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#WCSK Episode 0.4c: Why suffering? A case study of Job
Job: A case study Any discussion about suffering and the Bible would be incomplete without a mention of Job, the title character of the Old Testament book. Why? Because Job is a textbook on how suffering interacts in a world ruled by a sovereign God. My advice to all those who have never read Job:…
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#WCSK Episode 0.4b: How to deal with suffering
Picking up from last week… How to deal with suffering The Biblical model never asks Christians to deny, dismiss, or minimize suffering. In fact, there is an entire book of the Bible (Lamentations) devoted to the expression of grief. As we discuss later, Job had his outpouring of grief and emotion memorialized for all time in…