When we experience calamity in our life, it is a natural human instinct to focus on ourselves, our needs, and our recovery. However, Job didn’t recover from his calamity until he focused on his friends and their needs, so perhaps…
Power Will Triumph
As a society we don’t think about God’s power. We think and talk a lot about God, but we don’t think and talk a lot about God’s power. Job also forgot about God’s power, and that led Job to disrespect…
God Has An Attitude
When life goes awry and we start to suffer, it is a natural human response to develop a bad attitude and start to question God. We might ask God why we are suffering. Sometimes we might try to make God…
Every Storm Has a Godly Lining
When we have a major weather event like a thunderstorm, hurricane, or tornado, we do not automatically think about God’s role in that weather event because weather events are not a mystery to us. Our scientific knowledge enables us to…
What Does God Need?
Some of the debates we have in Christianity relate to the role of women and the role of divorcees in the church. One of the techniques used to minimize restrictions on women and divorcees is to emphasize their potential for…
But God, that’s not fair!
4,000 years ago a man named Elihu insisted God is always fair and just, meaning people only suffer if and when they deserve to suffer. However, the life of Job teaches us that sometimes men do suffer even though they…
From Silence to Righteous Indignation
Elihu listened silently to the long dialogue, but as he listened his indignation grew until it burned within and he could no longer keep silent. He finally spoke, and his warning to Job is also a warning to us. Just…
How to Know When the Majority is Wrong
Three men tried to convince Job he was suffering because he had sinned and that he should repent; however, Job refused to agree with them because he believed he was innocent, which means he trusted his self-assessment more than he…
How To Find Wisdom
In this video we’re going to study Job 27-28 and learn how to find wisdom. Job reminds us we can’t dig wisdom out of the ground the way we dig gold and silver out of the ground, and we can’t…
Exiting an Unresolvable Disagreement
This is a study of Job 26 where we learn about exiting an unresolvable disagreement. The Bible tells us when Job was unable to convince his friends they were falsely accusing him of sin, he exited the dialogue with the statement…