Job's Interview with God (Job 38:1 - 41:34)
/God finally gives Job his audience and demonstrates that Job’s words have been both foolish and sinful.
The Ministry of Elihu, Pt. 2 (Job 34:1 - 37:24)
/Elihu confronts Job’s false notion of innocence and his false notion of God’s perversion of justice as he focuses on the mysteries of God’s infinitude and grace.
The Ministry of Elihu, Pt. 1 (Job 32:1-33:33)
/Elihu confronts Job’s counselors and his false notion of innocence.
Job's Final Speech (Job 29:1 - 31:40)
/Job closes his defense with as recording of the facts and an oath of innocence, challenging God to prove him wrong.
Round Three of Debates (Job 22:1-28:28)
/This world does not hold the answers to life’s most ultimate questions, those can only be found in God.
Round Two of Debates (Job 15:1-21:34)
/Left with no earthly comforter, Job turns to the only one he knows must heed justice and looks to God for vindication even if he doesn’t understand his present suffering.
Job's First Debate with Bildad and Zophar (Job 8:1-14:22)
/Job’s counselors continue to press him with the wisdom of the world which he embraces to a point and is, thus, led into despair.
The New Membership Vow (2011)
/In 2011, the OPC added a fifth membership vow. Pastor Randy Bergquist explains the vow and why we believed it important to add.
Job's First Debate with Eliphaz (Job 4:1-7:21)
/God, in his grace, ignores the desires of Job and refuses to abandon him.
The Question of Why (Job 2:11-3:26)
/Job loses his way (of wisdom) because he seeks to make sense of his suffering with the logic of this world.
The Wisdom of Job: Tested and Proven (Job 1:6-2:20)
/Job serves as a demonstration that, by grace, God is able to preserve sinful man against the attacks of the devil, something righteous Adam could not do on his own.
Introduction to Job (Job 1:1-5)
/Job was a real man who lived sometime around the time of the patriarchs (Abraham, Isaac and Jacob) who, though not sinless, sincerely sought after God, understanding his need for a Redeemer.
2010 Uganda Missionary Report
/Pastor Phil Proctor serves as missionary in Mbale, Uganda.
The Last Day (WCF 33.1-3)
/God has appointed a day when he will bring this history of the first creation to a close in which the purpose for which it was created (namely his glory) will be perfectly fulfilled.
Synods and Councils (WCF 31.1-4)
/Churches as members of the body of Christ are called to submit to one another and work together (in matters of faith) for the good of God’s people.
Church Censures (WCF 30.1-4)
/Church discipline is the earthly expression of heavenly realities through the declarative proclamation of God’s word.
The Purity of the Visible Church (WCF 25,3-5)
/The Church of Jesus Christ must understand two realities - namely that no church in this world is perfect or perfectly pure and that it is possible to degenerate to a reality where a particular body (or denomination) is no longer a true church at all, but rather a part of the kingdom of darkness.
The Visible v. The Invisible Church (WCF 25.1-2, 6)
/The Church of Jesus Christ, which is his kingdom, can be referred to in two ways - as invisible (referring to the eternal unseen reality) and as visible (referring to the temporary manifestation in this world).
The Limitations on Civil Governments and the Responsibilities of Citizens (WCF 23.3-4)
/Civil governments are to protect all their citizens regardless of religious belief and not intermeddle with religious affairs, and the citizens are to honor God by paying proper honor and tribute to their civil authorities.
The Nature and Purpose of Civil Government, Part 2 (WCF 23.1-2)
/The kingdoms of this world are legitimate institutions, given by God, for the common good of man, but are distinct entities from God's eternal kingdom.