ANOTHER THEME THAT ECHOES through the conversation between Job and his friends—sometimes loudly, sometimes quietly—involves his wealth. Unfortunately for his friends, their words reveal more of their attitude toward money than it does about Job’s. If you recall, the book states right from the start that Job was among the richest men of his time…
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A Friend Can Stop a Failure of Faith
ONE OF THE BEAUTIES of Scripture is that, from one verse to the next, its subject matter may range from cosmological truth to personal tragedy. The entire Book of Job is a case in point. And within that book there is a verse that seems to contain both extremes in the confines of only six…