Job

This is it! The moment we’ve all been waiting for… God finally appears and Job gets all his questions answered and God apologizes for the inconvenience. NOT!!! Actually the sovereign God of the universe appears before Job and helps him understand just how extraordinarily transcendent He truly is. Through dozens of questions, God brings Job … Read more

Our journey with Job nears its end. This week we hear from one additional friend, Elihu, a controversial figure in the story. He seems to be the godly friend we all need to straighten us out when our thoughts and words get out of control during times of suffering! He prepares Job to meet and … Read more

We come to our final session listening to Job – he is ready for what lies in the weeks ahead. He rejects all that human wisdom offers and seeks only to know God! Scripture Reference Job 23-28 Complementary Reading: Psalm 134 Sermon Audio Sermon Notes In Suffering, Seek God Not Explanations! Job Finally Desires God’s … Read more

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

Job finally breaks an increasingly awkward silence to express deep lament. He gives voice to the dark despair gripping his soul. How do we feel about lament? Too often Christians are afraid to open up and honestly lament to the Lord, but the Bible teaches us to take everything to God. In a year that’s … Read more

After the challenging introduction to Job’s story, we focus closely on Job’s utter loneliness as he sat in agony and sorrow on the ask pile and was visited by his wife and three friends. Frtunately for those who follow Christ, we will never be so utterly alone! Scripture Reference Job 2:9-13 (and Job 29-30) Complementary … Read more

We begin an adventure through the Book of Job, a story of brutal testing and human suffering that points us to Christ’s Cross and God’s Glory. We begin with a passage that has long been troubling for Christians longing to make sense of the evil they see at work in the world. Scripture Reference Job … Read more