25
May
Job's Final Words
Job, not God, gets the final say in the book's poetry section. Hear these words:
“I know that
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Job
18
May
When God Responds
God's rhetorical questions seem to rebuke and perhaps invite the reader simultaneously. They position God as the Creator, Designer, and Governor of the world.
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14
May
"Curse God and Die": The Ambiguous Words of Job's Wife
Job's wife does not play a starring role in the biblical story. But she does get to voice one zinger.
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11
May
The Patience of Job?
Careful readers of the book of Job notice two different Jobs: Prose Job and Poetry Job. Patience is a virtue, but so is honoring our pain-filled experiences.
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04
May
We Don't Read the Whole Book of Job
As an introduction to the whole book of Job, I invite you to think of Job as divided into 5 uneven sections.
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