Tag: Job

Wisdom hunts with the fear of God

Posted on By pukeko
Last night I talked about the foolishness of the rentier. This morning the lectionary talks about wisdom. Job points out that the finding of wisdom is hard. It never comes easily. This experience was echoed by the Buddhist monks, who fasted, prayed and meditated in the hope they may gain enlightenment. But Job says wisdom begins with the fear of God.
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The mortality rate is…

Posted on By pukeko
Still 100%. We will all die. This is Spengler's third universal law "Contrary to what you may have heard from the sociologists, the human mortality rate is still 100 percent."
Job 12:1, 14:1-22
1Then Job answered: 1"A mortal, born of…
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Despair and doubt do not damn.

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Yesterday I laid into wimpy preachers, and went back to Calvin for some old, difficult and challenging teaching. Now, before I go to the text, I want to balance it with a statement about grace and our sovereign God.
We love the doctrines of…
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Against Rice Christians.

Posted on By pukeko
One of the duties of the church is to feed the poor. We are commanded to give drinks to our enemies, to provide them with food and shelter. To accept that we will be ripped off. We do this because it brigns glory to God.  Now, this is one of the… Read More

Kirk in winter: Love at the margins: confronting God.

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This week I have been reading Michael Coren's new book Blasphemy on the Kindle.  I have not finished it -- just worked through the first three chapters. Now Mike is a Papist, and I'm reformed, but there is nothing in the first three chapters that… Read More