Study 7 : Job 29-31
Job’s self-assessment.
We now come to two long speeches: the first by Job, summarizing his thinking, is 3 chapters long; the second by a new guy, Elihu, is 5 chapters long.
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Study 6 : Job 26-28
Glorious Wisdom.
This study falls into 2 parts. First there are the chapters after number 23 and up to chapter 28. But I am going to skip over these. They do not add a great d...
Study 5 : Job 20-23
Job begins to see his way forward.
In chapter 20 Zophar is clearly convinced that Job is a sinner and is suffering as a direct consequence. He doesn’t say so directly but it...
Study 4 : Job 16 - 19
Job continues to struggle,
In these chapters Job says some truly astonishing things that we may otherwise overlook. To give you an idea of what is to come these are: in ch...
Study 3 : Job 12 - 14
Job states his case.
Chapter 12 - after all his ‘friends’ have stated their cases and he has answered them Job makes a major statement in these 3 chapters of how he vi...
Study 2 : Job 3, 4, 6, 8
Job finds his voice; he and his friends argue.
The pattern of the book is simple. Within the frame given by the prose of the first two and the last chapters and followi...
Study 1 : Job 1 - 2
Terrible disasters hit Job. The book of Job is totally fascinating – but difficult. It is deeply concerned with the question of wisdom – how does one live well – but we will l...
Psalm 97
(as read by Mary)
97:1 Yahweh reigns! Let the earth rejoice! Let the multitude of islands be glad!
97:2 Clouds and darkness are around him. Righteousness and justice are the foundation of ...
The Practice Of The Presence Of God:
The Best Rule Of A Holy Life
(being Conversations and Letters of Brother Lawrence)
Letters - Letter 15
From his death-bed. Repeats the same exhortatio...