Job: mocked, not respected
Job’s final speech (part b): Job 29–31 As Job looked back longingly on more prosperous days, he remembered the respect …
Category Archives: Job
Job asks his friends: are you so perfect?
Job’s final speech (part a): Job 26–28 Unhappy with his friend’s accusations, Job started down the sarcasm path, asking his …
Job can’t find God to present his case
Eliphaz and Job’s eighth speech: Job 22–25 As the discussion progressed, Job increasingly described how he felt abandoned by his …
Job: Please don’t crush me
Job and Zophar: Job 19–21 Job begged for understanding, but there was none. Instead, he experienced the condemnation we now …
Job: The impact of mockers
Eliphaz’s and Bildad’s second speeches, and Job’s response: Job 15–18 After listening to the type of judgement seen on social …
Job: the social media pile-on isn’t new
Job’s response to Bildad and Zophar: Job 12–14 The mob justice you see on social media isn’t new. Job experienced …
Job wishes for a short life
Bildad and Zophar’s first speeches: Job 8–11 The lack of empathy from Job’s friends is a consistent themes throughout Job. …
Eliphaz and friends fail
Eliphaz and the response from Job: Job 4–7 After Eliphaz’s advice to talk to God about his problems, Job started …
Job, an account of grief and loss
Job’s losses and his first response: Job 1–3 The book of Job is known for its very human depiction of …
Job: innocent, forgiving and restored
Job’s final words: Job 42 Job’s three friends were told in no uncertain terms that they had been wrong and Job was …
Two creatures: behemoth and leviathan
The Lord’s challenge to Job: Job 38–41 As part of God’s challenge to Job, he mentioned behemoth and leviathan as two …
Elihu: Don’t worry
Elihu on suffering and God’s justice: Job 35–37 Elihu knew God would make sure that, eventually, judgment and justice would be upheld: …
Elihu: Everyone knows that God doesn’t sin
Elihu interrupts: Job 32–34 Elihu had been listening to the entire conversation. It was time to remind Job of just …
Job remembers his former prosperity
Job’s final speech (part b): Job 29–31 As part of his final speech, Job looked back longingly on more prosperous …
Job vows to keep his innocence
Job’s final speech (part a): Job 26–28 Job valued his righteousness, and he vowed not to let it go: Job 27:2-6 “I vow …
Eliphaz had the wrong answer
Eliphaz and Job’s eighth speech: Job 22–25 Eliphaz had no way of knowing that there was an unexpected answer to his …
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