15. Wisdom in the OT - Job

Ministry School 2008: Sometimes we encounter suffering that moves beyond the merely sad, or even tragic, to the truly catastrophic and cataclysmic. So it is when we encounter the story of Job, whose sufferings seem so overwhelming and whose trial seems so demanding, that we despair of words to describe it. Deep within the recesses of our hearts and minds, Job's suffering also stirs troubling questions for us. They encompass the simply selfish and move to the deeply theological.