Can you imagine how this scene must have sounded? The picture painted in this passage is stunning, but I just wish we could hear the actual audio. Since I first read this story, I have only read the LORD’s response as one of righteous anger. “Who is this that darkens counsel by words without knowledge?” God sounds angry, doesn’t he? But will you allow me to speculate for a moment? What if God was speaking with authority but was not speaking with anger in his voice? Reread these words this week, and for that matter, read the rest of God’s response to Job. In many ways, it is some of the most beautiful poetry the Bible holds. The descriptive phrases used to personify the Creator are majestic and inspiring. Of course, this is the authority of God speaking to Job and reminding Job who He is. He is the Creator. He is the one who laid the foundations of existence in place. Again, I ask, what if God isn’t angry, but maybe, just maybe, God is actually trying to remind Job who is on his side. Notes: Daily Readings Ancient-Future Time, by Robert E. Webber Would you consider supporting this podcast? This Road is a production of Worthwhile.Media Music: Mansion On The Hill by Solitude Licensed through soundstripe.com – Use code WORTHWHILE to get 10% off your subscription! (Full Disclosure: Using Soundstripe through this link does give Worthwhile Media a small % – Thank you in advance) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thisroad/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thisroad/support

Peace Has Come

69 | Out of the Storm

Have you ever cried out to God and felt you were not heard? In this passage of scripture, we find Job crying out, only to feel as though no one is listening.  Job gives voice to this pain. "Oh, that I knew where I might find him," he declared in bitterness. Notes: Daily Readings Ancient-Future Time, by Robert E. Webber Would you consider supporting this podcast? This Road is a production of Worthwhile.Media Music: Fractured Light by Stephen Keech Licensed through soundstripe.com – Use code WORTHWHILE to get 10% off your subscription! (Full Disclosure: Using Soundstripe through this link does give Worthwhile Media a small % – Thank you in advance) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thisroad/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thisroad/support

68 | We Will Wait

Why do we study the book of Job? Is it still meaningful to us today? Well, is there suffering in the world? Are there people who have lost everything? Of course, there is, and of course, there are. That’s what makes this book so compelling. It is real life; it asks real questions; it wrestles with the truth in humbling and transforming ways. Notes: Daily Readings Ancient-Future Time, by Robert E. Webber Would you consider supporting this podcast? This Road is a production of Worthwhile.Media Music: Nocturne In Eb Maj by Amanda Welch Licensed through soundstripe.com – Use code WORTHWHILE to get 10% off your subscription! (Full Disclosure: Using Soundstripe through this link does give Worthwhile Media a small % – Thank you in advance) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thisroad/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thisroad/support

67 | The Struggle is Real

Do you believe your prayers are still answered? Can you read what James writes and nod your head in agreement? I remember hearing about the prayer services that would go all night. I have heard about the miraculous healings that came through fervent prayer. I have heard the term “prayed-through” time and again. But, I can’t help but wonder if we have forgotten the power of prayer. But James, the doer, the one who says our actions are an indicator of our faith, ends his letter reminding us of the power of prayer. Notes: Daily Readings Ancient-Future Time, by Robert E. Webber Would you consider supporting this podcast? This Road is a production of Worthwhile.Media Music: Where The Light Is (Stripped) by Emorie Licensed through soundstripe.com – Use code WORTHWHILE to get 10% off your subscription! (Full Disclosure: Using Soundstripe through this link does give Worthwhile Media a small % – Thank you in advance) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thisroad/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thisroad/support

66 | Learning to Pray

James places a great deal of importance on our actions. Not our actions as a way to salvation, but in a way that our efforts will show the world we follow King Jesus. If I can be honest, I sometimes wonder if we have found it too easy to allow our choosing to follow Jesus merely to be a statement and not a way of life. How often are the followers of Jesus the ones who have bitterness and jealousy in their hearts? Notes: Daily Readings Ancient-Future Time, by Robert E. Webber Would you consider supporting this podcast? This Road is a production of Worthwhile.Media Music: The Coldest Part (Stripped) by Emorie Licensed through soundstripe.com – Use code WORTHWHILE to get 10% off your subscription! (Full Disclosure: Using Soundstripe through this link does give Worthwhile Media a small % – Thank you in advance) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thisroad/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thisroad/support

