(In the Word — Post 4) The Old Heresy Wearing New Clothes One of the most persistent errors in church history has returned—not openly hostile to Christ, but cloaked in Christian language. It speaks of knowing God, abiding, spiritual life now, and the kingdom within, yet quietly dismisses what the apostles insisted on: the incarnation,…
What the Sheep and the Goats Really Reveal Matthew 25:31–46 is one of those passages that seems to place works at the center of final judgment. But when read in the full counsel of Scripture, we see it’s not about earning salvation — it’s about revealing the reality of it. The sheep and the goats…
Series: Hard Questions, Holy Answers Introduction One of the most common—and damaging—misconceptions in modern Christianity is the false notion that the God of the Old Testament is angry, wrathful, and harsh, while the God of the New Testament, revealed in Jesus, is kind, merciful, and gentle. This dichotomy is not only unbiblical; it undermines the…
(Job 25 | Chapter XIX of Jessie Penn-Lewis’s *The Story of Job*) “How then can man be justified with God?” —Job 25:4 (KJV) Bildad’s final speech is the shortest in the book— just six verses. And yet, it is telling. There is no warmth.No acknowledgement of Job’s pain.Only a cold, impersonal theology: “How then can…
(Job 20 | Chapter XV of Jessie Penn-Lewis’s *The Story of Job*) “The triumphing of the wicked is short…” —Job 20:5 (KJV) Zophar has heard Job’s stunning words—words of faith, of hope, of resurrection. But he’s unmoved. Instead of softening, Zophar hardens.He delivers his final word like a gavel drop: You are wicked. You are…
(Job 18 | Chapter XIII of Jessie Penn-Lewis’s *The Story of Job*) “The light of the wicked shall be put out…” —Job 18:5 (KJV) Bildad returns—and this time, he is sharper, louder, and less restrained. He opens not with empathy, but offense: “Wherefore are we counted as beasts, and reputed vile in your sight?” (v.3)…
(Job 15 | Chapter XI of Jessie Penn-Lewis’s *The Story of Job*) “Should a wise man utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind?” —Job 15:2 (KJV) Eliphaz returns—but this is not the same man who opened gently in chapter 4. Now he comes with heat.– No more suggestion.– No more mysticism.–…
(Job 11 | Chapter IX of Jessie Penn-Lewis’s *The Story of Job*) “Know therefore that God exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity deserveth.” —Job 11:6 (KJV) Zophar is the youngest—and the harshest. Where Eliphaz was mystical and Bildad was doctrinal, Zophar is brutal. He doesn’t veil his rebuke in poetry. He attacks: “Should thy…
(Job 8 | Chapter VII of Jessie Penn-Lewis’s *The Story of Job*) “If thy children have sinned against him, and he have cast them away for their transgression…” —Job 8:4 (KJV) If Eliphaz was subtle, Bildad is blunt. He opens his mouth and strikes where it hurts most: “If your children have sinned against God,…