by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on 12/12/2021) In today’s sermon, after a review of where we are to this point in the Book of Job, we begin looking at the attacks of Zophar against Job. Zophar accuses Job of guilt and ignorance when it comes to God, and ultimately will advise him to repent…

by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on 11/7/2021) In the first portion of this sermon, we looked at the arguments that Bildad had against Job. Today, we turn to Job’s answer. We will see that, even though none of these characters got it all just right, Job had a much better understanding of God than…

by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on 11/7/2021) In this message, we begin looking at how Bildad attacks Job based upon what he deems to be “ancient” wisdom. We will see that his idea of “Christian Karma” – i.e., that every sin requires a “one for one” punishment in this life – is erroneous. He…

by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on 10/17/2021) In the last post, we began to look at Job’s first answer to his friends’ tirades against him. We saw that, while he initially appealed to his friends for sympathy, he ultimately appealed to God for mercy from the toils of this life. Join us as we…

by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on 10/17/2021) After Eliphaz’s tirade, Job dares to answer him. His primary response is an appeal to his friends first for mercy, and then an appeal to the vanity of life. He ultimately concludes that he would not want to live forever in a life that is as miserable…

by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on 10/17/2021) As we continue looking at Eliphaz the Temanite’s first argument against Job, we see that his experiences and observations don’t always pan out. What a lesson for us! We should never let what we see by our earthly vision cloud our spiritual sense as we live and…

by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on 10/17/2021) We come now to the first argument made by one of Job’s friends. Eliphaz the Temanite basis his argument on his own experience and his own observations, two very faulty grounds for any argument! Rather than trusting God and understanding His true nature, Eliphaz begins to rebuke…

by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on 10/10/2021) We began looking yesterday at the “miserable comforters” who were supposedly Job’s friends. We continue today looking at the mistaken suppositions that they had, and the ways in which their attempts to comfort failed. Download Audio File

by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on 10/10/2021) Today, we begin looking at Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar, who are Job’s “friends” that brought him only more pain and suffering. The lesson of these miserable comforters is that sometimes the best comfort is to simply “be there,” and be silent. Join us as we begin looking…

by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on 9/26/2021) In today’s message, we finish up a sermon on the sorrow that Job experienced. No doubt his grief was great, and clearly it overwhelmed him. But we learn that in the midst of grief and sorrow, God is still with us even when we cannot see Him….

by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on 9/26/2021) We have seen how Satan has assaulted Job; today, we see how much sorrow he brought upon him. Join us as we look at the unspeakable sorrow that Job felt through these unprovoked assaults upon Job. Download Audio File

by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on 9/19/2021) As we continue exploring the issue of suffering, we are learning that God often gets blamed for things He hasn’t done! The common belief in the world is that God is orchestrating all the problems of life somehow for our benefit. But is that really true? Join…