Category: Reading through the Bible
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Day 013: Really, Elihu? (Job 36:1-4)
Job’s friends—and Elihu most of all—say many true things about God. The problem isn’t that they speak falsehoods; it’s that they speak true things in false ways. They turn wisdom into weapons, doctrine into diagnosis, and God’s justice into a cudgel for the suffering. In doing so, they don’t just misread Job—they misrepresent God.
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Day 012: Just When You Think You’ll Get Some Answers… (Job 31:40-32:5)
Just when Job finally stops talking—and his three friends fall silent—we expect God to speak. Instead, another voice steps forward. Elihu’s long speech reminds us how often life works this way: just when we think the answers are finally coming, they don’t. Silence stretches on. Hope gets postponed. And we’re left waiting, wondering when resolution…
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Day 006: Weaponizing Theology (Job 11:6)
Sound theology can heal—or it can wound. In Job 11, Zophar speaks words that are technically true but spiritually cruel, reminding us that truth without love can misrepresent the very God it claims to defend.
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Day 005: The Weight of Grief, the Weight of Glory (Job 6:2–3)
ob compares his grief to the sands of the sea, unbearable and unmeasurable. C.S. Lewis calls our future hope in Christ a “weight of glory.” This post contrasts Job’s crushing sorrow with Paul’s promise of glory beyond all comparison (2 Corinthians 4:17–18), showing how the gospel transforms grief into hope.
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Day 004: Reading Job as Courtroom Drama
Read Job like the Bible’s first courtroom drama—crime, trial, verdict, and grace. Discover how God invites honest wrestling with suffering.
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Day 003: Sin Exposed, Shame Covered (Genesis 9:20-25)
Sin exposes us. Shame follows close behind. But from Eden to Noah, and from Noah to the cross, Scripture tells a better story—one where God does not deny sin, but refuses to let shame have the final word.