The modern church has learned to say a correct phrase in an incorrect spirit: “Christ has won.” It sounds triumphant, but in practice it often becomes a sedative, not a trumpet. It is used to excuse passivity, explain defeat, and avoid vigilance. I have even heard it used to justify spiritual negligence: “Whether the saints…
(Job 2:1–13 | Chapter III of Jessie Penn-Lewis’s *The Story of Job*) “But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil?” —Job 2:10 (KJV) He does not call her foolish—only says she is speaking…
(Job 1:6–22 | Chapter II of Jessie Penn-Lewis’s *The Story of Job*) “And the Lord said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man…” —Job 1:8 (KJV) The scene shifts. The ash heap is not the true origin of Job’s…