May 21, 2015
May 21 is an anniversary date for me. Joshua died on that day in 2001. Many friends helped. Mark and Margo Black were there, Rubel and Myra Shelly were there, Mike Cope was there a few days before as well as John York, and we were surrounded by many others (including my Woodmont Hills Bible […]
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Pastoral Care, Personal | Tagged: Comfort, Death, Grief, Job, Joshua Mark Hicks, Suffering |
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Posted by John Mark Hicks
October 12, 2011
Why a second speech? One might think that one speech from Yahweh would be enough. Perhaps it is a literary device. The two speeches may reflect the two council scenes in the Prologue–a “prologue” (1:1-5) heads the two council scenes and an “epilogue” (42:7ff) follows the two Yahweh speeches. That may be true, but it […]
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Biblical Texts | Tagged: Behemoth, Bible-Job, Chaos, Evil, Job, Job 40-41, Leviathan, Suffering, Yahweh Speeches |
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Posted by John Mark Hicks
October 4, 2011
Whatever the nature of the pause in Job 28, the narrator resumes Job’s voice in Job 29-31. This is Job’s final speech (“the words of Job are ended,” 31:40). It divides into three sections: (1) Job remembers the past (Job 29), (2) Job protests the present, and (3) Job swears out a writ (Job 31). […]
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Biblical Texts | Tagged: Bible-Job, Ethics, Job, Job 29, Job 30, Job 31, Lament, Self-imprecation, Wisdom |
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Posted by John Mark Hicks