Month: October 2020

While we continue to wade through the ugly speeches of Job’s friends and Job’s own internal confusion and pain, we discover along with Job one of the most glorious inspired treasures to come out of his suffering – his rock-solid hope in a redeemer and a resurrection! Scripture Reference Job 18-19 Complementary Reading: Psalm 127 … Read more

We arrive at the third of Job’s miserable “comforter” – Zophar who i his self-righteous confidence about what Job needed to do wound up offering what Satan accused Job of. How do the genuinely righteous stand firm in their faith in the face of the smugly self-righteous. Scripture Reference Job 11-14, 20-21, 31 Complementary Reading: … Read more

This week we turn to Job’s second friend, considering both Bildad’s first speech and Job’s response. Both men are confused by their human understanding of justice. In their confusion, Bildad condemns and Job begins to suspect there might be more going on than anyone realizes. Scripture Reference Job 8-10 Complementary Reading: Hebrews 9:11-16 Sermon Audio … Read more

This week we turn to the “comforting” words of the first of Job’s friends – Eliphaz the Temanite. Eliphaz says a lot of true things and yet is utterly false. In that, there is much to learn! He ultimately preaches something very similar to our modern concept of “The Prosperity Gospel”, a false gospel that … Read more