mcoker77 days ago1 minA clear conscienceA clear conscience can provide both comfort and confidence when considering one’s standing before God. Job’s friends had set forth accusa...
mcoker7Feb 221 minRepent, for judgement is coming!Mt.24:37 declares that there are many similarities between the days of Noah prior to God’s judgment and Jesus’ return. In this passage, E...
mcoker7Feb 172 minLife can be pretty good... until you die!Job’s friends earnestly believed that unregenerate people all experience troublesome lives due to their lost condition. The problem with ...
mcoker7Feb 161 minHolier than thou - Part 6Friends of Job - Part 6 With Zophar thoroughly convinced that Job has somehow sinned against God, he summarizes God’s wrath upon the ungo...
mcoker7Feb 112 minHope is not found in our feelings!Everybody has problems, but there are those times when the problems of life seem overwhelming. It’s during these times when our faith is ...
mcoker7Feb 102 minHolier than thou - Part 5Friends of Job - Part 5 Job’s friends argued that God always afflicts the wicked, but such is not the case. Bildad pictures God’s Judgme...
mcoker7Feb 81 minReady? This one could be yours!It is apparent in this passage that Job feels that his death is near. He does not know God’s ultimate plan to restore him. As with any B...
mcoker7Feb 51 minGod knows the truth - good AND bad.Have you ever noticed how the wicked enjoy seeing the righteous struggle? There’s clearly a double standard because the wicked revell in ...
mcoker7Feb 42 minHolier than thou - Part 4Friends of Job - Part 4 There’s a natural inclination to assess a person’s spiritual condition by how God has moved in the past. This is ...
mcoker7Feb 32 minHeaven will make the struggle worth it!We see many people struggle through life. Sometimes we may tend to question God’s level of equity regarding people who experience hardshi...
mcoker7Feb 21 minHe is trustworthy!I’m certain there have been times in your own life when you knew you were right, but no one would listen. Job felt helpless, but knew God...
mcoker7Jan 202 minGod’s Judgment!I caution you not to join the chorus of voices in our society that believe that we are a healthy nation because currently we are prospero...
mcoker7Jan 191 minHolier than thou - Part 3Friends of Job - Part 3 Self righteous people have certain tendencies when assessing the lives of others. Because of pride, we all battle...
mcoker7Jan 152 minLearning the hard way!There are some lessons which can only be learned through trials. Here are a few things Job learned the hard way. 1. Take those problems t...
mcoker7Jan 132 minI’d rather hold God’s hand!As Job replies to his friend, he contemplates a courtroom setting in which he can argue his innocence before God. In that moment, he teac...
mcoker7Jan 91 minHolier than thou - Part 2Friends of Job - Part 2 Bildad the Shuhite continues his friends’ analogy that these events in Job’s life had to be evidence of sin. Here...
mcoker7Jan 71 minWorthy of trialsWhen life is good, many are quick to it acknowledge God’s hand of favor. But when times are tough, why do some equate that with a removal...
mcoker7Jan 62 minA Biblical response to Un-biblical adviceImagine having lived for the Lord to the best of your ability only to feel abandoned by God (though not truly so) due to circumstances wh...
mcoker7Jan 51 minA Trial’s True PurposeEven when we receive unjust criticism, if we listen closely we can discern nuggets of truth within the critique. These veiled treasures c...
mcoker7Jan 12 minHolier than thou - Part 1The friends of Job - Part 1 We must be very careful when attempting to help fellow believers who are suffering. Our well-meaning intentio...
mcoker7 7 days ago 1 min A clear conscience A clear conscience can provide both comfort and confidence when considering one’s standing before God. Job’s friends had set forth accusa...
mcoker7 Feb 22 1 min Repent, for judgement is coming! Mt.24:37 declares that there are many similarities between the days of Noah prior to God’s judgment and Jesus’ return. In this passage, E...
