Tag: pastoral care
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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 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.