(Job 18 | Chapter XIII of Jessie Penn-Lewis’s *The Story of Job*) “The light of the wicked shall be put out…” —Job 18:5 (KJV) Bildad returns—and this time, he is sharper, louder, and less restrained. He opens not with empathy, but offense: “Wherefore are we counted as beasts, and reputed vile in your sight?” (v.3)…
(Job 16–17 | Chapter XII of Jessie Penn-Lewis’s *The Story of Job*) “Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him…” —Job 13:15 (KJV, echoing the tone of Job 16–17) Job opens with words that should humble every would-be comforter: “Miserable comforters are ye all.” (16:2) He’s no longer hoping his friends will help.He…
(Job 15 | Chapter XI of Jessie Penn-Lewis’s *The Story of Job*) “Should a wise man utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind?” —Job 15:2 (KJV) Eliphaz returns—but this is not the same man who opened gently in chapter 4. Now he comes with heat.– No more suggestion.– No more mysticism.–…
(Job 12–14 | Chapter X of Jessie Penn-Lewis’s *The Story of Job*) “Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble.” —Job 14:1 (KJV) Job has heard from Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar. Each friend has pierced deeper. Now, with the heart of a man both wounded and unwavering, Job…
(Job 11 | Chapter IX of Jessie Penn-Lewis’s *The Story of Job*) “Know therefore that God exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity deserveth.” —Job 11:6 (KJV) Zophar is the youngest—and the harshest. Where Eliphaz was mystical and Bildad was doctrinal, Zophar is brutal. He doesn’t veil his rebuke in poetry. He attacks: “Should thy…
(Job 8 | Chapter VII of Jessie Penn-Lewis’s *The Story of Job*) “If thy children have sinned against him, and he have cast them away for their transgression…” —Job 8:4 (KJV) If Eliphaz was subtle, Bildad is blunt. He opens his mouth and strikes where it hurts most: “If your children have sinned against God,…
(Job 6–7 | Chapter VI of Jessie Penn-Lewis’s *The Story of Job*) “To him that is afflicted pity should be shewed from his friend…” —Job 6:14 (KJV) Job begins to speak. Not to debate, but to bleed. Eliphaz’s words have pierced deeper than the sores on Job’s skin. Instead of comfort, he has received condemnation….
Series: Twisting the Scriptures — Post 4 What the False Teacher Won’t Say “For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God.” — Acts 20:27 “To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.” —…
Series: Twisting the Scriptures — Post 3 A New Gospel by Vocabulary Substitution “Now the serpent was more subtil…” — Genesis 3:1 “If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do?” — Psalm 11:3 A shift in vocabulary can cause a shift in theology. Satan’s strategy in the garden wasn’t just to question God’s…
Repentance and Return by Tom Frazier Why are so many working so hard to preserve a home that isn’t theirs? Why are we pouring energy into maintaining an identity that was crucified with Christ? Why are we spending our lives to make the world comfortable when we’ve been called out of it? Jesus didn’t die…