Theological Bites Last time we left at a note where we had concluded that God is sovereign and his sovereignty is an Absolute Sovereignty and that it is due to the absoluteness of his sovereignty that he exercises permissive sovereignty. God permits his created creatures like us to exercise our will in the way we … Continue reading AN INTRODUCTION TO THE BOOK OF JOB Part VII →

Theological Bites We handled the second theological question in the book of Job and it was about the Retribution Principle, we now turn to the third question which is: How can suffering and Pain exist in the world of a sovereign God? In the book of Job, God is presented exactly as most of us … Continue reading AN INTRODUCTION TO THE BOOK OF JOB Part VI →

NOTICE: The book of Psalms is the biggest book in the Library known as the Bible. It is reader-friendly for the statements in it are plain and simple to a casual reader. It is a book for everyone and we are blessed to have it in the Canon. Name: The name of the Book in … Continue reading AN INTRODUCTION TO THE BOOK OF PSALMS →

Theological Bites Last time, we ended on a note where we had opened a Pandora's box of difficult questions. If Satan is responsible for the pain and suffering of Job, then how should we perceive an omniscient God who created him? How about the fact that before Satan attacked the life of Job, he had … Continue reading AN INTRODUCTION TO THE BOOK OF JOB Part IV →

Theological Bites In the previous presentation, it was emphasized that the book of Job is both a philosophical and a theological book. We looked at how philosophical the book is, given its major theme. We now turn to another angle of the book which is its Theology. Those who have been reading from Pastor White … Continue reading AN INTRODUCTION TO THE BOOK OF JOB Part III →

This is another book named after its key character (the man Job). The book starts off as a story; “there was a man who's in the Land of Uz whose name was Job”. In the Hebrew, the name is pronounced as ‘Yovu/iyyov’. The story of Job is the oldest tradition story in the history of … Continue reading AN INTRODUCTION TO THE BOOK OF JOB (Part I) →

The authorship of these books is attributed to the Jewish chronicler (redactor) whose sources are the memoirs of both Ezra and Nehemiah. Nehemiah’s memoirs appear in Nehemiah 1:1-7:4; 11:1-2; 12:27-43; 13:4-31. Ezra’s memoirs appear in Ezra 7:1-10, 27-9:15; Nehemiah 7:73-9:38. The books are a product of what the key characters wrote down in their diaries. … Continue reading AN INTRODUCTION TO THE BOOK(S) OF EZRA-NEHEMIAH (Part 3) →

As I wrote in part 1, the book(s) of Ezra-Nehemiah is about the post-exilic events. They are books about the homecoming. However, it matters again that we reflect on the past and briefly review what sparked off this home-coming. At our fellowship (iTiS Well of Worship Fellowship John 4:24), we had a series on Biblical … Continue reading AN INTRODUCTION TO THE BOOK(S) OF EZRA-NEHEMIAH (Part 2) →

Glory to God for we have finished reading the books of Kings and Chronicles. We thank the Lord for it is him who has brought us this far. We are now in a new section as presented to us in the book(s) of Ezra-Nehemiah that entirely addresses another period in the life and history of … Continue reading AN INTRODUCTION TO THE BOOK(S) OF EZRA-NEHEMIAH (Part I) →

Five Judean kings receive a modest acclamation that would have been more enthusiastic had hey abolished the sacrifices at the high places. Asa = 1Kings 15:11-15 Jehoshaphat = 1Kings 22:43 Jehoash = 2Kings 12:2-3 Azariah (Uzziah) = 2Kings 15:3-4 Jotham = 2Kings 15:34-35 These were the greatest of the great kings of Judah but their … Continue reading PRINCIPAL NOT JUST RIGHT →