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Category: Wisdom & Poetry

Poetry and Wisdom Books explore life’s beauty, suffering, and purpose, offering reflections on God’s sovereignty, human frailty, and covenantal love. They emphasize worship, wisdom, and trust in God. These writings point to Christ as the ultimate wisdom, the suffering Redeemer, and the eternal King who fulfills all hope and longing.

  • Job 42 Summary

    Job 42 Summary: Let’s turn our attention to Job chapter 42. We’ll be studying the last chapter of the book of Job today. We started this series October 15th, 2017. And even though that was more than 52 weeks ago, this is only the 47th lesson in this series. And so, we’ve studied through the…

    Job 42 Summary
  • Job 41 Meaning

    Job 41 Meaning: Let’s turn in our Bibles to Job, chapter 41. Lord-willing, we’ll be finishing this chapter today! We’ll be studying verses 22-34. If you want to study verses 12-21 read this. Verses 1-11 are here. And we’re entering into this section of God responding to Job’s accusations throughout this book. And in this…

    Job 41 Meaning
  • Job 41 Leviathan

    Job 41 Leviathan: Let’s turn to Job chapter 41. We’ll be studying verses 12-21 today. You can read our study in Job 41:1-11 here. And of course, this is a continuation of God’s response to Job. And God’s response has included drawing Job’s attention to this creature named Leviathan. And we’ve learned that no one…

    Job 41 Leviathan
  • Job 41 Commentary

    Job 41 Commentary: We’ll be in the 41st chapter of the book of Job today. I anticipate at most two more lessons after this one. As we enter Job 41, we look back and realize that we’ve been through a lot so far. We were introduced to a man named Job back in chapter 1 who…

    Job 41 Commentary
  • Job 40 Behemoth

    Job 40 Behemoth: There is in the heart of every person who tries to communicate God’s word a desire to make God’s word relevant to those to whom they’re ministering. And that’s a right and good desire. We want people to see that God’s word applies to their lives where they are. It’s not just theory…

    Job 40 Behemoth
  • Job 40 Commentary: Verses 1-14

    Job 40 Commentary: Let’s turn our attention to Job 40. So, the Lord has asked Job about 59 questions so far that are all intended to show Job that God knows what he’s doing – both in all Creation and in Job’s specific circumstances. Job 40 Commentary: God to Job | 1-2 And so now,…

    Job 40 Commentary: Verses 1-14
  • Job 39 Summary: Verses 13-30

    For the rest of chapter 39, God is going to keep talking to Job about animals – about their peculiarities – about their strengths – about their uniquely-excellent qualities.

    Job 39 Summary: Verses 13-30