65 | Living Our Faith

This year, the American West has been ravaged by wildfires. These uncontained blazes start with a single spark and burn without regard to anything in their paths. Isn’t it odd that James would liken something so small and insignificant as the tongue to an out-of-control forest fire? However, when we think about it, maybe what James says isn’t that much of a stretch. We have all been in situations where we were hurt by words, or our words have hurt someone else. The power of words is an uncanny power that James even says we are unable to control! No human can tame the tongue! If that is the case, why do we even try? Notes: Daily Readings Ancient-Future Time, by Robert E. Webber Would you consider supporting this podcast? This Road is a production of Worthwhile.Media Music: The Water (Stripped) by Emorie Licensed through soundstripe.com – Use code WORTHWHILE to get 10% off your subscription! (Full Disclosure: Using Soundstripe through this link does give Worthwhile Media a small % – Thank you in advance) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thisroad/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thisroad/support

64 | Speaking the Truth

Maybe we aren’t prone to prop someone up because of their wealth. But how do we treat people of a different race, gender, or orientation? Do we continually find ways to be partial toward some and not others? Listen, I get it. This is a considerable challenge, and I believe it has been an ongoing battle in the church since James wrote his letter. But can’t we read James’ words that echo the words of Christ? “ If you really fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing well.” It is a real challenge, but James is challenging our faith. Do we really believe that Jesus’ way is the best way? Or have we too often allowed our own preferences to dictate our faith? Notes: Daily Readings Ancient-Future Time, by Robert E. Webber Would you consider supporting this podcast? This Road is a production of Worthwhile.Media Music: Alluvial by Wild Wonder Licensed through soundstripe.com – Use code WORTHWHILE to get 10% off your subscription! (Full Disclosure: Using Soundstripe through this link does give Worthwhile Media a small % – Thank you in advance) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thisroad/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thisroad/support

63 | The Best Way

The book of James is short but intense. Tradition holds that this James is the younger brother of Jesus, the same James who begins to lead the early Jerusalem church in Acts. With that in mind, it seems that he might know a thing or two about what it takes to follow Jesus. Notes: Daily Readings Ancient-Future Time, by Robert E. Webber Would you consider supporting this podcast? This Road is a production of Worthwhile.Media Music: Wonderland by DaMarcus VanBuren Licensed through soundstripe.com – Use code WORTHWHILE to get 10% off your subscription! (Full Disclosure: Using Soundstripe through this link does give Worthwhile Media a small % – Thank you in advance) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thisroad/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thisroad/support

62 | A Doer of the Word

For many of us, reading through the armor of God might seem familiar. Some of us might even remember a song or two about this passage. No matter how many times we have read this passage or heard about the armor, I believe it is still meaningful to us today. The author of Ephesians wants us to realize that we are not left without resources as we seek to be made disciples and to make disciples. Notes: Daily Readings Ancient-Future Time, by Robert E. Webber Would you consider supporting this podcast? This Road is a production of Worthwhile.Media Music: 2 AM by Sons Of Anne Harky Licensed through soundstripe.com – Use code WORTHWHILE to get 10% off your subscription! (Full Disclosure: Using Soundstripe through this link does give Worthwhile Media a small % – Thank you in advance) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thisroad/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thisroad/support

61 | Stand Firm

As we continue to walk through Ordinary Time in the church calendar, we have a special guest joining us. Kyle Lee and his family live in Oklahoma City, where he is an elementary school teacher. Kyle is a dear friend of mine, and in many ways, we have been learning about the church calendar and ancient church practices together. Today, we will hear how Kyle’s faith journey has shifted his landscape over the last few years, what daily practices and habits he has added to his life, and more. Notes: Daily Readings Ancient-Future Time, by Robert E. Webber The Eternal Current The Book of Common Prayer The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry Garden City Daily Lessons from the Saints Every Moment Holy Would you consider supporting this podcast? This Road is a production of Worthwhile.Media Music: Pulse by OBOY Licensed through soundstripe.com – Use code WORTHWHILE to get 10% off your subscription! (Full Disclosure: Using Soundstripe through this link does give Worthwhile Media a small % – Thank you in advance) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thisroad/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thisroad/support

