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Sabbath Applications | Ben Carlson
For observing the Lord’s Day properly, people may look at you like you are an alien from another planet. But this is the very thing that identifies you as a follower of Jesus Christ!
Postscript on the Increase of Knowledge of God | Job | Tom J. Nettles
One of the lessons of Job is this: Everyone must increase in the knowledge of God (Colossians 1:9, 10)
Within and Beyond Job | Tom J. Nettles
God’s granting of pleasure in this life should drive us to see the bountiful nature of his goodness and mercy, and any interruption of our pleasure in this life, whether mild or severe, is designed to bring us to a knowledge of sin and the need for a mediator that can restore righteousness, for God will not be finally reconciled to us apart from true and complete righteousness.
All Creatures of Our God and King | Job 40-41 | Tom J. Nettles
Having shown Job his inability to comprehend the massive complexities, beauty, power, and interdependence of the natural world, the first part of chapter 40 (40:1-14) takes an interlude. God challenges Job to match him in extending his moral purpose into the world.
Where is the Disputer of this Age? | Job 38:8 – 39:30 | Tom J. Nettles
God sets before Job an amazing array of mysteries of the created order and peppers him with questions.
The Opportunity Comes | Job 38:1-7 | Tom J. Nettles
God challenges Job to show that he is qualified to stand toe-to-toe with God on the issue of his purpose in the world.
Consider the Wonders of God | Job 36:19-37:24 | Tom J. Nettles
God works all things after the counsel of his own will (Ephesians 1: 11), so no one may question his operation of the world or of their own lives.
How do we begin to mortify sin? | John Owen
*The following excerpt is from John Owen's work, The Mortification of Sin. How do we begin to...
Why Should Open-Air Preachers Memorize Scripture? | Brandon Rhea
With the advent of Bible apps for smartphones and waterproof Bibles for the foul elements, memorizing scripture does not seem to be a necessity for the open-air preacher. With fingertip availability of the Bible, open-air preachers may fall into the trap of thinking that knowing where the verse is in the Bible is just as satisfactory as memorizing it.