Posted in links on Jan 31st, 2008
Okay, someone who will remain unnamed to protect the guilty made a comment on the numerous follow-ups on why good people suffer. Thank you to all of you who have been faithfully following without complaint. Presently, due to the fact that I am writing a paper by that same name for a college course I’m taking, that […]
Yet Job is still able, even in the midst of these pressures and accusations, to maintain his faith in his God. He says, in what has become one of the most memorable quotes in the Old Testament, “Though he slay me, I will hope in him” (13.15). The tried-and-true King James Version translates it this […]
Zophar speaks up, accusing Job of speaking too much and justifying himself. He assures Job that he deserves worse from the hand of God. Again, Zophar, like Bildad and Eliphaz, speaks partial truths which can be more dangerous than no truth at all. Job hears many of these incomplete observations of God’s interaction with humanity, […]
Job’s friend Eliphaz timidly breaks the silence and reminds Job of all of the wise instruction and sympathetic counsel he has given to others. “Your words have upheld him who was stumbling, and you have made firm the feeble knees” (4.4). But his words soon take on a slightly accusing tone. And Job responds by […]
In the course of our narrative, three of Job’s friends, Eliphaz, Bildad and Zophar, hear of this evil that has befallen their friend. And so they come to be with Job. Even though they knew he was suffering and most likely braced themselves for the scene, as they approached him, they did not even recognize Job. […]
In the heart of the Old Testament, we are introduced to Job, a man of integrity and wisdom and godliness. He loved his family. He was known for his obedience to his God. Job “was blameless and upright” and “feared God and turned away from evil” (Job 1.1 ESV). He was, what we would call, […]
Why do good people suffer? The obvious answer is that good people are no different than other people in their existence in this human race. Everyone suffers. Life brings with it both joy and pain. Everyone, at any given time, goes through periods of happiness and bliss. And those same people are going to go […]
Posted in Theology on Jan 23rd, 2008
I am taking an Old Testament Survey correspondence course from Moody Bible Institute, which I am thoroughly enjoying.
One of the papers I have to write is based on the book of Job. And the premise for the paper is the question, “Why do good people suffer?”
Part of the paper requires me to ask that question […]
Lord, I’ve taken a detour on this journey,
No longer pursuing who you want me to be.
I’ve settled for a life
That appears free of strife,
Yet inwardly, my soul knows you have more for me.
So, Lord, rekindle your revival fire,
That once engulfed my heart’s desires.
Sweep thru and enflame,
Recover and reclaim,
This soul you redeemed and inspired.
I […]
I read Nehemiah this morning and was struck by the prayerful attitude of this man. The whole second half of chapter 1 is a prayer of confession and intercession. And then we jump to chapter 2 where Nehemiah is about to ask a pagan king for permission and provision to go rebuild the wall around […]
