Kirjahaku

A book about a boy learning about what steps need to be done to prepare for battling a Viking

Many people have read the book of Job looking to answer the question: Why is there suffering? But that is not the subject of the book. The main question that Job addresses is: Will you continue to serve and worship God in the midst of suffering? Would you serve and worship God even if it seemed, from all outward appearances, that he had abandoned you? Despite our fickle feelings God's sovereignty brings us great comfort even in the midst of suffering. There are no accidents in the universe. God is in control of both the good, with which he blesses us, and the evil which he allows. Satan had no power to operate outside of God's authority. Satan has no independent authority of his own. No one can touch God's people without God's permission.

God has made everything for its own time. He has planted eternity in the human heart, but even so, people cannot see the whole scope of God's work from beginning to end. Ecclesiastes 3:11

God gave us the Psalms so that we could sing His Word and in the process learn and have ingrained in our minds the character, wonders, ways, works, and unparalleled salvation of God. At creation God wired us so that our brains would easily retain words set to music. Have you ever heard just a few notes from a long forgotten song or jingle and instantly remembered and were able to sing the lyrics?

One exciting section of the Bible that deserves another look is God's songbook, the Psalms. Many of these songs, written by the warrior, David, tell it like it is, don't pull any punches, and are certainly not what most people would think of as polite "religion." But, nevertheless, God gave us these songs so that we could learn how to sing and pray like throughly equipped warriors is an often hostile and unsettled world.

Do you want to be thoroughly equipped for everything that life throws your way? The Apostle Paul told his young friend, Timothy that, "All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is useful for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness: That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly equipped for every good work." 2 Timothy 3:16-17 Do you want the Word of Christ to dwell in you richly? Let the Word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom by teaching and admonishing one another in Psalms... Colossians 3:16 How are Christians to let the Word of Christ dwell in them so that they may be throughly equipped to fave life with strength and joy? One exciting section of the Bible that deserves another look is God's songbook, the Psalms. Many of these songs, written by the warrior, David, tell it like it is, don't pull any punches, and are certainly not what most people would think of as polite "religion." But, nevertheless, God gave us these songs so that we could learn how to sing and pray like thoroughly equipped warriors in an often hostile and unsettled world.

Do you want to be thoroughly equipped for everything that life throws your way? The Apostle Paul told his young friend, Timothy that, All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is useful for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness: That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly equipped for every good work. 2 Timothy 3:16-17 God wants his children to be throughly equipped. In fact, God goes so far as to say that he wants the Word of Christ to dwell richly in all Christians. Colossians 3:16 How are Christians to let the Word of Christ dwell in them so that they may be throughly equipped to face life? Paul answers, by commanding Christians to address one another in Psalms, Ephesians 5:19, teaching and admonishing in all wisdom by singing the Psalms. Colossians 3:16 Do you sing the Psalms? Although the singing and reading of the Psalms in worship has fallen by the wayside in recent years, the Psalms, God's songbook for his children, is an exciting section of the Bible that deserves another look. Many of these songs, written by the warrior, David, tell it like it is, don't pull any punches, and are certainly not what most people would think of as polite "religion." But, nevertheless, God gave us these songs so that we could learn how to sing and pray like thoroughly equipped warriors in our often crazy, unsettled, and increasingly hostile world.

Leviticus is a much maligned and misunderstood book. Atheists, not understanding the context of what they are reading, sometimes like to quote from Leviticus to get a laugh or to mock God. For example, someone anonymously posed the following questions: Most of my male friends get their hair trimmed even though it is expressly forbidden by Leviticus 19:27. How should they die? I know from Leviticus 11:6-8 that touching the skin of a dead pig makes me unclean. May I still play football if I wear gloves? But it is not only unbelievers who mock Leviticus. I have frequently heard pastors make jokes about both the content and complexity of the book, perhaps not realizing that what is recorded in Leviticus are the very words of God spoken directly to Moses: Leviticus 1:1 Yahweh called to Moses, and spoke to him from the Tent of Meeting, saying, "Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them..." So before we mock, or worse yet, discount what we don't understand we should take to heart the words of the Apostle Paul: All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works. 1 Timothy 3:16-17 All Scripture, including Leviticus, is both inspired by God, the Creator of space and time, and given to us for our instruction. In other words, God gave us Leviticus to teach us something that is vital and necessary for our wellbeing: profitable.

If you could be granted just one wish, if you could be guaranteed any one thing that you wanted, what would you wish for? Health? Long life? Wealth? Honor? A caring and considerate spouse? Meaningful work? Joy? We all have things that we long for; things that we are convinced would give our lives meaning, value, and purpose. Three thousand years ago God appeared to King Solomon and said to him, "Ask for whatever you want Me to give to you." In his book, Ecclesiastes, Solomon describes what happened next.

For over four thousand years before Christ's birth, prophets, some of whom had stood, bowing and trembling, in the presence of God, had revealed to them the details of the coming of a King. A Prince of Peace, who would rule the world in righteousness. In his opening sentence Luke makes it clear that he will be explaining to Theophilus how all of the ancient prophesies were fulfilled in Christ.

When the Redeemer came to earth He explained how everything in the Bible from the Law to the Prophets had been intended to point to His coming. The Bible had been given to mankind to prepare them for the Redeemer's arrival. And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, Jesus explained to them what was said in all the Scriptures concerning Himself. Luke 24:27. The author of the Letter of Hebrews reexamines the Old Testament for his Jewish readers, explaining to them how the Old Testament pointed to the Messiah: Jesus Christ the mediator of the New Covenant.

What does science teach us about mankind? People who do not believe that there is a Creator God would have us believe that the universe appeared by chance. If that were really true it would mean that we are nothing more than a bio-chemically determined accidental product of nature. We are living in an unguided universe that began from nothing and will end in nothing. It would mean that we have no free will. It would mean that all of our choices are just the product of chemicals reacting in our brains. In contrast to that hopeless philosophy, the Bible begins by assuring man that there is a God that stands outside of space and time; a God that is not part of nature but, in fact, created all of the worlds and all of the life that we see and experience.

There is a new counterfeit Gospel being taught in Colleges, high schools and even preschools in the West. Graduates are now entering into the society as proselytes of this religion, spreading it far and wide; broadcast and print journalism, schools, businesses, entertainment, government.