Commentaries on Job to read this summer.

Here are some great commentaries you may want to pick up to read this summer. 

Francis I. Andersen -- Job (Tyndale Old Testament Commentaries, 1976). 
For those seeking a more introductory level commentary on the book of Job, Francis Anderson's commentary is the best place to start. Anderson is a renowned scholar, and the commentary reflects his learning without becoming overly technical. Virtually any reader should be able to pick up this volume and work their way through it with little difficulty. A very helpful introductory commentary.

Elmer Smick -- "Job" in The Expositor's Bible Commentary (1984).

Pastor Sproul has to say this about this next one..

I may be somewhat partial to the commentary by Elmer Smick because he was one of my professors during the final years of his life. He is not as well-known as some of the other commentators mentioned in these posts, but he was a godly man, and his devotion to Jesus Christ is evident on the pages of his commentary on Job.

David Atkinson -- The Message of Job (The Bible Speaks Today, 1991). 
The Bible Speaks Today volumes vary in terms of quality and helpfulness. The volume on Job by David Atkinson is one of the more helpful works in the series. There is much of practical value here.

Getting new books are so fun! I have so many i want to buy and read this summer out at camp. I will surely post what i read and my thoughts on it.  

Thessalonians Study

This is a wonderful Epistle. Thessalonica lies the northern reaches of the Aegean Sea. This city became the capital of Macedonia and enjoyed the status of a "free city" which was ruled by its own citizenry. It also became known as " the mother of all Macedonia". The population back then in Paul's day reached 200,000 people.

When Paul came to this city the first time, he got into some dialogue with the local jews so he could teach them. He started with the OT concerning Christ's death and resurrection in order to prove that Jesus of Nazereth was truly the promised Messiah. The great part here is that some people.. some Jews, believed! and soon after, Hellenistic proselytes ( The proselytes were converts from heathenism to Judaism. In ancient Israel the gerim, or "strangers," were a class possessing a special status and belonging to another race which had for some reason entered the land of Israel and placed themselves under the protection of its people ) and also some wealthy women (Acts 19:29) became converted! And because Paul's ministry was effective, the Jews had Paul's team evicted from the city, so they went south to Berea (Acts 17:15,15) and then timothy was sent back to Thessalonica. After Timothy,Slivlanus rejoined Paul in the Corinth (Acts 18:5), then he wrote 1 Thessalonians in response to Timothy's good report of the church.

Now this right here should make everyone want to read this Epistle! It also tells me that the road is narrow to heaven. We have some converted, but no, not everyone. 

I still to this day check my own self for my salvation that it be real. How do i know personally? I see the holy spirit working in me, be it through learning, chastising, drawing me to a certain way of repentence. Even through the chastising, (when i know its going on) i will stop and be glad that the work is still going on in me.(though its not fun in this flesh of mine) I still find joy and it and it makes me Thank our Lord for not abandoning me. ( Though i so deserve to be abandoned)

May God bless you today and bring you closer to Christ our Lord.

Todays agenda and news.

The most important thing I have planned for today is studying The Epistle of Paul to the Thessalonians. I have not read this Epistle for quite some time. I Love Romans ,Ephesians, so much and tend to read those two Epistle's more often. So today Iam going to Thessalonains ! 

My prayers will go out today for my friend Patty who was diagnosed with Breast cancer years ago and is now fighting a tumor on the brain. My cousin Tim who has Lukemia is going to cleveland clinic this Wed for further testing. They found a spot on his lung and before any bone marrow transplant can take place, everything needs to be checked out. My husband david who has been suffering a horrible cough that keeps us up all night, his very bad skin rash is doing better now but it is still there in some spots on his back, arms. Prayers will go out to all my children and grandchildren today as always! Prayers go out to all my christian brothers and sisters in Christ and of course my parents who struggle every day. Prayers go out to Logan:)  This time in my life seems so full of people who are struggling with sickness. Without my Lord I would not know the Peace that comes through such difficult times.

Well..until next time.... Thank you Lord for all you give me!