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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 16 Commentary

    Let’s open our Bibles to Job, chapter 16 for this Job 16 Commentary. And as we open to Job 16, we need to remind ourselves of how we got here. The first few chapters of this book feature a righteous man named Job – for whom life is good. And this man’s righteousness leads God…

    Job 16 Commentary
  • Job 15 Commentary

    Let’s open our Bibles to Job chapter 15 for this Job 15 commentary. The 15th chapter of the Old Testament book of Job. To bring us up to speed, for the last few lessons we’ve seen Job speak in response to his friends’ assertions concerning him. That was in chapters 12-14. And now in Job…

    Job 15 Commentary
  • Psalm 44 Message / Psalm 44 Commentary / Psalm 44 Sermon

    Open your Bibles to Psalm 44. The 44th Psalm for this Psalm 44 message… I accidentally skipped this psalm last time and went to Psalm 45. So, we’ll circle back and cover this psalm now. Psalm 44 is a lament psalm. And in it, we’ll see the psalmist: 1.      Remembering that God performed mighty deeds…

  • Job 14 Meaning

    Let’s open our Bibles to the Old Testament book of Job, and chapter 14. Job 14 meaning. I trust that we’re not growing weary of this study. I’ve personally been enjoying going beyond the typical treatment of the first and last few chapters of the book and really digging in to the middle section of…

    Job 14 Meaning
  • Job 13 Commentary

    Let’s turn in our Bibles to Job chapter 13 (for our Job 13 commentary). Review of Job 1-12 As we enter this 13th chapter of Job, let’s briefly review what we’ve seen in this book. We’ve had the first two chapters declaring that Job is righteous and that he’s suffering as a result of Satan…

    Job 13 Commentary
  • Psalm 45 Commentary

    Open your Bibles to Hebrews, chapter 1. (For this Psalm 45 commentary) Psalm 45 in Hebrews 1 The author of Hebrews makes the point immediately in this book that Jesus Christ is God’s final speech. Look at verses 1 and 2. KJV Hebrews 1:1 ¶ God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in…

    Psalm 45 Commentary
  • Job 12 Commentary

    Open your Bibles to Job, chapter 12 for this Job 12 commentary. We’re entering a section in which Job responds to his three friends. They’ve all had a turn to speak to him and so now he’s going to take chapters 12, 13, and 14 to address them. And in chapter 12, Job addresses his…

    Job 12 Commentary