Ouch! We all have bad days from time to time, but most of us won’t even come close to what Job was experiencing when he uttered those painful words. In case you’re not familiar with his story, Job was ...
Classed with the poetic books of the Old Testament, Job is a book of deep philosophy which deals with some of the basic problems of life. It is cast in the form of a dramatic poem. There is a prose ...
It is the classic story of bad things happening to someone trying to do good. Like the Old Testament tale that befell the tragic biblical figure of Job; students and staff at the federally funded ...
The book reminds us that life is unjust, but so is the gospel of God’s grace. Life is unfair, and that is a problem. All humans seem to have an “unfairness radar” that goes off whenever we encounter ...
Job questions the very fact of his existence, screaming at God a question that is ultimately rhetorical, one that often recurs in those who suffer. In addition, over the course of the book’s 42 ...
In William Blake’s engravings for the Book of Job I found a powerful lesson about grief and attachment. By Amitha Kalaichandran Dr. Kalaichandran is an epidemiologist and physician. If grief could be ...