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Have you ever wondered what would happen if a part of the book was missing? For example, what if Job wasn’t restored by God in the end? What if Job was left to suffer and left ransacked and empty? How would that change your perspective of God? Or what if we didn’t get the insightContinue reading “Job (part 7)”

Job’s friends always get a bad rap. In fact, I don’t think I’ve ever heard a sermon or read a commentary on Job where the person had a favorable outlook on Job’s friends. But let’s think about this for just a second… Job’s friends did actually come and visit when he was going through hisContinue reading “Job (part 5)”

“In all this, Job did not sin by charging God with wrongdoing.” “In all this, Job did not sin in what he said.” A variation of this phrase comes up a couple times in the book of Job, and as we know, when there’s repetition, pay attention. What lessons can we glean here? First, let’sContinue reading “Job (part 4)”

(Disclaimer: Read my previous post if you haven’t already) Let’s take a trip back in time. Before grocery stores, people had to butcher their own animals, or take their animals to a local butcher for meat. Before shopping centers and department stores, people had to shear their own sheep and make their own wool garments.Continue reading “Job (part 3)”

The first thing that sticks out to me in the Book of Job is the problem of interpreting chapter one. I mean, I have no problem believing that there was a rich guy in Uz who had a lot going for him, and lived uprightly. That’s easy to believe. It happens often. I have troubleContinue reading “Job (part 2)”

I’ve probably read the book of Job a dozen times or more. It’s one of my favorites in the Old Testament, and no, I’m not a masochist. What draws me to the book of Job is the wisdom and timelessness of it. Some commentators believe Job lived before the patriarchs, before Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.Continue reading “Job (part 1)”