God are you there?

Job 23:1-9, 16-17 • Job’s reply. Matthew 6:25-33 • Do not worry about what you will eat or drink. On this day of Thanksgiving, we hear the struggle and suffering of Job, seeking to find God so that he can pled his case. Job’s biggest challenge is that he can’t

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Who’s to blame?

Job 42:1-6, 10-17 • Job acknowledges God’s power; Job’s fortunes are restored. Mark 10:46–52 • The healing of Bartimaeus. Someone must be to blame. We have to be able to point to the person or persons responsible for the mess we are in. Job’s friends all suggested blaming God. We

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What does it mean to be the church?

Job 1:1; 2:1-10 • Attack on Job’s health. Mark 10: 13-15 • Jesus blesses little children There are a lot of assumptions made about people of faith. Secular society likes to challenge the sacred and are often suspicious of it. Even with in faith communities there is suspicion and assumptions.

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