60 | Kyle Lee

According to the author of Ephesians, there is little doubt. We are to be like God. We are to be imitators of God. No pressure, huh? What does it mean to be an imitator of God? Well, it is to walk in love, as Christ loved us. Being a Christian is being Christ-Like. Being Christ-Like is walking in a manner that loves others just as Christ loves us. A love that will sacrifice life itself to serve. Notes: Daily Readings Ancient-Future Time, by Robert E. Webber Would you consider supporting this podcast? This Road is a production of Worthwhile.Media Music: Through The Valley by Andy Ellison Licensed through soundstripe.com – Use code WORTHWHILE to get 10% off your subscription! (Full Disclosure: Using Soundstripe through this link does give Worthwhile Media a small % – Thank you in advance) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thisroad/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thisroad/support

59 | Imitators

Can we ever learn to live a life that is worthy of the calling of Christ? Even if this seems unattainable, Paul thought it at least something worth attempting. He urges Christ’s followers to live worthy of this calling. Live in humility and gentleness. Walk in patience and bear with one another in love. Paul continues by telling us why we do this; to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. Paul is urging us to live a life of unity with God and unity with one another. How are you doing with this calling? Notes: Daily Readings Ancient-Future Time, by Robert E. Webber Would you consider supporting this podcast? This Road is a production of Worthwhile.Media Music: Headspace by Reveille Licensed through soundstripe.com – Use code WORTHWHILE to get 10% off your subscription! (Full Disclosure: Using Soundstripe through this link does give Worthwhile Media a small % – Thank you in advance) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thisroad/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thisroad/support

58 | Walk Worthy

The only way we can know something as deep as the love of God is through the sharing of our life with Him. How do you understand anyone’s love? You know, by living it, by sharing it, by talking about it. Our prayers and our songs should be full of the experience of being loved into wholeness, being “rooted and grounded” in love, so that we can begin to see that all our actions, all our doing in the world is motivated or in response to the love that defines us. We can know the love of Christ by sharing our life with him and then, as an outflow, by sharing our life with others. Notes: Daily Readings Ancient-Future Time, by Robert E. Webber Would you consider supporting this podcast? This Road is a production of Worthwhile.Media Music: First Light by Half Measure Licensed through soundstripe.com – Use code WORTHWHILE to get 10% off your subscription! (Full Disclosure: Using Soundstripe through this link does give Worthwhile Media a small % – Thank you in advance) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thisroad/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thisroad/support

57 | Knowing the Unknowable

I’m sure we’ve all heard the phrase, “us versus them.” A mentality that if you aren’t for me, then you are against me. This has been the way of humanity since Cain and Abel, hasn’t it? We immerse ourselves in competitions, real or imagined. In many ways, we do the exact things the church in Ephesus was doing when Paul sent his letter. They were building walls and creating division. We have become a society that is excellent at building walls and embracing division. I mean, without trying to get political, wasn’t a “wall” a primary talking point in the 2016 election? The truth is, we love our walls. Notes: Daily Readings Ancient-Future Time, by Robert E. Webber Would you consider supporting this podcast? This Road is a production of Worthwhile.Media Music: Hard to Believe by Half Measure Licensed through soundstripe.com – Use code WORTHWHILE to get 10% off your subscription! (Full Disclosure: Using Soundstripe through this link does give Worthwhile Media a small % – Thank you in advance) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thisroad/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thisroad/support

56 | Breaking Down Walls

This good news is not to be celebrated and hidden; however, this good news is meant to be shared. We who have received will offer public praises for his works, and as a result, we are to share this news with others. As mentioned last week, living with Jesus is all about relationships, and what better way to share in the relationship-building than by offering the good news to those we meet and befriend? Notes: Daily Readings Ancient-Future Time, by Robert E. Webber Would you consider supporting this podcast? This Road is a production of Worthwhile.Media Music: Pray for Rain by Half Measure Licensed through soundstripe.com – Use code WORTHWHILE to get 10% off your subscription! (Full Disclosure: Using Soundstripe through this link does give Worthwhile Media a small % – Thank you in advance) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thisroad/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thisroad/support

55 | To the Praise of His Glory

An ADVENT Podcast. Beginning with the first Sunday of Advent, a new episode will be released daily. Each day will feature a prayer and Bible readings that coordinate with the Lectionary.

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