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What is this blog about? - Friday, June 01, 2007

Each week I'll be writing some thoughts about the upcoming Sunday lessons, two Sundays ahead. My hope is that this will help laity be better prepared for worship, that it will help me to be better prepared for preaching, and that it might possibly be a service to some of my fellow pastors as well. NOTE: this is not a heavy exegetical blog. I won't be digging into the Hebrew or Greek. That is step-one of the sermon preparation. This is step-two, some cogitating about the devotional application of the text. How can we apply it to our lives. I hope it's helpful.

You can find a schedule of all the Sunday readings here.

You can read the SPOTS Devotion from St. Paul here in pdf format.

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Job 38:4-18 - by Don Neuendorf
Friday, August 01, 2008 :: 205 Views :: 0 Comments :: Old Testament, Pastors ::

"Where were you when I laid the earth's foundation? Tell me, if you understand."
 
This is what is called a "rhetorical question." That is, it's a question to which we already know the answer. God isn't asking it in order to gain information for himself. He's asking it in order to gain information for US - to get an idea into OUR head, not his. Look at God's exam...

  • Who marked off [the earth's] dimensions?
  • On what were its footings set?
  • Who shut up the sea...?
  • Have you ever given orders to the morning?
  • Have you journeyed to the springs of the seas?
  • Have the gates of death been shown to you?
  • Have you comprehended the vast expanses of the earth?
Answers: You did; Nothing; You did; No; No; No; No.
 
But there's more than these facts behind the questions. What is the conclusion that God wants you to reach from all of this? It could be expressed this way...
 
I am not God. But...
 
I know who is.
 
I'll trust in him.
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