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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 29 Summary

    Job 29 Summary: I think that many or probably all of us have heard people wistfully speak of the “good old days.” Maybe you yourself have engaged in that kind of speech. And I think the older we get, the more likely we are to longingly think of times gone by. And one reason for…

    Job 29 Summary
  • Psalm 51 Commentary

    Psalm 51 Commentary: The Bible tells us that sin is deceitful. And with its deception, it can harden us. But every once in a while – or hopefully sooner than that – God breaks in on our lives and helps us recognize the gravity of our sin. And that’s the attitude of David in Psalm…

    Psalm 51 Commentary
  • Job 28 Commentary

    Job 28 Commentary: It must have been a few years ago that I lost my wallet for over a week. I thought it was in the car, but I searched there several times with no luck. I was about to start calling my financial institutions and having them cancel my cards and things like that…

    Job 28 Commentary
  • Job 27 Commentary

    Job 27 Commentary: The late Stephen Covey in his popular book The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People tells of his own personal experience giving a perception test to numerous audiences. His test involved showing a picture of an old woman to half of the group and a young woman to the other half. But…

    Job 27 Commentary
  • Psalm 50 Commentary

    Psalm 50 Commentary: From the beginning of man’s relationship with God – after Adam sinned – sacrifices became commonplace among humans. The taking of an animal’s life in place of your own is a feature of many ancient religions. And it was certainly a feature of the one true religion revealed in Scripture. But almost as…

    Psalm 50 Commentary
  • Job 26 Commentary

    Job 26 Commentary: Have you ever been party to an argument in which both people are making the same points – but somehow amazingly both are in disagreement? Well, this is exactly the situation that the biblical character Job finds himself in – in Job chapter 26. So let’s turn our attention to Job 26.…

    Job 26 Commentary
  • Job 25 Commentary

    Job 25 Commentary: The God who created the universe has revealed himself in a book. The book that we hold in our hands. The Holy Scripture. And there are numerous facts that we can gain about God from creation. But without this book we are left in the dark about much of what God is…

    Job 25 Commentary