I have just discovered that the Forbid Them Not website is completely down. I’m not sure when this happened, though it had to be sometime between yesterday morning and this morning. Yesterday, was Giving Tuesday, and I had posted links back to the site in a couple of places that would allow people to give …
It’s Green Bean Season!
In just two weeks FTN will enter one of the most special seasons of the year – Green Bean Season. Yes, you read that right – Green Bean Season! What started with a trip to the store to buy beans for a Thanksgiving casserole has grown into an amazing opportunity. Over the past two years, …
Green Bean Project Report
Four times, Psalm 107 says to praise the Lord for His wonderful works among the children of men. So, here goes! About a month ago I was starting to get a little panicked about the outcome of the Green Bean Project. We had about 22 days left in the project and I realized that the …
OT 4:1 – The Wicked and the Fatherless
Post Theme: The Wicked and the Fatherless Week 4, Part 1: Lessons from Psalms and Proverbs Day 1 – The Wicked and the Fatherless: Psalm 10:18; 94: 3-6; 109:9,12; 146:9 It never pays to do evil. Job and his friends painted a picture of wicked men being those who oppress and abuse the poor, the …
OT 3:3 – God’s Purposes
Post Theme: God’s Purposes for Ministry to the Fatherless Week 3 – Lessons from Job Cont’d Day 4: God’s Purposes – Review While, as we learned from Job, it is possible for us to have the wrong purpose in ministry, it is never possible for GOD to have the wrong purpose. Let’s review some of …
OT 3:3 Job’s Reasoning (Part 2)
Week 3 – Lessons from Job Cont’d Day 3 – Job’s Reasoning (Part 2 – Avoiding Self-righteousness): Job 42:5,6 “I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye seeth thee. Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.” Yesterday, we looked at Job’s first reason for his …
OT 3:2 Job’s Reasoning – Part 1
Week 3 – Lessons from Job Cont’d Day 2: Job’s Reasoning (part 1 – What Do We Believe About God?): Job 31:23 “For destruction from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure.” The reason for Job’s commitment to meeting the needs of the fatherless is two-fold. …
OT 3:1 – After "If" Comes "Then"
Week 3 – Lessons from Job Cont’d Day 1: After “If” comes “Then” We finished up last week looking at a list of “Ifs”: things that Job had either done or not done toward the fatherless (See Job 31: 16-21). Today we see the “then” that follows. His level of dedication regarding his responsibility toward …
OT 2:5 Where the Rubber Meets the Road
Week 2 – Lessons From Job Day 5: Making It Personal: Job 31:16-23 Today’s post is where the rubber meets the road. Job goes on speaking to his friends. In chapter thirty-one, he expounds on his relationship to the fatherless and the seriousness with which he regards it: “If I have withheld the poor from …
OT 2:4 – Job’s First Defense
Week 2 – Lessons From Job Day 4: Job’s First Defense: Job 29: 11,12 Job’s answer to Eliphaz’s accusation all but silences Job’s friends. Bildad makes a pitiful attempt at a protest in chapter twenty-five (which is all of six verses long!), but from there on, they have little to say. Three chapters into his …
