2016 had in store for the Dainsberg family. One thing I never imagined was having to accompany my four-year-old daughter in an ambulance as she was transported to Children’s Hospital in Milwaukee. I didn’t see that coming. Those were the darkest days of my life. The cloud of that horrific…
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From Matthew 2:1-12, to find joy at Christmas we need to: 1) Slow down The Magi’s question and statement is worth examining: “Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews? We saw his star when it rose and have come to worship him.” Think about this statement: There aren’t clear answers…
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Many people look forward to the Christmas season with great expectations. But for some, Christmas comes and goes and leaves them feeling empty and disappointed. So how do we avoid this? How do we avoid missing Christmas? One reason Christmas disappoints is that people keep Jesus as an “appetizer” rather than making him the “main…
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“Born of the virgin Mary,” so goes many an ancient creed. Modern people can sometimes snicker at the idea, but God thought it important enough to make it a point of emphasis in the Christmas story (See Matthew 1:18-25). Why is Jesus’ birth from the womb of a virgin so important? If Jesus is just the…
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Often times, we look forward to Christmas with great expectations. But frequently, Christmas comes and goes and leaves us feeling empty; like we missed out on it. Part of the reason for that stems from what we’re looking for and how we’re trying to obtain what we want at Christmas. Imagine being the first readers…
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Ray Ortlund Jr. once posted a provocative blog entitled, “One Anothers I Can’t Find in the New Testament.” His list is both somewhat amusing and gut-wrenching: How often are we Christians really good at doing these “one anothers”? I know. It’s sad. But if the church is going to be a harbinger of the new heavens and the new…
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Work makes up a significant portion of our lives. One would hope God’s Word would help us think about and approach our work in healthy ways. It does. Four God-Honoring Ways to Approach Work: 1. We were made to work God made galaxies, animals, plants, and human beings. All of it is called his ‘work’…
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