Transcript: Trusting God is one of the foundational problems people have. Case in point: Eve's whole thing with eating forbidden fruit was because she didn't trust what God told her. And the whole Continue Reading
Reading Job Chapter 42
Summary: Job explains his new depth of understanding about the greatness of Yahweh; Yahweh tells Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar that they need to offer burnt offerings and have Job pray for them, because Continue Reading
Reading Job Chapters 40 and 41
Summary: Yahweh asks rhetorically who contends with him. Job replies that he will lay his hand on his (own) mouth, then Yahweh goes on to describe the mighty behemoth and leviathan as extreme examples Continue Reading
Reading Job Chapters 38 and 39
Summary: Yahweh speaks to Job, asking rhetorically sarcastic questions about Job's might and wisdom in things like laying the foundations of the earth, making the sun rise every morning, and keeping Continue Reading
Reading Job Chapters 36 and 37
Summary: Elihu expounds on the character of God, that he "doesn't despise anyone," and delivers the afflicted. He reminds them of the majesty of God's work by the poetic illustration of rain and Continue Reading
Reading Job Chapters 34 and 35
Summary: Elihu continues to explain what is wrong with Job's perspective. He explains that God does not do wickedness, that he is no respecter of persons, that nothing is hidden from him, that nothing Continue Reading
Reading Job Chapters 32 and 33
Summary: Elihu, who hasn't been mentioned prior to this, speaks up. He waited because he was younger, but is angry both with Job's friends for not giving a wise answer and with Job for justifying Continue Reading
Reading Job Chapters 27 and 28
Summary: Job declares that he will not speak unrighteousness in order to justify what his friends claim. He says he will teach them about God, then explains the portion of the wicked, followed by a Continue Reading
Reading Job Chapters 25 and 26
Summary: Bildad gives a short reply, then Job asks how they have helped. Job goes on to say that we have barely seen the greatness of God. Job mentions that God "hangs the earth on nothing." Read from Continue Reading
Reading Job Chapters 23 and 24
Summary: Job would like to hear directly from God, to listen and understand. He states that when he (Job) is tried, he will come out like gold. Job also points out again that the wicked get away with Continue Reading