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February 26: “Job & His Friends: Wrestling with Suffering” (Job 16:9-21 & 19:23-27)
Three of Job’s friends come to comfort Job in his suffering. But all three of them think that Job is suffering because of his sin. Their reasoning is simple: God sends calamities upon the wicked only. You have suffered calamity, therefore you must be wicked. But Job insists upon his innocence. As he talks with […]
Continue readingFebruary 19: “Job: Worshipping in Suffering” (Job 1)
Both Jews and Christians believe that Yahweh is Almighty and good. The problem of suffering poses a unique challenge to our faith in the God of Israel. If God is all-powerful and good, why does God allow so much suffering in the world? But the book of Job frames the question in a different way: […]
Continue readingFebruary 5: “Living Under the Waters” (Galatians 3:26-28, 1 Peter 2:9)
A daily ritual for Martin Luther was declaring to himself, “I am baptized!” Often, he told others to remember their baptisms. Why should we remember our baptism? What does it have to do with our daily life? Baptism means that we are a new creation in Christ. We have a new identity, new community, new […]
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