Beyond Suffering: Discovering the Message of Job
Overview
In the book of Job, a pain-torn man tries to understand the mind of God while his friends offer their human opinions on his suffering. But when the final answer comes, there are no more speeches. Not from them.
Rich with personal experience and examples drawn from the lives of great men, Layton Talbert’s exploration of the book of Job deals with the depths of human suffering and the heights of God’s supreme purpose. Dr. Talbert’s thorough research, detailed examination of each speaker's perspective, and countless cross-references make Beyond Suffering an essential resource for any student of the Bible.
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- Offers extensive insights in the book of Job
- Teaches practical applications from Job’s suffering
- Analyzes the roles of both Job and God
- Introduction to the Book of Job
- Introducing the Book of Job
- Discovering the Theme of Job
- Prologue: Job, God, and Satan
- What Kind of People Suffer (Job 1:1–5)
- What on Earth (and Beyond) Is Going On? (Job 1:6–12)
- A Model Response to Devastating Loss (Job 1:13–22)
- Who is responsible for This? (Job 2:1–10)
- How to Help the Hurting (and How Not To) (Job 2:11–13)
- Human Dialogue: Job and Three Friends
- How to Read the Debate
- Anguish Finds a Voice
- Well–Meaning Friends, Misguided Counselors (Job 4–14)
- Waves Crashing Against a Rock (Job 15–21)
- Looking for God (Job 22–26)
- The Defense Rests (Job 27–31)
- Human Monologue: Job and Elihu
- The Character and Function of Elihu (Job 32:1–5)
- The Argument of Elihu
- Divine Monologue: Job and God
- Cleaving the Clamor (Job 38–39)
- Behemoth and Leviathan (Job 40–41)
- Bowing Before God (Job 42:1–6)
- Epilogue
- The End of Job (Job 42:7–17)
- The End of the Lord
- Learning Theology with Job
Top Highlights
“Everyone in the story understood that God was responsible for what happened to Job; they just misunderstood why He did it and what it meant.” (Page 58)
“Job’s lamentation ultimately magnifies God by articulating the immeasurable value of His favor and the irrelevance of life without it. If God means this much—that man is better off not to have lived at all than to live without Him—then this God must be supremely desirable above life itself. Securing His pleasure must be the single worth-while ambition in life.” (Page 85)
“The message of Job regarding our relationship to God is threefold: (1) reverent worship, with or without reward, because He is worthy; (2) confident faith, with or without evidence, because He has spoken; and (3) trusting submission, with or without understanding, because He is both sovereign and good.” (Page 22)
“It is a mistake to infer from God’s final expression that everything they said was wrong, just as it is a mistake to infer that everything Job said was right, since God rebuked Job specifically for verbal indiscretions (40:2).” (Page 81)
“It happens to the best of us, and it happens to better than us. Someone observed that the story of Job is not about God making a bad man good but making a good man better.” (Page 34)
More than a commentary . . . you will see God’s story in its pages.
—Jim Berg, from the Foreword
- Title: Beyond Suffering: Discovering the Message of Job
- Author: Layton Talbert
- Publisher: Bob Jones University Press
- Publication Date: 2007
- Pages: 392
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