Job, a witness for today

Chris Sinkinson  |  Features  |  defending our faith
Date posted:  1 Nov 2021
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In the midst of Covid, brutal murders, energy crises, and the impact of climate change, no doubt many of us are drawn to the Book of Job as a work that expresses what it means to live in a world of sorrow.

For apologetics and sermons it provides a context to deal honestly and directly with tragedy and pain.

Job’s story starts with him in a state of wealth and success but, through a series of disasters, leaves him physically and emotionally broken. He has lost his wealth, his health and his children. Often considered one of the oldest texts in Scripture, Job provokes the age-old question ‘Why do good people suffer?’

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