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Wrestling With Job

A Basic Look at the Book of Job Authors: Bill Kynes and Will Kynes Job is one of the more difficult books of the Bible. In it, an innocent man suffers as the result of a bet between God and Satan. Job’s family is slaughtered. He loses all his wealth and his position in society. He even contracts a hideous disease that leaves him untouchable, isolated, sitting in an ash heap in extreme pain. The question that arises during this onslaught of escalating events is why do good people suffer? Why does God allow it? The answer: there isn’t one, seemingly. [...]

Frances Carden2024-07-21T12:30:24-07:00July 21st, 2024|Tags: book review, Christian, commentary, Job, read, reading|

Tactics: A Game Plan for Discussing Your Christian Convictions

How to Defend Your Convictions Author: Gregory Koukl Have you ever known the answer to something, but frozen when someone asked you? Real conversations don’t invite preaching. They’re often fleeting, relationship defining moments, and your audience may not be nice enough (or interested enough) to let you work through your twenty-minute, ten-step spiel. They may interrupt. They may expect a summary, not a discourse. They may be hostile or friendly or somewhere in between. In this evolving world of complicated moments between people, how do you defend your convictions without someone walking away mad? Does every question have to devolve into [...]

Frances Carden2024-06-25T13:56:37-07:00June 25th, 2024|Tags: Christian, nonfiction, read, reading, tactics|

Questioning Evangelism

A Refreshing New Approach Author: Randy Newman I’ve always shied away from evangelism, even though Jesus makes it clear in the Bible that we (Christians) are to make disciples of the world. Yet . . . the “how” of that simple command soon gets mired in complexity, self-doubt, and downright fear. I’ve known people who go on “mission trips” that are suspiciously similar to exotic vacations, taking time off from their luxury experience to literarily go stand in a mall and yell condemnation at people. How does that help anyone? Does anyone ever respond positively to that sledgehammer approach? This [...]

Frances Carden2024-06-14T11:59:39-07:00June 14th, 2024|Tags: book review, Christian, evangalism, read, reading|