September 11, 2025 — “Comfort, Yes, Comfort My People!”

In an unexpected way, the grim waves of words crashing against Job drove him into the arms of God.  “Listen carefully to my speech, and let this be your consolation [Heb, tanhûm, meaning “comfort” or “solace”]” (Job 21:2). Thus begins Job’s sixth speech. The sentence is brimming with irony. Aren’t these “friends” there to comfort him? Instead, he finds […]

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September 10, 2025 — Sharp Arrows, Aimed Badly

There was no “tooting your own horn” in those days. This is more like Zophar on his shofar!  Happily, we’ve come to Zophar’s last speech. Calling it a speech may be too kind. It’s a verbal onslaught. In his first speech (Job 11:1-20), Zophar at least offered the possibility that Job was a good man […]

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