When I was a child, I wanted to be a “grown-up.” During adolescence, the idea of being mature came to my attention. Accompanying this was the notion of being able to take care of myself. Later, I wanted to live in a responsible, productive way. I wanted to be a man and not a child….
One of the things that makes the Bible so real to us is the relatability of the stories it gives us. On some level, each of us will no doubt have very similar issues as those that we read about in these stories. What got me started down this path was considering the story of…
What is it to be a man? When my mother raised me, she said, “Stand up and act like a man.” Where did she get that? Let’s take a brief account of the book of Job. Whether or not she spoke from her own recollection of Job or whether it filtered to her through common…