Today we’re going to study Job 20 and learn how to refute health and wealth theology. Job 20 tells us there was a man named Zophar who believed the wicked never prosper and that suffering is caused by sin. If…
How to Overcome Affliction
Today we’re going to address the topic “How to overcome affliction”. Affliction is an important topic because all of us face affliction as we go through life, and we need to know how to persevere through affliction so that our…
Why do the wicked prosper?
Today we’re going to answer the question: Why do the wicked prosper? Our passage is Job 18. This question is important because all of us want life to be fair, and when we see the wicked prosper, we know that…
Why Doesn’t God Answer?
Around 2000 BC there was a man named Job who was healthy, wealthy, and wise, but then Satan destroyed everything Job owned, killed Job’s children, and ruined Job’s health. Three friends named Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar came to visit Job…
Do we falsely accuse God?
Once upon a time a teenager discovered she was missing a piece of jewelry. After searching for it for several hours to no avail, she accused her father of taking it. She had no evidence he took it, but she…
Why is life given to those who suffer?
4,000 years ago there was a man named Job who had a good life. He was wealthy and respected, and the pleasures of his life outweighed any suffering he had to endure. But then he lost everything, including his children…
How to comfort the afflicted
Do you ever feel inadequate because you don’t know what to say to someone who is hurting? Have you considered that maybe you don’t need words, that perhaps there is a different or better way to comfort the afflicted? There…
How to deal with health problems
Cancer: no one wants to hear that word out of their doctor’s mouth. Cancer is elusive, persistent, dangerous, and life threatening. But what if our doctor tell us we have cancer? Or what if we have some other health problem?…
What should we do when children die?
One of the most painful tasks of life is when parents have to bury their children, because the normal course of life is that parents are buried by their children. When parents have to bury their children, particularly if the…
What does God think of humanity?
Do you ever try to imagine things from God’s perspective? What does God see? What does God hear? Genesis 4 contains a brief statement that gives us a large insight into what God hears when He looks at the earth.…