Job: Trusting God When Suffering Comes (Flourish Bible Study)

by Lydia Brownback

Publisher:

Crossway

, 2023

Overview

A 10-Week Study of the Book of Job, Great for Women’s Groups

From Job’s beginnings as a wealthy, God-honoring family man, through his time of intense suffering and grief, and finally to the abundant restoration of everything he’d lost, Job’s story helps us learn more about God’s power and purposes—even in a world full of pain.

In this 10-week Bible study, Lydia Brownback goes beyond the familiar lessons from the Old Testament book of Job and invites women into an in-depth, exegetical journey through the text. Written for individuals or groups, each lesson explores topics around faith, doubt, and suffering and explains the context of Job in redemptive history. With resources including reading plans and discussion questions, this challenging yet accessible study encourages women to love studying God’s word.

In-Depth, Exegetical Studies: Each week includes a brief introduction, summaries of that week’s passages, and application questions for deeper study and review

Quick, Engaging Weekly Resources: Helpful reading plans, sidebars, timelines, and more to help busy readers get the most out of Scripture

Perfect for Individuals or Small Groups: Includes discussion questions, additional verses for further reading, and a URL with tips for leaders

Key Features

• Invites readers to experience the unifying story of the Bible
• Provides an inductive guide with application questions after each chapter, as well as recommended resources to complement reading and study
• Serves as a 10-week study plan for personal group settings

Contents

• The Place of Job in Biblical History
• Introduction: Getting into Job
• Reading Plan
• Week 1: A Shattered Life (Job 1:1–2:13)
• Week 2: Job’s Bitter Lament (Job 3:1–26)
• Week 3: When Friendships Hurt (Job 4:1–14:22)
• Week 4: Digging In and Doubling Down (Job 15:1–21:34)
• Week 5: Gold in the Dust (Job 22:1–27:23)
• Week 6: Treasure Hunt (Job 28:1–28)
• Week 7: The Good Old Days (Job 29:1–31:40)
• Week 8: Wounds of a Faithful Friend (Job 32:1–37:24)
• Week 9: The Answer to Everything (Job 38:1–41:34)
• Week 10: Peace at Last—and Prosperity Too (Job 42:1–17)
• Helpful Resources for Studying Job

Praise for the Flourish Bible Study Series

The brilliant and beautiful mix of sound teaching, helpful charts, lists, sidebars, and appealing graphics—as well as insightful questions that get the reader into the text of Scripture—make these studies that women will want to invest time in and will look back on as time well spent.

—Nancy Guthrie, Bible teacher; author, Even Better than Eden

As a women’s ministry leader, I am excited about the development of the Flourish Bible Study series, which will not only prayerfully equip women to increase in biblical literacy but also come alongside them to build a systematic and comprehensive framework to become lifelong students of the word of God. This series provides visually engaging studies with accessible content that will not only strengthen the believer but the church as well.

—Karen Hodge, Coordinator of Women’s Ministries, Presbyterian Church in America; coauthor, Transformed

My daughter and I love using Flourish Bible Studies for our morning devotions. Lydia Brownback’s faithful probing of biblical texts; insightful questions; invitations to engage in personal applications using additional biblical texts and historical contexts; and commitment to upholding the whole counsel of God as it bears on living life as a godly woman has drawn us closer to the Lord and to his word. Brownback never sidesteps hard questions or hard providences, but neither does she appeal to discourses of victimhood or therapy, which are painfully common in the genre of women’s Bible studies. I cannot recommend this series highly enough. My daughter and I look forward to working through this whole series together!

—Rosaria Butterfield, Former Professor of English, Syracuse University; author, The Gospel Comes with a House Key

Product Details

• Title: Job: Trusting God When Suffering Comes (Flourish Bible Study)
• Author: Lydia Brownback
• Series: Flourish Bible Study
• Publisher: Crossway
• Print Publication Date: 2023
• Logos Release Date: 2023
• Pages: 100
• Era: era:contemporary
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Reader Edition
• Subject: Bible. O.T. Job › Criticism, interpretation, etc
• ISBNs: 9781433575396, 1433575396
• Resource ID: LLS:JBTRSTNGGDBBLST
• Resource Type: text.monograph.bible-study
• Metadata Last Updated: 2024-08-20T21:20:25Z

About Lydia Brownback

Lydia Brownback (MAR, Westminster Theological Seminary) is the author of several books and a speaker at women’s conferences internationally. She has served as director of editorial for Crossway’s Book Division; writer-in-residence for Reverend Alistair Begg; and broadcast media manager for Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals, where she produced The Bible Study Hour radio program with James Montgomery Boice. Some of Lydia’s books include the On-the-Go Devotional series as well as A Woman’s Wisdom: How the Book of Proverbs Speaks to Everything.