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==Two Preachers and a Trucker:  Introductions==
 
==Two Preachers and a Trucker:  Introductions==
  
NEAL: The idea for this sermon series comes from an old favorite party question:  If you could invite two people,  
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NEAL: The idea for this sermon series comes from an old favorite party question:  If you could invite two people (living or dead) to dinner, or coffee, or drinks, etc. but mostly for conversation, who would you invite, and why?
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For those of you who know me well, it should come as no surprise that I would choose my favorite theologian, John Calvin, and my favorite character from the Bible, Job.  But I wasn't content just to answer the question.  I really wanted to know what that conversation would be like! 
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Fortunately (or unfortunately) for you, I also realized it wouldn't be too hard to answer that question.  We have Job's words, Job's  feelings, Job's thoughts and reflections, right there in the Book of Job -- all 42 chapters worth of them.  That's a lot of words.  And we also have Calvin's words about Job, preserved in the 159 sermons that he preached on the book of Job.  Yes, 159.  For those of you who think I spend too much time on this one book,  in my seven years as your pastor, I've only preached 26 sermons (and counting) on the book of Job.  Still, that's enough words altogether between the three of us, to reconstruct what I hope will be an interesting conversation.
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CALVIN:  That is all well and good, Monsieur Locke.  This book, the Book of Job, is indeed an excellent example to show us how we are in the hand of God, and that it belongs to Him alone to order our lives and to dispose of them according to His good pleasure.  But before we proceed, I should like to ask a question.  What, if you would be so kind to explain, is a "trucker?" 
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NEAL: Ah, yes, a trucker.  Two preachers (that's of course me and our friend Calvin here) and a Trucker.  That's Job.  Why am I calling Job a trucker?  Maybe I should let Job answer that question.
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JOB:   
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*Was Job a real person?
 
*Was Job a real person?

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Job 1:1-3

There was once a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job. That man was blameless and upright, one who feared God and turned away from evil. 2 There were born to him seven sons and three daughters. 3 He had seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred yoke of oxen, five hundred donkeys, and very many servants; so that this man was the greatest of all the people of the east.

Two Preachers and a Trucker: Introductions

NEAL: The idea for this sermon series comes from an old favorite party question: If you could invite two people (living or dead) to dinner, or coffee, or drinks, etc. but mostly for conversation, who would you invite, and why?

For those of you who know me well, it should come as no surprise that I would choose my favorite theologian, John Calvin, and my favorite character from the Bible, Job. But I wasn't content just to answer the question. I really wanted to know what that conversation would be like!

Fortunately (or unfortunately) for you, I also realized it wouldn't be too hard to answer that question. We have Job's words, Job's feelings, Job's thoughts and reflections, right there in the Book of Job -- all 42 chapters worth of them. That's a lot of words. And we also have Calvin's words about Job, preserved in the 159 sermons that he preached on the book of Job. Yes, 159. For those of you who think I spend too much time on this one book, in my seven years as your pastor, I've only preached 26 sermons (and counting) on the book of Job. Still, that's enough words altogether between the three of us, to reconstruct what I hope will be an interesting conversation.

CALVIN: That is all well and good, Monsieur Locke. This book, the Book of Job, is indeed an excellent example to show us how we are in the hand of God, and that it belongs to Him alone to order our lives and to dispose of them according to His good pleasure. But before we proceed, I should like to ask a question. What, if you would be so kind to explain, is a "trucker?"

NEAL: Ah, yes, a trucker. Two preachers (that's of course me and our friend Calvin here) and a Trucker. That's Job. Why am I calling Job a trucker? Maybe I should let Job answer that question.

JOB:


  • Was Job a real person?