Daily Thoughts From God's Word

So, everyone, including Job, has had his say. Now, it’s time for God to speak: “Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind” (38:1). ...

One more – Elihu – who will speak, a young man full of what he supposes is wisdom and knowledge. But he, like the other three friends,...

Bildad pipes back in and argues that no man is right before God. Well, in an ultimate sense, he is correct. But what he seems to be...

Job 19 is the chapter in which Job makes that amazing testimony of faith. Eliphaz, Zophar, and Bildad have spoken, and what a contrast...

Just about when you might expect Job would get some sort of reprieve, here comes another to tell him how bad he must be. Eliphaz’s main...

Zophar accuses Job of running his mouth too much: “Should a multitude of words go unanswered, and a man full of talk be judged right? ...

So, it’s time for another friend, Bildad, to speak with Job, though it's more of a “speaking at” than a “speaking with.” Bildad doesn’t...

Job is struggling. He says, “I am not at ease, nor am I quiet; I have no rest” (3:26). His friends “sat with him on the ground seven...

Though he had suffered terribly, in every way, Job had not cursed God, as his wife had recommended, nor had he sinned with his mouth...

“There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job, and that man was blameless and upright, one who feared God and turned away from...

What a story, Mordecai and Esther! Persian king, Ahasuerus, wanted to show off his wife, Queen Vashti, who refused to come before the...

An interesting demographic reality was playing out in Jerusalem: “Now the leaders of the people lived in Jerusalem. And the rest of the...

After the wall was completed and the people rejoiced and gave thanks, Ezra reentered the picture: “So Ezra the priest brought the Law...

Nehemiah saw the wall completed and named the various officials around Jerusalem. Furthermore, with the city safer and better organized,...

Another problem for Nehemiah: the mistreatment of the poor by their own people (ch. 5)! With a righteous anger, Nehemiah called a...