Pharaoh’s hard heart
Moses confronts Pharaoh for the first time: Exodus 5–7 Forcing slaves to making bricks, making it harder to make bricks, …
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The name of God
Moses in the desert and back to Egypt: Exodus 3–4 We can’t know God if we don’t even know about …
Egyptian oppression
Eighty years of slavery and the birth of Moses: Exodus 1–2 The Egyptians eventually forgot Joseph’s contribution to their country: …
When did Job live?
There’s not a lot to tell us when Job lived, and it doesn’t really matter; but there are some clues. …
Job repents
Job’s final words: Job 42 After hearing God’s challenge, Job had only one option that was consistent with his own …
The Lord’s challenge
The Lord’s challenge to Job: Job 38–41 Having listened to everything Job and his friends had said, God then asked …
Elihu: God knows your suffering
Elihu on suffering and God’s justice: Job 35–37 Elihu’s view of God was that justice would eventually come. He knew …
Elihu: God’s justice
Elihu interrupts: Job 32–34 Elihu had been listening to the entire conversation. It seems he couldn’t stand it any longer: …
Job cries out to God
Job’s final speech (part b): Job 29–31 Finally, Job pleaded again with God for mercy. He genuinely didn’t understand what …
Job’s wisdom
Job’s final speech (part a): Job 26–28 Job was the first to describe wisdom: Job 28:1 People know where to mine …
Eliphaz gets nasty
Eliphaz and Job’s eighth speech: Job 22–25 The discussion here turned quite nasty as Elijah’s three friends appear to have …
Job begs for understanding, gets none
Job and Zophar : Job 19–21 Things have really started to go downhill as Job’s friends became increasingly defensive and …
Eliphaz and Bildad: Who needs enemies?
Eliphaz’s and Bildad’s second speeches: Job 15–18 Eliphaz was not the best of friends to have around in a time …
Job: Listen, I’m innocent
Job’s response to Bildad and Zophar: Job 12–14 Confronted with the advice from his friends, Job said what we have …
Bildad and Zophar: it must be your (Job’s) fault
Bildad and Zophar’s first speeches: Job 8–11 Lacking in sympathy, Bildad seemed to be that person: the one you avoid …
Eliphaz: talk to God about it
Eliphaz and the response from Job: Job 4–7 Job’s three friends were in a difficult situation. They clearly wanted to …
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